Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The day the shin is uncovered — and they are invited to the Submission, but they are not able —

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَۙ
Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawnaila assujoodi fala yastateeAAoon
#wordmeaningroot
1yawma(The) Dayيوم
2yuk'shafuwill be uncoveredكشف
3ʿanfrom
4sāqinthe shinسوق
5wayud'ʿawnaand they will be calledدعو
6ilāto
7l-sujūdiprostrateسجد
8falābut not
9yastaṭīʿūnathey will be ableطوع
  • Aisha Bewley

    On the Day when legs are bared and they are called on to prostrate, they will not be able to do so.

  • Progressive Muslims

    The Day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to prostrate, but they will be unable to.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    On the Day when they are confronted with the stark reality and they are summoned to prostrate, they shall not be able to prostrate. (It will be too late to submit).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The day the shin is uncovered — and they are invited to the Submission, but they are not able —

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    The Day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to prostrate, but they will be unable to.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to prostrate, but they will be unable to.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to fall prostrate, but they will be unable to.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    On the day the great calamity befalls, and they are called to bow in homage, they will not be able to do so.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,

  • Muhammad Asad

    on the Day when man's very being shall be bared to the bone, and when they shall be called upon to prostrate themselves , and shall be unable to do so:

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    On the Day when the dreadful calamity will unfold,* when people will be summoned to prostrate themselves, and yet they will not be able to prostrate.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Wait, a Day shall come when the truth comes to light and their records are exposed, and distress, horror and crushing sorrow are imposed and now they are called to prostrate before their Creator but they cannot.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The Day surely will come when their deeds will publicly be displayed. They will ask to prostrate but they will be so overcome that they can not even fall down.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    (Remember) the Day when the Shin shall be laid bare (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) and they shall be called to prostrate themselves (to Allâh), but they (hypocrites) shall not be able to do so.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    ˹Beware of˺ the Day the Shin ˹of Allah˺ will be bared, and the wicked will be asked to prostrate, but they will not be able to do so,

  • Taqi Usmani

    On the Day when the Shin will be exposed, and they will be called upon to prostrate themselves, they will not be able to.

  • Abdul Haleem

    On the Day when matters become dire, they will be invited to prostrate themselves but will be prevented from doing so,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Upon the day when the leg shall be bared, and they shall be summoned to bow themselves, but they cannot;

  • E. Henry Palmer

    On the day when the leg shall be bared; and they shall be called to adore and shall not be able!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    On the day when the Shin (the Hidden Mystery or Truth) shall be laid bare, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    On the Day when the shank will be bared and they will be called to prostrate themselves, yet they are unable to.

  • George Sale

    On a certain day the leg shall be made bare; and they shall be called upon to worship, but they shall not be able.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    The Day that when the Shin (Allah’s Divine Self) shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to prostrate themselves but they (the hypocrites) shall not be able to do so—

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    On the day when there is severe affliction and the truth is laid bare and they will be called upon to prostrate (themselves), but they will not be able to do so.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    The day when the catastrophe occurs, and they are summoned to prostrate themselves, they will not be able .