Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The truth is, the Hour is their appointment; and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter.

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ اَدْهٰى وَاَمَرُّ
Bali assaAAatu mawAAiduhum wassaAAatuadha waamar
#wordmeaningroot
1baliNay
2l-sāʿatuthe Hourسوع
3mawʿiduhum(is) their promised timeوعد
4wal-sāʿatuand the Hourسوع
5adhā(will be) more grievousدهي
6wa-amarruand more bitterمرر
  • Aisha Bewley

    In fact the Hour is their promised appointment and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter!

  • Progressive Muslims

    The Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Nay, the Hour is the time promised them, and that Hour will be most grievous with a most bitter defeat.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The truth is, the Hour is their appointment; and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    The Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The moment is their appointed time, and the moment is far worse and more painful.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Surely the Hour will be the moment of their promise, and that moment will be calamitous and distressing.

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

    But the Hour is their appointment , and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

  • Muhammad Asad

    But nay - the Last Hour is the time when they shall truly meet their fate; and that Last Hour will be most calamitous, and most bitter:

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Nay; the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Hour shall be more calamitous and bitter.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Further, there awaits them the foreordained unfortunate Hour when they come to judgment and indeed worse and worse, painful and grievous, is that predetermined Hour.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    They will see the real misery, however, on the Day of their Resurrection;… it is far worse and more painful.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Better yet, the Hour is their appointed time—and the Hour will be most catastrophic and most bitter.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Rather the Hour (of judgment) is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour is more calamitous and much more bitter.

  • Abdul Haleem

    But the Hour is their appointed time- the Hour is more severe and bitter:

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Nay, but the Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is very calamitous and bitter.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Nay, the Hour is their promised time! and the Hour is most severe and bitter!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Nay, the Hour is their promised time, and the Hour shall be most grievous and bitter.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    No indeed, (but) the Hour is their appointment, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter.

  • George Sale

    But the hour of judgment is their threatened time of punishment: And that hour shall be more grievous and more bitter than their afflictions in this life.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    No! But the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most painful and most bitter.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    The (promised) Hour (of their complete discomfiture) is their appointed time. The fact is that the Hour will be grievously calamitous and most bitter.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Rather the Hour is their tryst; and the Hour will be most calamitous and bitter.