Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The day men will be as moths dispersed,

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِۙ
Yawma yakoonu annasu kalfarashialmabthooth
#wordmeaningroot
1yawma(The) Dayيوم
2yakūnuwill beكون
3l-nāsuthe mankindنوس
4kal-farāshilike mothsفرش
5l-mabthūthiscatteredبثث
  • Aisha Bewley

    It is the Day when mankind will be like scattered moths

  • Progressive Muslims

    The Day when people come out like swarms of butterflies.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    The Day when people will be like moths scattered in confusion.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The day men will be as moths dispersed,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    The Day when people come out like swarms of butterflies.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The day when people come out like swarms of butterflies.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    That is the day when the people come out like swarms of butterflies.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    A Day on which human beings would be like so many scattered moths,

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

    It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

  • Muhammad Asad

    on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    On that Day human beings shall be like scattered moths,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    People will be like moths scattered about,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The day of Great Disaster is the one the all mankind will be scattered all over like moths wondering with awe.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    (It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    ˹It is˺ the Day people will be like scattered moths,

  • Taqi Usmani

    (It will happen) on a day when people will be like scattered moths,

  • Abdul Haleem

    On a Day when people will be like scattered moths

  • Arthur John Arberry

    The day that men shall be like scattered moths,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    The day when men shall be like scattered moths;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    The day when men shall be like scattered moths;

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    The Day (whereon) mankind will be like disseminated moths,

  • George Sale

    On that day men shall be like moths scattered abroad,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    (It is) a Day when men will be like moths thrown about,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    On that day people shall be (in great confusion and distress) like moths scattered,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    The day mankind will be like scattered moths,