Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And faces, that day, will be scowling,

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌۙ
Wawujoohun yawma-ithin basira
#wordmeaningroot
1wawujūhunAnd facesوجه
2yawma-idhinthat Day
3bāsiratun(will be) distortedبسر
  • Aisha Bewley

    And faces that Day will be glowering,

  • Progressive Muslims

    And faces on that Day will be gloomy.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And some faces on that Day will be despondent.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And faces, that day, will be scowling,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And faces on that Day will be gloomy.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Faces on that day will be gloomy.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Other faces will be, on that day, miserable.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And how many faces on that Day will be woe-begone

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

    And faces, that Day, will be contorted,

  • Muhammad Asad

    and some faces will on that Day be overcast with despair,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And that day will other faces be despondent,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and some faces on that Day will be gloomy,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Other faces will be expressive of gloom and dismay,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    While other faces will be sad.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And some faces, that Day, will be Bâsirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And ˹other˺ faces will be gloomy,

  • Taqi Usmani

    and many faces, that day, will be gloomy,

  • Abdul Haleem

    and on that Day there will be the sad and despairing faces

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and upon that day faces shall be scowling,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And faces on that day shall be dismal!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And other faces on that Day shall be gloomy,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And faces upon that Day shall be scowling,

  • George Sale

    and some countenances, on that day, shall be dismal:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And some faces that Day, will be sad and sorry.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And also on that day some faces will look gloomy and dismal,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and some faces will be scowling on that day,