Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

No, indeed! When it reaches the collar-bone,

كَلَّٓا اِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَۙ
Kalla itha balaghati attaraqiy
#wordmeaningroot
1kallāNo
2idhāWhen
3balaghatiit reachesبلغ
4l-tarāqiyathe collar bonesترق
  • Aisha Bewley

    No indeed! When it reaches the gullet

  • Progressive Muslims

    Alas, when it reaches the throat.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Nay, when the last breaths come up to the throat.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    No, indeed! When it reaches the collar-bone,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Alas, when it reaches the throat.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Alas, when it reaches the throat.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Indeed, when (the soul) reaches the throat.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Never so, for when life withdraws into the clavicula,

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

    No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

  • Muhammad Asad

    NAY, but when comes up to the throat ,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Nay; when a man's soul reaches up to the throat,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    No, but when the death - rattle is impending and it is time for the soul to part,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    In the moment of death, when the soul comes up to the throat.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit),

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    But no! ˹Beware of the day˺ when the soul reaches the collar bone ˹as it leaves˺,

  • Taqi Usmani

    Never, (you will never remain in this world forever!) When the soul (of a patient) reaches the clavicles,

  • Abdul Haleem

    Truly, when the soul reaches the collarbone;

  • Arthur John Arberry

    No indeed; when it reaches the clavicles

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Nay, but when the comes up into the throat,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Nay! When the soul comes up to the throat,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Not at all! When it reaches the clavicles,

  • George Sale

    Assuredly. When a man's soul shall come up to his throat, in his last agony;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Yes, when (the soul) reaches the collar-bone (as it leaves the body)

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Behold! when it (- the soul of a dying person) reaches the throat (to leave his body in death)

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    No indeed! When the soul reaches up to the collar bones,