Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And the day the Hour strikes, the lawbreakers will despair,

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ
Wayawma taqoomu assaAAatuyublisu almujrimoon
#wordmeaningroot
1wayawmaAnd (the) Dayيوم
2taqūmuwill (be) establishedقوم
3l-sāʿatuthe Hourسوع
4yub'lisuwill (be in) despairبلس
5l-muj'rimūnathe criminalsجرم
  • Aisha Bewley

    On the Day the Hour arrives the evildoers will be in despair.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And the Day when the Hour will be established, the criminals will be in despair.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And on the Day when the Hour will come those who have committed crimes against humanity, will be struck with despair.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And the day the Hour strikes, the lawbreakers will despair,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And the Day when the Hour will be established, the criminals will be in despair.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The day when the moment will be established, the criminals will be in despair.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    On the Day when the Hour comes to pass, the guilty will be shocked.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The day the Resurrection comes the sinners will be overwhelmed with despair.

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

    And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will be in despair.

  • Muhammad Asad

    And when the last Hour dawns, those who were lost in sin will be broken in spirit

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And in the day when the Hour riseth the unrighteous will despair.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    On that Day when the Hour will come to pass,* the criminals shall be dumbfounded.*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And on the Day the Final Hour has come, the wicked shall despair of making an earnest supplication begging and imploring Allah's forgiveness.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    When it comes the time that all should stand in front of the Lord, the guilty ones are for the shock of their life.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And on the Day when the Hour will be established, the Mujrimûn (disbelievers, sinners, criminals, polytheists) will be plunged into destruction with (deep regrets, sorrows, and) despair.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    On the Day that the Hour will be established, the guilty will be struck dumb with despair.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    On the Day the Hour will arrive, the wicked will be dumbstruck.

  • Taqi Usmani

    On the day when the Hour (Qiyāmah: the Day of Judgement)) will take place, the guilty will be taken aback in grief and despair.

  • Abdul Haleem

    On the Day the Hour arrives, the guilty will despair

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Upon the day when the Hour is come, the sinners shall be confounded

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And on the day when the Hour shall rise, the sinners shall be confused;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Allah originates creation, then reproduces it, then to Him will you be returned.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And on the Day when the Hour comes up, the criminals will be dumbfounded.

  • George Sale

    And on the day whereon the hour shall come, the wicked shall be struck dumb for despair:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And on the Day when the Hour will be established, the criminals will sink deep in despair.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And on the day when the (promised) Hour (of Reckoning) will arrive those who have cut their ties (with Allâh and were lost in sin) will be confronted with despair.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    And when the Hour sets in, the guilty will despair.