21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 1
اِقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ ف۪ي غَفْلَةٍ مُعْرِضُونَۚ
Iqtaraba linnasi hisabuhumwahum fee ghaflatin muAAridoon
Mankind’s Reckoning has drawn very close to them, yet they heedlessly turn away.
- Progressive Muslims
The judgment of mankind has come near, while they are turning away unaware.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Closer draws to people the time of their reckoning, and yet they turn away stubbornly heedless of it.
- Sam Gerrans
Drawn nigh to men has their reckoning, while they in heedlessness are turning away;
- The Monotheist Group
The judgment for the people has come near, while they are turning away unaware.
- Edip-Layth
The judgment of people has come near, while they are turning away unaware.
- Aisha Bewley
Mankind’s Reckoning has drawn very close to them, yet they heedlessly turn away.
- Rashad Khalifa
Fast approaching is the reckoning for the people, but they are oblivious, averse.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
NEAR HAS COME the reckoning for men, but they turn away in remissness.
- Sahih International
[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
- Muhammad Asad
CLOSER DRAWS unto men their reckoning: and yet they remain stubbornly heedless [of its approach].
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Their reckoning draweth nigh for mankind, while they turn away in heedlessness.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Peoples' Day of Judgement is approaching, yet they pay no attention, unwilling to receive it with consenting minds nor agree to consider it the one fact that destroys fiction.
- Bijan Moeinian
Closer and closer approaches to mankind the day that they have to face their deeds; yet they are careless of such a most important event.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Draws near for mankind their reckoning, while they turn away in heedlessness.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and they turn away.
- Mustafa Khattab
˹The time of˺ people’s judgment has drawn near, yet they are heedlessly turning away.
- Taqi Usmani
The reckoning of the people has drawn near to them, while they are in negligence, turning away (from its signs).
- Abdul Haleem
Ever closer to people draws their reckoning, while they turn away, heedless.
- Arthur John Arberry
Nigh unto men has drawn their reckoning, while they in heedlessness are yet turning away;
- E. Henry Palmer
Their reckoning draws nigh to men, yet in heedlessness they turn aside.
- Hamid S. Aziz
Say, "Each one has to wait, so wait you also! But in the end you shall know who it is that is on the straight and level path, and who it is that is guided right. "
- Mahmoud Ghali
Near to mankind has drawn their reckoning, and they, in (a state of) heedlessness, are veering away.
- George Sale
The time of giving up their account draweth nigh unto the people of Mecca; while they are sunk in negligence, turning aside from the consideration thereof.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Nearer and nearer comes to mankind the Accounting of their (actions); Yet they do not listen and they turn away with carelessness.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
There has drawn nigh for the people (the Day of) their reckoning, yet they turn away in heedlessness.
- Ali Quli Qarai
Mankind’s reckoning has drawn near to them, yet they are disregardful in [their] obliviousness.