37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 19
فَاِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَاِذَا هُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ
Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatunfa-itha hum yanthuroon
There will be but one Great Blast and then their eyes will open.
- Progressive Muslims
All it takes is one sound, then they will be staring.
- Shabbir Ahmed
There will be a single Rebuke, and then, behold, they will begin to see.
- Sam Gerrans
Then will it be but one cry — and then will they be looking on —
- The Monotheist Group
All it takes is one sound, then they will be staring.
- Edip-Layth
All it takes is one sound, then they will be staring.
- Aisha Bewley
There will be but one Great Blast and then their eyes will open.
- Rashad Khalifa
All it takes is one nudge, whereupon they (stand up) looking.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
There will only be a single jerk, and they will gape,
- Sahih International
It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.
- Muhammad Asad
for that [resurrection which they deride] will be [upon them of a sudden, as if it were] but a single accusing cry - and then, lo! they will begin to see [the truth]
- Marmaduke Pickthall
There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
All it takes is only one single loud call inciting to action and there they get up and rise from bed and be able to look around.
- Bijan Moeinian
Say to them, "absolutely; and you are helpless [on that Day that you are laughing at its happening. ]
- Al-Hilali & Khan
It will be a single Zajrah [shout (i.e. the second blowing of the Trumpet)], and behold, they will be staring!
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold, they will begin to see!
- Mustafa Khattab
It will only take one Blast,[1] then at once they will see ˹it all˺.
- Taqi Usmani
So, it will be only a single castigating call, and all of a sudden they will begin to see.
- Abdul Haleem
Just one blast and––lo and behold!––they will look
- Arthur John Arberry
For it is only a single scaring, then behold, they are watching
- E. Henry Palmer
and it shall only be one scare, and, behold, they shall look on,
- Hamid S. Aziz
So it shall only be a single Shout, when lo! They shall see.
- Mahmoud Ghali
So, surely it is only one scaring, then only then, they are looking on.
- George Sale
There shall be but one blast of the trumpet, and they shall see themselves raised:
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Then it will be a single (harsh) cry; And look, they will begin to see!
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Then there shall be but a single driving shout and behold! they will be (up and) looking on.
- Ali Quli Qarai
It will be only a single shout and, behold, they will look on,