54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 46
بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ اَدْهٰى وَاَمَرُّ
Bali assaAAatu mawAAiduhum wassaAAatuadha waamar
In fact the Hour is their promised appointment and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter!
- Progressive Muslims
The Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Nay, the Hour is the time promised them, and that Hour will be most grievous with a most bitter defeat.
- Sam Gerrans
The truth is, the Hour is their appointment; and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter.
- The Monotheist Group
The Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.
- Edip-Layth
The moment is their appointed time, and the moment is far worse and more painful.
- Aisha Bewley
In fact the Hour is their promised appointment and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter!
- Rashad Khalifa
The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Surely the Hour will be the moment of their promise, and that moment will be calamitous and distressing.
- Sahih International
But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
- Muhammad Asad
But nay - the Last Hour is the time when they shall truly meet their fate; and that Last Hour will be most calamitous, and most bitter:
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Further, there awaits them the foreordained unfortunate Hour when they come to judgment and indeed worse and worse, painful and grievous, is that predetermined Hour.
- Bijan Moeinian
They will see the real misery, however, on the Day of their Resurrection;… it is far worse and more painful.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
- Mustafa Khattab
Better yet, the Hour is their appointed time—and the Hour will be most catastrophic and most bitter.
- Taqi Usmani
Rather the Hour (of judgment) is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour is more calamitous and much more bitter.
- Abdul Haleem
But the Hour is their appointed time- the Hour is more severe and bitter:
- Arthur John Arberry
Nay, but the Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is very calamitous and bitter.
- E. Henry Palmer
Nay, the Hour is their promised time! and the Hour is most severe and bitter!
- Hamid S. Aziz
Nay, the Hour is their promised time, and the Hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
- Mahmoud Ghali
No indeed, (but) the Hour is their appointment, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter.
- George Sale
But the hour of judgment is their threatened time of punishment: And that hour shall be more grievous and more bitter than their afflictions in this life.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
No! But the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most painful and most bitter.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
The (promised) Hour (of their complete discomfiture) is their appointed time. The fact is that the Hour will be grievously calamitous and most bitter.
- Ali Quli Qarai
Rather the Hour is their tryst; and the Hour will be most calamitous and bitter.