Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Then darkened for them will be the reports that day, and they will not ask one another.

فَعَمِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْاَنْـبَٓاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَهُمْ لَا يَتَسَٓاءَلُونَ
FaAAamiyat AAalayhimu al-anbaoyawma-ithin fahum la yatasaaloon
#wordmeaningroot
1faʿamiyatBut (will) be obscureعمي
2ʿalayhimuto them
3l-anbāuthe informationنبا
4yawma-idhinthat day
5fahumso they
6will not ask one another
7yatasāalūnawill not ask one anotherسال
  • Aisha Bewley

    That Day the facts will be unclear to them and they will not be able to question one another.

  • Progressive Muslims

    They will be shocked by the news on that Day, they will be speechless.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    On that Day all arguments (they used to contrive) will be dimmed for them, nor will they ask one another.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Then darkened for them will be the reports that day, and they will not ask one another.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    They will be shocked by the news on that Day, they will be speechless.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    They will be shocked by the news on that day, they will be speechless.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    They will be so stunned by the facts on that day, they will be speechless.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Then all news will be blacked out for them, and they will not even ask one another.

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

    But the information will be unapparent to them that Day, so they will not ask one another.

  • Muhammad Asad

    but all arguments and excuses will by then have been erased from their minds, and they will not obtain any answer from one another.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    On that day (all) tidings will be dimmed for them, nor will they ask one of another,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Then they will not be able to think of any reply, nor will they be able to ask one another.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    But all information and news shall be eclipsed to them and their lack in intellectual and spiritual perception shall reduce them to silence and repress any expression of feeling, that they admit no discourse.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    They will be so stunned by the events that they will be speechless.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Then the news of a good answer will be obscured to them on that day, and they will not be able to ask one another.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Then the (whole) story that Day will seem obscure to them (like light to the blind) and they will not be able (even) to question each other.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    They will be too dumbstruck on that Day to ask one another ˹for answers˺.

  • Taqi Usmani

    So all events will become too obscure for them (to give a correct reply), and they will not (be able to) consult each other.

  • Abdul Haleem

    All arguments will seem obscure to them on that Day; they will not be able to consult one another.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Upon that day the tidings will be darkened for them, nor will they ask each other.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and the history shall be blindly confusing to them on that day, and they shall not ask each other.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And on the Day when He shall call unto them and say, "What was it you answered the messengers?"

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Then upon that Day, the tidings will then be blindly (obscured) for them, so they will not ask one another.

  • George Sale

    But they shall not be able to give an account thereof on that day; neither shall they ask one another for information.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Then on that day, the (whole) story will seem dark (and distant) to them and they will not be able to question each other.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    But on that day they will become confused and forget all their excuses and they will not even (be in a position to) consult one another.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    The news that day shall be blacked out for them, so they will not question one another.