Quran 21 : 38

And they say, "When (will be fulfilled) this promise, if you are truthful?"
وَيَقُولُونَ
Wayaqūlūna
مَتَىٰ
Mataāā
هَٰذَا
Haādhā
ٱلْوَعْدُ
Alwaʿdu
إِن
Iin
كُنتُمْ
Kuntum
صَٰدِقِينَ
Ṣaādiqīna

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

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Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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Wahiduddin Khan

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Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

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The Wise Quran

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The Study Quran

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Talal Itani (2012)

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Talal Itani & AI (2024)

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T.B.Irving

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Syed Vickar Ahamed

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Sher Ali

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Shakir

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Shabbir Ahmed

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Samy Mahdy

The human was created from haste. I will show you My verses, so do not be hastening Me.

Safi Kaskas

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Rashad Khalifa

They challenge: "Where is that (retribution), if you are truthful?"

N J Dawood 2014

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Mustaqim

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Mustafa Khattab 2018

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Musharraf Hussain

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MunirMezyed2023

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Munir Mezyed

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Muhammad Taqi Usmani

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Muhammad Sarwar

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Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

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Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

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Muhammad Asad

But they [who reject My messages are wont to] ask, “When is that promise [of God’s judgment] to be fulfilled? [Answer this, O you who believe in it,] if you are men of truth!”

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

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Mohammad Shafi

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Mir Aneesuddin

Man has been created of haste . I will show you My signs, so do not ask Me to hasten.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

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Maududi

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Linda "iLham" Barto

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John Medows Rodwell

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Irving/Hegab

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Hilali - Khan

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Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

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Hamid S. Aziz

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George Sale

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Fode Drame

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Faridul Haque

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Edward Henry Palmer

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Dr. Munir Munshey

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Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

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Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

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Dr. Kamal Omar

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Corpus.Quran

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Bilal Muhammad 2018

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Bijan Moeinian

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Bakhtiari Nejad

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Arthur John Arberry

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Amatul Rahman Omar

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Ali Ünal

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Ali Quli Qara'i

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Aisha Bewley

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Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

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Ahmed Hulusi

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Ahmed Ali

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Abdul Majid Daryabadi

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Abdul Hye

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Abdel Haleem

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