Quran 54 : 46

Nay, the Hour (is) their promised time, and the Hour (will be) more grievous and more bitter.
بَلِ
Bali
ٱلسَّاعَةُ
Assāʿahu
مَوْعِدُهُمْ
Mawʿiduhum
وَٱلسَّاعَةُ
Waassāʿahu
أَدْهَىٰ
Aadhaāā
وَأَمَرُّ
Waamarru

Rashad Khalifa

The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.

Abdel 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

Edward Henry Palmer

Nay, the Hour is their promised time! and the Hour is most severe and bitter

Mustaqim

But they have been promised the hour, and the hour is worse and more bitter.

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

The Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Their appointed moment is the Hour. The Hour is most catastrophic and bitter.

The Study Quran

Nay! The Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter

The Wise Quran

Nay, the Hour is their promised time. And the Hour is most severe and bitter.

Ali Quli Qara'i

Rather the Hour is their tryst; and the Hour will be most calamitous and bitter

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Nay, rather the Hour is their promise and the Hour is the hardest and bitterest.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Are your disbelievers better than these, or have you an immunity in the scriptures

Safi Kaskas

Rather the Hour is their appointed time and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter.

Talal Itani (2012)

The Hour is their appointed time—the Hour is more disastrous, and most bitter

Hamid S. Aziz

Nay, the Hour is their promised time, and the Hour shall be most grievous and bitter

Shakir

Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Rather, the Hour is their encounter. And that Hour will be most calamitous and bitter

Fode Drame

Nay! The hour is their appointed time and the hour is most horrendous and most bitter.

John Medows Rodwell

But, that Hour is their threatened time, and that Hour shall be most severe and bitter

MunirMezyed2023

Nay, but the Hour is their promised time, and It will be the most grievous and bitter!

Aisha Bewley

In fact the Hour is their promised appointment and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter!

N J Dawood 2014

The Hour is their time appointed; and more calamitous, and more doleful, shall be the Hour

T.B.Irving

Indeed the Hour has been promised them; the Hour will be quite disastrous and most bitter.

Bilal Muhammad 2018

No, the Hour is the time promised them, and that Hour will be more terrible and most bitter

Corpus.Quran

Nay the Hour (is) their promised time and the Hour (will be) more grievous and more bitter

Irving/Hegab

Indeed, the Hour has been promised them; the Hour will be quite disastrous and most bitter.

Faridul Haque

In fact their promise is upon the Last Day - and the Last Day is very severe and very bitter

Samy Mahdy

Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is more disastrous, and most strong.

Maududi

Nay; the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Hour shall be more calamitous and bitter

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

No indeed, (but) the Hour is their appointment, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Aye! the Hour is their appointed term, and the Hour shall be far more grievous and far more bitter

Sher Ali

Aye, the Hour is their promised time; and the Hour will be most calamitous for them and most bitter

Linda "iLham" Barto

The hour [of judgment] is the time promised them. That hour will be most dreadful and most bitter.

Musharraf Hussain

The Judgement Day is their appointed time, and it will be a terrifying and most difficult Day.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Better yet, the Hour is their appointed time—and the Hour will be most catastrophic and most bitter.

Shabbir Ahmed

Nay, the Hour is the time promised them, and that Hour will be most grievous with a most bitter defeat

Ahmed Ali

Surely the Hour will be the moment of their promise, and that moment will be calamitous and distressing

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

But their (actual) promise is the Last Hour, and the Last Hour is extremely terrible and most agonizing

Mir Aneesuddin

No, the hour of doom is their promised time and the hour of doom will be most grievous and most bitter.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Nay! The Hour is what is promised them and the Hour will be more calamitous and more distasteful.

Abdul Hye

Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.

Bakhtiari Nejad

No, the Hour is their appointment time, and the Hour is more awful and bitterer (than this world’s punishment).

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter

Wahiduddin Khan

Indeed, the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Last Hour will be the most severe, and the most bitter

Bijan Moeinian

They will see the real misery, however, on the Day of their Resurrection;… it is far worse and more painful

Munir Mezyed

Nay, but the Inevitable ‘Hour’ of (Reckoning) is their promised time, and It will be the most grievous and bitter!

Hilali - Khan

Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter

Dr. Kamal Omar

Nay! The Hour is their promised time (for their full recompense); and the Hour is harder and more bitter (for the disbelievers)

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

But the Hour/Resurrection (is) their appointment, and the Hour/Resurrection (is) more disastrous/catastrophic and more bitter/firmer

Muhammad 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)

Ahmed Hulusi

No, the Hour (of death) is when they will meet the suffering! That hour is more intense and more painful (than being defeated in war).

Ali Ünal

Indeed, the Last Hour is their appointed time (for their complete recompense), and the Last Hour will be more grievous 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

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter

Muhammad 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

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

Muhammad Sarwar

In fact, the Hour of Doom is the time for them to suffer. The suffering of this hour is the most calamitous and the most bitter (of all suffering)

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

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

Dr. Munir Munshey

The fact is that the hour (of Judgment) is their appointed date (with disaster). That hour is far more ruinous and wrenching, a lot more (biting and) bitter

Mohammad Shafi

Moreover, the Hour (the time when the present world will end and the Hereafter begin) is their tryst with destiny, and the Hour shall be more grievous and bitter