Quran 68 : 42

(The) Day will be uncovered from the shin and they will be called to prostrate, but not they will be able,
يَوْمَ
Yawma
يُكْشَفُ
Yukshafu
عَن
ʿAn
سَاقٍ
Sāqin
وَيُدْعَوْنَ
Wayudʿawna
إِلَى
Iilā
ٱلسُّجُودِ
Assujūdi
فَلَا
Falā
يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
Yastaṭīʿūna

Safi Kaskas

On the Day when legs are bared, they will be called to bow down, but will not be able.

The Study Quran

On the Day when the shank is laid bare and they are called to prostrate, yet are not able

Edward Henry Palmer

On the day when the leg shall be bared; and they shall be called to adore and shall not be able

Mustaqim

On the day He will manifest Himself and they will be called to prostrate but can´t do it.

Aisha Bewley

On the Day when legs are bared and they are called on to prostrate, they will not be able to do so.

N J Dawood 2014

On the day the dread event unfolds and they are told to prostrate themselves, they will not be able

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able

Talal Itani (2012)

On the Day when the Shin will be exposed, and they will be called to bow down, but they will be unable

Arthur John Arberry

Upon the day when the leg shall be bared, and they shall be summoned to bow themselves, but they cannot

The Wise Quran

The day the shank shall be uncovered; and they shall be called to the prostration and shall not be able.

Corpus.Quran

(The) Day will be uncovered from the shin and they will be called to prostrate but not they will be able

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

On the Day when the leg shall be bared, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves, they will be unable

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

On the day the truth will be laid bare, they will be called upon to prostrate, but they won’t be able to.

Ahmed Ali

On the day the great calamity befalls, and they are called to bow in homage, they will not be able to do so

Samy Mahdy

On a Day when it will uncover a leg and they will be called to the prostration, so they will not be capable.

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able

Faridul Haque

On the day when the Shin will be exposed and they will be called to prostrate themselves, they will be unable

Bakhtiari Nejad

On a day when the leg is bared (and the deeds are exposed) and they are called to prostration but they cannot,

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

On the Day when the shank will be bared and they will be called to prostrate themselves, yet they are unable to

Musharraf Hussain

The Day things will be extremely difficult, they will be invited to prostrate, but they won’t be able to do so,

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

The Day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to prostrate, but they will be unable to.

George Sale

On a certain day the leg shall be made bare; and they shall be called upon to worship, but they shall not be able

Bilal Muhammad 2018

The day that the leg will be laid bare, and they will be summoned to bow in adoration, though they will not be able

Mohammad Shafi

The Day the shin is laid bare, they will be called upon to prostrate themselves, but they will not be able to do so

John Medows Rodwell

On the day when men's legs shall be bared, and they shall be called upon to bow in adoration, they shall not be able

Abdel Haleem

On the Day when matters become dire, they will be invited to prostrate themselves but will be prevented from doing so

Rashad Khalifa

The day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to fall prostrate, but they will be unable to.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,

Maulana Muhammad Ali

On the day when thee is a severe affliction, and they are called upon to prostrate themselves, but they are not able -

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

On the Day when the Shin will be exposed, and they will be called upon to prostrate themselves, they will not be able to

Ali Quli Qara'i

The day when the catastrophe occurs, and they are summoned to prostrate themselves, they will not be able [to do it]

Ali Ünal

On the Day when the truth will be manifest and they are in trouble, and being called to prostrate, they will be incapable of it

Shakir

On the day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able

Sher Ali

On the day when the truth shall be laid bare and they will be called upon to prostrate themselves, they will not be able to do so

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

On a Day the great calamity will be uncovered and they will be called to prostration, then, they will not be able to do so.

Wahiduddin Khan

On the Day when the truth shall be laid bare, they will be called upon to prostrate themselves, but they will not be able to do so

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Remember the Day whereon the shank shall be bared and they shall be called upon to Prostrate themselves, but they shall not be able

Irving/Hegab

Some day when their shinbone will be laid bare and they will be called upon to bow down on their knees, and they will not manage to;

T.B.Irving

Some day when their shinbone will be laid bare and they will be called upon to bow down on their knees, and they will not manage to;

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

A day/time being uncovered/(relieved) of (a) shin/leg, and they be/are being called repeatedly to the prostration, so they are not able

Munir Mezyed

The day will come when there will be a severe affliction. They will be ordered to prostrate themselves, but they will be unable to do so.

Fode Drame

The day when the veil from Saaq [Allah’s radiance] will be removed and they will be called to the prostration but they will not be able to do it.

Muhammad Sarwar

On the day when the terrible torment approaches, they will be told (in a mocking way) to prostrate themselves, but they will not be able to do it

MunirMezyed2023

On the Day of Judgement, Allâh will uncover His Shin, and the Ungodly Sinners will be ordered to prostrate themselves, but they will not be able.

Maududi

On the Day when the dreadful calamity will unfold, when people will be summoned to prostrate themselves, and yet they will not be able to prostrate

Hamid S. Aziz

On the day when the Shin (the Hidden Mystery or Truth) shall be laid bare, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able

Abdul Hye

(Remember) the Day (of Judgment) when the events shall be unfolded and they shall be called to prostrate (to Allah), but they shall not be able to do so.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

The day when a leg shall be exposed (the meaning is known to Allah) and they will be called upon to prostrate themselves, they will not be able to do so.

Dr. Munir Munshey

They would be asked to prostrate (before Allah) on that day when the reality is laid bare. But (that day), they shall find themselves unable (to prostrate)

Mustafa Khattab 2018

˹Beware of˺ the Day the Shin ˹of Allah˺ will be bared, and the wicked will be asked to prostrate, but they will not be able to do so,

Bijan Moeinian

The Day surely will come when their deeds will publicly be displayed. They will ask to prostrate but they will be so overcome that they can not even fall down

Linda "iLham" Barto

On the day that the shin will be exposed, they [the unforgiven sinners] will be summoned to prostrate [before the Lord], but they will not be able to do so.

Amatul Rahman Omar

On the day when there is severe affliction and the truth is laid bare and they will be called upon to prostrate (themselves), but they will not be able to do so

Shabbir Ahmed

On the Day when they are confronted with the stark reality and they are summoned to prostrate, they shall not be able to prostrate. (It will be too late to submit)

Mir Aneesuddin

On the day (the covering) will be removed from the ankle (there being a calamity), and they will be called for prostrations, but they will not be able to (prostrate),

Ahmed Hulusi

The time when the reality becomes manifest and they are invited to prostrate (confess the nonexistence of their assumed separate existence) they will be unable to do so!

Hilali - Khan

(Remember) the Day when the Shin shall be laid bare (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) and they shall be called to prostrate (to Allah), but they (hypocrites) shall not be able to do so

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The Day that when the Shin (Allah’s Divine Self) shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to prostrate themselves but they (the hypocrites) shall not be able to do so—

Dr. Kamal Omar

The Day the covering is removed from the shin (i.e., a terror and anxiety is created in a person) and they are called towards prostrations (to Allah alone), but they do not have the capacity

Muhammad Asad

on the Day when man's very being shall be bared to the bone, and when they [who now deny the truth] shall be called upon to prostrate themselves [before God], and shall be unable to do so

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

The Day when the ‘shin’ (i.e., the terrifying fierceness of the Hour of Rising) will be laid bare, and (the disobedient) people will be called to prostrate themselves, but they will not be able to do so (i.e., to prostrate themselves)