The Quran

سورة صٓ

Surah Sâd 38:15

The Truthful God · Verse 15 of 88

وَمَا يَنْظُرُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً مَا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And also for these (people of your time) awaits a sudden punishment which shall know no pause.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

These (today) only wait for a single mighty Blast, which (when it comes) will brook no delay.

Ahmed Ali

They await but a single blast which will not be repeated.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

These wait but for a single blast, which will tolerate no delay (to give them respite).

Daryabadi

And these wait but for one shout, wherefrom there will be no deferment.

Faridul Haque

They await just one Scream, which no one can avert.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And these wait but for one cry, wherein there is no delay.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And these now wait only for a single blast, and there shall be no delaying it.

Muhammad Asad

And they [who now deny the truth - they, too,] have but to wait for one single blast [of punishment to overtake them]: it shall not be delayed a whit.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And these only wait for a single Saihah [shout (i.e. the blowing of the Trumpet by the angel Israfil Sarafil)] there will be no pause or ending thereto [till everything will perish except Allah (the only God full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour)].

Muhammad Pickthall

These wait for but one Shout, there will be no second thereto.

Muhammad Sarwar

They had only to wait for the single inevitable blast.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Nor do these await aught but a single cry, there being no delay in it.

Rashad Khalifa

These people can expect a single blow, from which they never recover.

Shabbir Ahmed

These people only wait a single blast from which they would not recover.