The Quran

سورة الفَجر

Surah Al-Fajr 89:21

The Dawn · Verse 21 of 30

كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

Abdul Mannan Omar

By no means (will it be so as you think). When the earth is completely crushed into pieces,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

Ahmed Ali

Surely when We pound the earth to powder grounded, pounded to dust,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

No indeed! When the earth is pounded to dust with pounding after pounding;

Daryabadi

By no means! when the earth shall be ground with grinding, grinding,

Faridul Haque

Most certainly - when the earth is smashed and blown to bits.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Nay, when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,

Maulvi Sher Ali

Hearken ! when the earth is completely broken into pieces;

Muhammad Asad

Nay, but [how will you fare on Judgment Day,] when the earth is crushed with crushing upon crushing,

Muhammad Musin Khan

Nay! When the earth is ground to powder,

Muhammad Pickthall

Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

Muhammad Sarwar

When the earth is crushed into small pieces

Muhammed ali Shakir

Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,

Rashad Khalifa

Indeed, when the earth is crushed, utterly crushed.

Shabbir Ahmed

Nay, when the earth is pounded into rubble.