Al-Qur'an Surah An-Nazi'at Verse 34

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So when the Greatest Havoc will take place

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

But, when the Supreme Disaster[[ This is the second Blast which will cause the dead to come to life for judgment. See {39:68}.]] comes to pass—

Ruwwad Translation Center

But when the Supreme Calamity comes,

A. J. Arberry

Then, when the Great Catastrophe comes

Abdul Haleem

When the great overwhelming event arrives

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then when the Grand Calamity shall come

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-

Abul Ala Maududi

But when the great calamity will come about

Ahmed Ali

When the great calamity comes,

Ahmed Raza Khan

So when the greatest universal disaster arrives,

Ali Quli Qarai

When the Greatest Catastrophe befalls

Ali Ünal

But when the great overwhelming event comes;

Amatul Rahman Omar

Behold! when that great calamity comes to pass,

English Literal

So if/when the Calamity/Greatest Disaster/Resurrection Day the greatest came.

Faridul Haque

So when the greatest universal disaster arrives,

Hamid S. Aziz

But when the great overwhelming calamity comes;

Hilali & Khan

But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense, etc.),

Maulana Mohammad Ali

The day when man remembers all that he strove for,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

But when the great predominating calamity comes;

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

But when the great disaster cometh,

Muhammad Sarwar

On the day when the great calamity comes,

Qaribullah & Darwish

But when the Great Catastrophe comes,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

But when there comes the Greatest Catastrophe

Wahiduddin Khan

When the great over-whelming event arrives,

Talal Itani

But when the Great Cataclysm arrives.

Tafsir jalalayn

So when the Greatest Catastrophe befalls -- the second blast --

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

The Day of Judgement, its Pleasures and Hell, and that its Time is not known

Allah says,

فَإِذَا جَاءتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَى




But when there comes the Great Catastrophe,

This refers to the Day of Judgement. This has been said by Ibn Abbas.

It has been called this because it will overcome every matter. It will be frightful and horrifying.

As Allah says,

وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرُّ

And the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter. (54;46)

Then Allah says,

يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الاِْنسَانُ مَا سَعَى