Al-Qur'an Surah 'Abasa Verse 38

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Many faces, on that day, will be bright,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,

Ruwwad Translation Center

On that Day, some faces will be bright,

A. J. Arberry

Some faces on that day shall shine

Abdul Haleem

on that Day some faces will be beaming,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Faces on that Day shall be beaming,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Some faces that Day will be beaming,

Abul Ala Maududi

Some faces on that Day shall be beaming with happiness,

Ahmed Ali

Many faces will that day be bright,

Ahmed Raza Khan

Many a face will be glittering on that day.

Ali Quli Qarai

Some faces will be bright on that day,

Ali Ünal

Some faces will on that Day be radiant with happiness

Amatul Rahman Omar

Some faces, that day, will be beaming,

English Literal

Faces/fronts (on) that day, lit and shining .

Faridul Haque

Many a face will be glittering on that day.

Hamid S. Aziz

Many faces on that Day shall be bright as dawn (or beaming with light),

Hilali & Khan

Some faces that Day, will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism).

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Laughing, joyous.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

Muhammad Sarwar

Some faces on that day will be radiant,

Qaribullah & Darwish

Some faces will shine,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Some faces that Day will be bright,

Wahiduddin Khan

on that Day some faces will be beaming,

Talal Itani

Faces on that Day will be radiant.

Tafsir jalalayn

On that day some faces will be shining, radiant,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Some faces that Day will be bright (Musfirah),

meaning, the people will be divided into two parties. There will be faces that are Musfirah, which means bright.

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