Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Inshiqaq Verse 3

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and when the earth will be stretched (to give room to more people),

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and when the earth is flattened out,

Ruwwad Translation Center

and when the earth is leveled out,

A. J. Arberry

when earth is stretched out

Abdul Haleem

when the earth is levelled out,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And when the earth shall be stretched forth.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And when the earth is flattened out,

Abul Ala Maududi

and when the earth is stretched out

Ahmed Ali

When the earth is stretched out taut

Ahmed Raza Khan

And when the earth is spread out.

Ali Quli Qarai

When the earth is spread out

Ali Ünal

And when the earth is flattened out,

Amatul Rahman Omar

And when the earth is stretched out and receives fresh manure (for the spiritual and physical progress of its dwellers),

English Literal

And when/if the earth/Planet Earth was extended/spread.

Faridul Haque

And when the earth is spread out.

Hamid S. Aziz

And when the earth is stretched out

Hilali & Khan

And when the earth is stretched forth,

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And when the earth is stretched,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when the earth is spread out

Muhammad Sarwar

when the earth is stretched out

Qaribullah & Darwish

when the earth is stretched out

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And when the earth is stretched forth,

Wahiduddin Khan

when the earth flattens out,

Talal Itani

And when the earth is leveled out.

Tafsir jalalayn

and when the earth is stretched out, [when] its width is increased, just as a piece of leather is stretched, so that no edifice or mountain remains upon it,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And when the earth is stretched forth,

meaning, when the earth is expanded, spread out and extended.

Then He says,

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ