Quran with Tafsir_English translation - Surah Al-Qalam ayat 42 - القَلَم - Page - Juz 29
﴿يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقٖ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ﴾
[القَلَم: 42]
﴿يوم يكشف عن ساق ويدعون إلى السجود فلا يستطيعون﴾ [القَلَم: 42]
| Dr Kamal Omar The Day the covering is removed from the shin (i.e., a terror and anxiety is created in a person) and they are called towards prostrations (to Allah alone), but they do not have the capacity |
| Dr Laleh Bakhtiar On a Day the great calamity will be uncovered and they will be called to prostration, then, they will not be able to do so |
| Dr Munir Munshey They would be asked to prostrate (before Allah) on that day when the reality is laid bare. But (that day), they shall find themselves unable (to prostrate) |
| Edward Henry Palmer On the day when the leg shall be bared; and they shall be called to adore and shall not be able |
| Farook Malik On the Day of Judgment, when the dreadful events shall be unfolded, and they shall be asked to prostrate themselves, they shall not be able to do so |
| George Sale On a certain day the leg shall be made bare; and they shall be called upon to worship, but they shall not be able |
| Maududi On the Day when the dreadful calamity will unfold, when people will be summoned to prostrate themselves, and yet they will not be able to prostrate |