بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ
Ahmed Ali
Surely the Hour will be the moment of their promise, and that moment will be calamitous and distressing.
Ahmed Raza Khan
In fact their promise is upon the Last Day – and the Last Day is very severe and very bitter!
Arberry
Nay, but the Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is very calamitous and bitter.
Asad
But nay - the Last Hour is the time when they shall truly meet their fate; and that Last Hour will be most calamitous, and most bitter:
Daryabadi
Aye! the Hour is their appointed term, and the Hour shall be far more grievous and far more bitter.
Hilali & Khan
Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.
ClearQuran - God
The Hour is their appointed time—the Hour is more disastrous, and most bitter.
ClearQuran - Allah
The Hour is their appointed time—the Hour is more disastrous, and most bitter.
Community - God
The Hour is their appointed time—the Hour is most catastrophic and most bitter.
Community - Allah
The Hour is their appointed time—the Hour is most catastrophic and most bitter.
Khattab
Better yet, the Hour is their appointed time—and the Hour will be most catastrophic and most bitter.
Maududi
Nay; the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Hour shall be more calamitous and bitter.
Mubarakpuri
Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.
Pickthall
Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
Qarai
Indeed, the Hour is their tryst; and the Hour will be most calamitous and bitter.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Rather, the Hour is their encounter. And that Hour will be most calamitous and bitter.
Saheeh International
But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
Sarwar
In fact, the Hour of Doom is the time for them to suffer. The suffering of this hour is the most calamitous and the most bitter (of all suffering).
Shakir
Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
Transliteration
Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru
Transliteration 2
bali l-sāʿatu mawʿiduhum wal-sāʿatu adhā wa-amarru
Wahiduddin Khan
Indeed, the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Last Hour will be the most severe, and the most bitter.
Yusuf Ali
Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.