7:53 hal yanZuruuna il-laa ta’wiylah* yawma ya’tiy ta’wiyluhuu yaquulul-ladhiyna nasuuhu min qablu qad jaa-at rusulu rab-binaa bil Haqq* fa hal lanaa min shufa’AAa fa yashfa’UU lanaa aw nurad-du fa na’Åmala gayral-ladhiy kun-naa na’Åmal* qad khasiruu anfusahum wa Dal-la ‘Anhum maa kaanuu yaftaruun

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
What do they await, except for the result foretold by that Book to appear? The day when the result foretold by it occurs, those who had previously forgotten it from the beginning (the disbelievers) will exclaim, "Indeed the Noble Messengers of our Lord had brought the truth! Do we have any intercessors who may intercede for us? Or can we be returned (to earth), so we may do contrary to what we have done before?" Indeed they have put themselves into ruin, and have lost the things they fabricated.

Yusuf Ali:
Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.

Pickthal:
Await they aught save the fulfilment thereof? On the day when the fulfilment thereof cometh, those who were before forgetful thereof will say: The messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth! Have we any intercessors, that they may intercede for us? Or can we be returned (to life on earth), that we may act otherwise than we used to act? They have lost their souls, and that which they devised hath failed them.