هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ رَبُّكَ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ بَعْضُ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّكَ ۗ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى بَعْضُ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَـٰنُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ ءَامَنَتْ مِن قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِىٓ إِيمَـٰنِهَا خَيْرًا ۗ قُلِ ٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ
Hal yan th uroona ill a an tatiyahumu almal a ikatu aw yatiya rabbuka aw yatiya baAA d u a y a ti rabbika yawma yatee baAA d u a y a ti rabbika l a yanfaAAu nafsan eem a nuh a lam takun a manat min qablu aw kasabat fee eem a nih a khayran quli inta th iroo inn a munta th iroon a Do they, perchance, wait for the angels to appear unto them, or for thy Sustainer [Himself] to appear, or for some of thy Sustainer's [final] portents to appear?159 [But] on the Day when thy Sustainer's [final] portents do appear, believing will be of no avail to any human being who did not believe before, or who, while believing, did no good works.160 Say: "Wait, [then, for the Last Day, O unbelievers:] behold, we [believers] are waiting, too!"
 - Mohammad Asad
Are they waiting for the angels or your Rabb to come down to them or are they waiting to be given a certain sign of your Rabb! On the Day when that certain sign of your Rabb appears, the belief will not profit that soul which did not believe before, or who, while professing to believe did not do good deeds. Say to them: "Wait if you will; we too are waiting."
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Are they awaiting the coming of the angels, or your Lord 'Himself', or some of your Lord's 'major' signs? On the Day your Lord's signs arrive, belief will not benefit those who did not believe earlier or those who did no good through their faith.1 Say, 'Keep waiting! We too are waiting.'
 - Mustafa Khattab
Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from they Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them or thy Lord (Himself) or certain of the signs of thy Lord! the day that certain of the signs of thy Lord do come no good will it do to a soul to believe in them then if it believed not before nor earned righteousness through its Faith. Say: "Wait ye: we too are waiting." 983 984
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali