Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | [And he marched on] till, when he reached [a place] between the two mountain-barriers, he found beneath them a people who could scarcely understand a word [of his language] |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | Till, when he came between the two mountains, he found upon their hither side a folk that scarce could understand a saying | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word | |
Shakir | | Until when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he found on that side of them a people who could hardly understand a word | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | until he came between two mountains. He found beside them a people who could scarcely understand a word [of his language] | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | until when he reached between two embankments. He found behind them a folk who would almost not understand any saying. | |
| T.B.Irving | | until when he reached two barriers, he found a folk on the nearer side of them who scarcely understood any speech. | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | until he reached ˹a pass˺ between two mountains. He found in front of them a people who could hardly understand ˹his˺ language. | |
| Safi Kaskas | | until he reached a pass between two mountains, where he found a people who could hardly understand a word he was saying. | |
| Abdul Hye | | until, when he reached between 2 mountains where he found (near) them a people who almost did not understood a word. | |
| The Study Quran | | till he reached the place between the two mountain barriers. He found beyond them a people who could scarcely comprehend speech | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | Until he reached the area between the two barriers, he found no one beside it except a people who could barely understand anything said | |
Abdel Haleem | | then, when he reached a place between two mountain barriers, he found beside them a people who could barely understand him | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Until when he arrived between the two mountains, he found beside them a people who well-nigh understood not a word | |
Ahmed Ali | | Till he reached a place between two mountains, and found this side of it a people who understood but little of what was spoken | |
Aisha Bewley | | until he arrived between the two mountains where he found a people scarcely able to understand speech. | |
Ali Ünal | | Until, when he reached (a place) between two mountain-barriers, he found before them a people who scarcely understood a word | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | When he reached [the place] between the two barriers, he found between them a people who could hardly understand a word | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | Until when he reached the point between the two mountains, he found below them a people who could scarcely under-stand speech | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | Until, when he reached between the two barriers, he found close to them a people who almost did not comprehend speech | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | after this to the middle of two mountains where he found a people who could hardly understand a single word | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | until when he reached between the two mountains, he found by them a people who were almost unable to understand anything said | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | When he reached the valley between two mountain ranges, he found people whose language was barely understandable to him | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | Until, when he reached (a valley) between two mountains, he found, beneath them, a (primitive) people who did not understand a word | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech | |
Farook Malik | | till he reached between two mountains where he found a people who could hardly understand his language | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | Until he reached a mountainous area and found in the valley a people who understood almost nothing | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | until he reached between two barriers, he found along these two a nation, they show no capability to understand | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | Until, when he reached the point separating the two barriers, he found beside them a people who could barely understand what is said | |
Maududi | | until when he reached a place between the two mountains, he found beside the mountains a people who scarcely understood anything | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | until when he reached between the two obstacles (mountains), beside them he found a group who could hardly understand a word | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | Until he reached a valley between two mountains, he found between them a people who hardly understood a word | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | till he reached an area lying between two mountains; here he found people who didn’t fully understand him. | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | Until he reached the area between the two barriers, he found no one besides them except a people who could barely understand anything said. | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | And when he reached a place between two mountains, he found beyond these a people who could hardly understand a word | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | whose inhabitants barely understood a word | |
| Faridul Haque | | Until, when he came between two mountains, he found before them a nation that did not appear to understand any speech | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | when he reached between the two barriers he found on one side of them a nation who could barely understand speech | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | Until, when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he found on that side of them a people who could hardly understand a world | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | Until when he reached between the two barriers/obstacles/mountains , he found from other than them (B) a nation they are not about to/almost understand a saying/opinion and belief | |
Sher Ali | | Until when he reached the open place between the two mountain mountains, he found, beneath them a people who could scarcely understand a word of what he said | |
Rashad Khalifa | | When he reached the valley between two palisades, he found people whose language was barely understandable. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | Until when he reached between two mountains, he found inside them some such people who deemed not to understand any word | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | So that when he reached a place (- Derbent) between two barriers (on one side the Caspian Sea and on the other the Caucasian mountains) he found in their vicinity a people who could hardly understand speech (in his Persian language) | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | Until he reached (a place) between two mountains. He found a people dwelling behind these mountains. They were unable to understand (anyone’s) speech | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | Until, when he reached between two mountains, he found, before (near) them (those two mountains), a people who scarcely understood a word | |
