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an-Najm 53:53
Muhammad Asad
just as He thrust into perdition those cities that were overthrow
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And ˹it was˺ He ˹Who˺ turned the cities ˹of Sodom and Gomorrah˺ upside down.
Safi Kaskas
That it is He who brought down the ruined cities
Arabic
وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَى
Transliteration
Wa
a
lmu/tafikata ahw
a
Transliteration-2
wal-mu'tafikata ahw
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
And the overturned cities He overthrew
Muhammad Asad
just as He thrust into perdition those cities that were overthrow
M. M. Pickthall
And Al-Mu'tafikah He destroye
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah)
Shakir
And the overthrown cities did He overthrow
Wahiduddin Khan
and He overthrew the subverted cities [of Sodom and Gomorrah]
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He caused to tumble that which are cities overthrown,
T.B.Irving
And he fell upon the Overthrown [Towns],
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And ˹it was˺ He ˹Who˺ turned the cities ˹of Sodom and Gomorrah˺ upside down.
Safi Kaskas
That it is He who brought down the ruined cities
Abdul Hye
And He destroyed the overthrown cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah during prophet Lot),
The Study Quran
and He razed the subverted cities
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And the evil communities were the lowliest
Abdel Haleem
that it was He who brought down the ruined citie
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And the subverted cities He overthrew
Ahmed Ali
And He overthrew the Cities of the Plain
Aisha Bewley
and the Overturned City which He turned upside down
Ali Ünal
(He also destroyed) the overthrown cities (of Lot’s people)
Ali Quli Qara'i
and He overthrew the town that was overturned
Hamid S. Aziz
And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And the City of Falsehood, He (also) made it sweep down
Muhammad Sarwar
It is He who turned upside down the people of Lo
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And He destroyed the overturned towns (of the people of LuT) also
Shabbir Ahmed
And His Law of Requital annihilated the cities such that they were overthrown
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And He destroyed the defeated Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And the overturned towns He hurled dow
Farook Malik
And also destroyed the Mu’tafikah (Overthrown Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah)
Dr. Munir Munshey
And He it is, Who overturned the cities lying upside down _ (the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
Dr. Kamal Omar
and that which remained involved in falsehood, He destroyed (them to extinction)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
And He toppled the ruined cities
Maududi
And He brought perdition upon the subverted citie
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And He overthrew the turned over cities
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And He caused to perish the overthrown cities
Musharraf Hussain
He destroyed the Mu’tafikkah
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And the overthrown city was made to fall.
Mohammad Shafi
And He destroyed the overturned cities [of the people of Lot
Bijan Moeinian
The evil communities [of Sodom & Gomorrah] had sunk to the lowest…
Faridul Haque
And that it is He Who threw down the upturned townships
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He plunged the village
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And that He is the Lord of Sirius
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And the overturned/destroyed (city was) more dropping/tumbling down
Sher Ali
And HE overthrew the subverted cities of the people of Lot
Rashad Khalifa
The evil communities (of Sodom and Gomorrah) were the lowliest.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And He demolished the city to be over-turned.
Amatul Rahman Omar
And (that it is He) Who totally pulled down the subverted cities (- Sodom and Gomorrah of the people of Lot)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And He is the One Who (raised up) the overturned towns (of the people of Lut [Lot]) and smashed them down
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And He destroyed the overthrown cities (of Sodom to which Prophet Lout (Lot) was sent)
Arthur John Arberry
and the Subverted City He also overthrew
Edward Henry Palmer
And the overthrown (cities) He threw down
George Sale
And He overthrew the cities which were turned upside down
John Medows Rodwell
And it was He who destroyed the cities that were overthrown
N J Dawood (2014)
The Mu‘tafikah² He also doomed
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[They witnessed] that He destroyed the decadent cities [of Sodom and Gomorrah]…
Ahmed Hulusi
And He overthrew the cities (the destroyed cities: Sodom and Gomorrah)!
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
And it was He Who brought to ruin and reduced to impotence the cities old Sodom and Gomorrah
Mir Aneesuddin
and the overthrown cities, He overthrew,
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah)
OLD Literal
Word for Word
And the overturned cities H
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