Ayah an-Najm (The Star) 53:53

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Muhammad Asad

just as He thrust into perdition those cities that were overthrow

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the City of Falsehood, He (also) made it sweep down

Safi Kaskas

That it is He who brought down the ruined cities

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Arabic

وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ أَهۡوَىٰ ۝٥٣

Transliteration (2021)

wal-mu'tafikata ahw

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And the overturned cities He overthrew

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

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)

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

Wahiduddin Khan

and He overthrew the subverted cities [of Sodom and Gomorrah]

Shakir

And the overthrown cities did He overthrow

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He caused to tumble that which are cities overthrown,

T.B.Irving

And he fell upon the Overthrown [Towns],

Abdul Hye

And He destroyed the overthrown cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah during prophet Lot),

The Study Quran

and He razed the subverted cities

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

And collapsed the ‘Overturned City’.

Talal Itani (2012)

And He toppled the ruined cities

Dr. Kamal Omar

and that which remained involved in falsehood, He destroyed (them to extinction)

M. Farook Malik

And also destroyed the Mu’tafikah (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

Dr. Munir Munshey

And He it is, Who overturned the cities lying upside down _ (the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And He destroyed the defeated Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah)

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And the overturned towns He hurled down

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And the overthrown city was made to fall.

Abdel Haleem

that it was He who brought down the ruined cities

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)

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And He overthrew the overturned cities,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And He caused to perish the overthrown cities

Musharraf Hussain

He destroyed the Mu’tafikkah

Maududi

And He brought perdition upon the subverted cities

[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

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And He demolished the city to be over-turned.

Rashad Khalifa

The evil communities (of Sodom and Gomorrah) were the lowliest.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

He plunged the village

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the overthrown cities, He hurled down

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And the overturned/destroyed (city was) more dropping/tumbling down

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

Sher Ali

And HE overthrew the subverted cities of the people of Lot

Edip Yuksel

The evil communities were the lowliest.

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

Amatul Rahman Omar

And (that it is He) Who totally pulled down the subverted cities (- Sodom and Gomorrah of the people of Lot)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And He destroyed the overthrown cities (of Sodom to which Prophet Lout (Lot) was sent)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

and the Subverted City He also overthrew

George Sale

And He overthrew the cities which were turned upside down

Edward Henry Palmer

And the overthrown (cities) He threw 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

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Saeed Malik

And the overturned cities, HE toppled them,

Shuaib Abdullahi

Also (Wa) the homophiles (27:54) (El'Mu'tafikata) who were toppled (Ah'waa)

Fode Drame

And the city that was upturned He caused it to fall down.

Munir Mezyed

He overthrew the subverted cities (of Sodom & Gomorrah).

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And those who were turned upside down.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

[They witnessed] that He destroyed the decadent cities [of Sodom and Gomorrah]…

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

And He brought down the Ruined Cities

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

And he fell upon the Overthrown [Town of Sodom to which Prophet Lût (Lot) was sent],

Samy Mahdy

And He toppled Al-Mu'tafikah (The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah).

Ali Quli Qarai

and He overthrew the town that was overturned,

Ahmed Hulusi

And He overthrew the cities (the destroyed cities: Sodom and Gomorrah)!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And He destroyed the overthrown cities.

A. S. Mohamed

and the overturned town which He brought tumbling down

Mir Aneesuddin

and the overthrown cities, He overthrew,

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

The Wise Quran Project

And the overturned cities He made to fall down;

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah)

OLD Literal Word for Word

And the overturned cities H

OLD Transliteration

Waalmu/tafikata ahwa

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