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)
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)
And the overturned towns He hurled dow
[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)
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 citie
[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.
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
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)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
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).
Ahmed Hulusi
And He overthrew the cities (the destroyed cities: Sodom and Gomorrah)!
Mir Aneesuddin
and the overthrown cities, He overthrew,
And it was He Who brought to ruin and reduced to impotence the cities old Sodom and Gomorrah
The Wise Quran
And the overturned cities He made to fall down;