37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 141
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَض۪ينَۚ
Fasahama fakana mina almudhadeen
and cast lots and lost.
- Progressive Muslims
And he was guilty, so he became among the losers.
- Shabbir Ahmed
He had cast an arrow and missed the mark. (Untimely action.)
- Sam Gerrans
Then he cast lots, and was among those refuted.
- The Monotheist Group
And he was guilty, so he became among the losers.
- Edip-Layth
He was guilty, so he became among the losers.
- Aisha Bewley
and cast lots and lost.
- Rashad Khalifa
He rebelled and thus, he joined the losers.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
And lots were cast (when a storm overtook them), he was rejected, (and thrown overboard).
- Sahih International
And he drew lots and was among the losers.
- Muhammad Asad
And then they cast lots, and he was the one who lost;
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And then drew lots and was of those rejected;
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
He participated in casting lots and the lot fell on him and he was the one rejected and thrown overboard
- Bijan Moeinian
[Due to the overweight, they had to throw some people out. ] He agreed to participate in the casting of lots and lost.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Then he (agreed to) cast lots, and he was among the losers.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was condemned:
- Mustafa Khattab
Then ˹to save it from sinking,˺ he drew straws ˹with other passengers˺. He lost ˹and was thrown overboard˺.
- Taqi Usmani
Then he participated in drawing lots (to offload one of the passengers) and was the one who was defeated.
- Abdul Haleem
They cast lots, he suffered defeat,
- Arthur John Arberry
and cast lots, and was of the rebutted,
- E. Henry Palmer
and he cast lots and was of those who lost;
- Hamid S. Aziz
Then he drew lots, but was of those rejected.
- Mahmoud Ghali
Then he cast lots. Yet he was of the rebutted,
- George Sale
and those who were on board cast lots among themselves, and he was condemned:
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Then he (agreed to foretell fortunes and) cast lots, (and he was blamed for the ships bad weather) and he was a loser, punished (and thrown in the sea):
- Amatul Rahman Omar
So he was with those (crew) who cast lots (on board of the ill-fated ship, and his name was among those who were to be thrown overboard in order to keep the ship light and well-balanced on account of the storm) and so he was (also) of those who were cast off (in the sea).
- Ali Quli Qarai
Then he drew lots with them and he was the one to be refuted.