37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 142
فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُل۪يمٌ
Faltaqamahu alhootu wahuwamuleem
Then the fish devoured him and he was to blame.
- Progressive Muslims
Thus a whale swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Then the Fish grabbed him while he was blaming himself. (Again, usually a whale is mentioned here. But the whale is a mammal and not a fish, and the Qur'an which is never inaccurate, speaks of '
- Sam Gerrans
Then the fish swallowed him, when he was blameworthy.
- The Monotheist Group
Thus a whale swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.
- Edip-Layth
Thus a whale swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.
- Aisha Bewley
Then the fish devoured him and he was to blame.
- Rashad Khalifa
Consequently, the fish swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Then he was swallowed by a large fish as he was worthy of blame.
- Sahih International
Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.
- Muhammad Asad
[and they cast him into the sea, ] whereupon the great fish swallowed him, for he had been blameworthy.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy;
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And there he was swallowed by the fish and it was him who had incurred the blame.
- Bijan Moeinian
Eventually a big fish swallowed him and he was the only one to be blamed for his destiny [as he fled his place of mission without asking God’s permission].
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Then a (big) fish swallowed him as he had done an act worthy of blame.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had done acts worthy of blame.
- Mustafa Khattab
Then the whale engulfed him while he was blameworthy.[1]
- Taqi Usmani
Then the fish swallowed him while he was reproaching his own self.
- Abdul Haleem
and a great fish swallowed him, for he had committed blameworthy acts.
- Arthur John Arberry
then the whale swallowed him down, and he blameworthy.
- E. Henry Palmer
and a fish swallowed him, for he was to be blamed;
- Hamid S. Aziz
And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy,
- Mahmoud Ghali
So the whale gobbled him, and he was blameworthy.
- George Sale
And the fish swallowed him; for he was worthy of reprehension.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Then the (big) fish swallowed him, and he had done actions worthy of blame (by running away from his mission).
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Then (it came about that) a big fish took him in its mouth while he was reproaching (himself).
- Ali Quli Qarai
Then the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy.