53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 53
وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰىۙ
Walmu/tafikata ahwa
and the Overturned City which He turned upside down
- Progressive Muslims
And the evil communities were the lowliest.
- Shabbir Ahmed
And His Law of Requital annihilated the cities such that they were overthrown.
- Sam Gerrans
And the overthrown cities He cast down,
- The Monotheist Group
And the overthrown city was made to fall.
- Edip-Layth
The evil communities were the lowliest.
- Aisha Bewley
and the Overturned City which He turned upside down
- Rashad Khalifa
The evil communities (of Sodom and Gomorrah) were the lowliest.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
And He overthrew the Cities of the Plain,
- Sahih International
And the overturned towns He hurled down
- Muhammad Asad
just as He thrust into perdition those cities that were overthrown
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And Al-Mu'tafikah He destroyed
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And it was He Who brought to ruin and reduced to impotence the cities old Sodom and Gomorrah,
- Bijan Moeinian
The evil communities [of Sodom & Gomorrah] had sunk to the lowest….
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And He destroyed the overthrown cities [of Sodom to which Prophet Lût (Lot) was sent].
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah).
- Mustafa Khattab
And ˹it was˺ He ˹Who˺ turned the cities ˹of Sodom and Gomorrah˺ upside down.
- Taqi Usmani
And He destroyed the overturned towns (of the people of LūT) also,
- Abdul Haleem
that it was He who brought down the ruined cities
- Arthur John Arberry
and the Subverted City He also overthrew,
- E. Henry Palmer
And the overthrown (cities) He threw down;
- Hamid S. Aziz
And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah),
- Mahmoud Ghali
And the City of Falsehood, He (also) made it sweep down,
- George Sale
And He overthrew the cities which were turned upside down;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And He destroyed the defeated Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah),
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And (that it is He) Who totally pulled down the subverted cities (- Sodom and Gomorrah of the people of Lot),
- Ali Quli Qarai
and He overthrew the town that was overturned,