Quran Ayah al-Mudathir (The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One) 74:14 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and to whose life I gave so wide a scope

Arthur John Arberry

and made all things smooth for him

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable

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Arabic

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِیدࣰا ۝١٤

Transliteration (2021)

wamahhadttu lahu tamhīda

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

And I spread for him, ease.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and to whose life I gave so wide a scope

M. M. Pickthall

And made (life) smooth for him

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and made life very easy for him.

Safi Kaskas

and for whom I smoothed all things.

Wahiduddin Khan

and whom I have provided with every resource

Shakir

And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And I made smooth for him, a making smooth.

T.B.Irving

and for whom I have smoothed things over.

Abdul Hye

and made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Saeed Malik

And I have paved the way for him, with smoothness.

The Study Quran

and made smooth the way for him

Talal Itani (2012)

And smoothed things for him

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

I smoothed everything out for him.

M. Farook Malik

and made his life smooth and comfortable

Dr. Kamal Omar

and set for him abode in the form of a fine, luxurious resting place

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And made (life) smooth for him in an accessible (way)

Muhammad Sarwar

whose life I have made run smoothl

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and extended (power and honour) to him pretty well

Shabbir Ahmed

And made life comfortable for him like a cradle

Dr. Munir Munshey

I made life comfortable and easy for him

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And made (life) smooth and comfortable for him

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And I made everything comfortable for him.

Abdel Haleem

making everything easy for him––

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And for whom I smoothed everything

Ahmed Ali

And made things easy for them

Aisha Bewley

and whose way I have smoothed.

Ali Ünal

And I have granted him all means and status for a comfortable life

Ali Quli Qara'i

and facilitated [all matters] for him

Hamid S. Aziz

And I adjusted the affairs of life to go smoothly and appropriately for him

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

To whom I made life smooth and comfortable

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and made (everything) easy for him, so easy

Musharraf Hussain

and I made his material progress smooth.

Maududi
and for whom I have smoothed the way (to power and riches)

Mohammad Shafi
And I made things easy for him

Controversial or status undetermined works

Rashad Khalifa

I made everything easy for him.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And I prepared for him numerous preparations;

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

I made things smooth and easy for him

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And made matters easy for him

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And I prepared for him preparation

Bijan Moeinian

The same creature that I made the life easy for him to prosper

Faridul Haque

And made several preparations for him

Sher Ali

And equipped him with all necessary things

Edip Yuksel

I made everything comfortable for him.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And granted him affluence (in sources of luxury)

Amatul Rahman Omar

And I provided for him all necessary equipment

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And made life smooth and comfortable for him

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

and made all things smooth for him

George Sale

and for whom I have disposed affairs in a smooth and easy manner

Edward Henry Palmer

and for whom I have smoothed things down

John Medows Rodwell

And for whom I have smoothed all things smoothly down;

N J Dawood (2014)

I have made his progress smooth and easy

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) I have made facilitation (Tam'hiidaa) easy (-Mahhadttu) for him (Lahu);

Fode Drame

And I have paved his way [in life] with a nicely paving.

Munir Mezyed

I made his life run smoothly and comfortably.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And gave him comfort,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

I made his life comfortable,…

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and smoothed things for him—

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and for whom I have smoothed things over.

Samy Mahdy

And I prepared smoothly for him, a smooth preparation.

Ali Quli Qarai

and facilitated [all matters] for him.

Ahmed Hulusi

And enabled the experience of expansive abundance!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

A. S. Mohamed

and I made everything smooth for him.

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

I made him lead an easy life with success and prosperity wherever he set his courses

Mir Aneesuddin

and made habitable for him (his) habitation.

The Wise Quran Project

And I made affairs easy for him.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And I made everything comfortable for him.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And I made everything comfortable for him

OLD Literal Word for Word

And I spread for him, ease

OLD Transliteration

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

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