Quran Ayah al-Mudathir (The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One) 74:21 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and then he looks [around for new arguments]

Arthur John Arberry

Then he beheld

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then he looked round

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Arabic

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ۝٢١

Transliteration (2021)

thumma naẓar

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

Then he looked;

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and then he looks [around for new arguments]

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then he looked round

M. M. Pickthall

Then looked he

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Then he re-contemplated ˹in frustration˺,

Wahiduddin Khan

Then he looked round

Safi Kaskas

Then he looked,

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Again, he looked on

T.B.Irving

Then he looked;

Shakir

Then he looked

Abdul Hye

Then he thought,

Saeed Malik

Then [when he heard the message] he looked,

The Study Quran

Then he beheld

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Then he looked.

Talal Itani (2012)

Then he looked

M. Farook Malik

He looked around

Dr. Kamal Omar

Then he looked (all around to create a psychological atmosphere through his expressions)

Dr. Munir Munshey

Then, he looked around (haughtily)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then he thought (a little)

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Then he considered [again]

Muhammad Sarwar

May he be condemned again for his schemes! He looked around

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Then he looked (to those around him,

Shabbir Ahmed

And then he looked around

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Thereafter he looked (round)

Hamid S. Aziz

Then he looked around

Abdel Haleem

and looked

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then looked he

Ahmed Ali

Then he looked around

Aisha Bewley

Then he looked.

Ali Ünal

Then he looked around (in the manner of one who will decide on a matter about which he is asked)

Ali Quli Qara'i

Then he looked

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Then he looked.

Musharraf Hussain

Then he looked,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Then he looked around

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

Then he looked

Maududi

He looked (at others)

Mohammad Shafi

Then he looked

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then he looked about;

Rashad Khalifa

He looked.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Then he looked

Faridul Haque

He then dared to lift his gaze

Bijan Moeinian

Being upset about his failure, he looked around

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then he looked

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

Then he looked

Sher Ali

Then he looked around him

Edip Yuksel

Then he looked.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Then he looked about (to give his calculations and planning another thought)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then he pondered (over his scheme again)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Then he thought

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

He looked around him

Arthur John Arberry

Then he beheld

Edward Henry Palmer

Then he looked

George Sale

Then he looked

John Medows Rodwell

Then looked he around him

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

so (Fa) he observed (Nazor)

Fode Drame

Then he peered.

Munir Mezyed

He looked around,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Then he looked,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Then he looked around.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

Then he looked,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

Then he looked;

Samy Mahdy

Then he looked.

Ali Quli Qarai

Then he looked;

Ahmed Hulusi

Then he looked.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Then he thought.

A. S. Mohamed

Then he looked.

Mir Aneesuddin

Then he looked

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

Then he directed his intellectual eye and analyzed and scanned

The Wise Quran Project

Then he looked;

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Then he looked round

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Then he looked.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Then he looked

OLD Literal Word for Word

Then he looked

OLD Transliteration

Thumma nathara

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