Quran Ayah an-Nazi`at (Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out) 79:30 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

And after that, the earth: wide has He spread its expanse

Arthur John Arberry

and the earth-after that He spread it out

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse)

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Arabic

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

Arabic

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

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wal-arḍa baʿda dhālika daḥāhā

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and after that He ˹Allah˺ spread the earth

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

And the earth after that He spread it.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And after that, the earth: wide has He spread its expanse

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse)

M. M. Pickthall

And after that He spread the earth

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

As for the earth, He spread it out as well,

Wahiduddin Khan

and the earth which He spread out

Safi Kaskas

After that He spread out the Earth.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And, after that, He spread out the earth.

T.B.Irving

and the earth has He spread out besides,

Shakir

And the earth, He expanded it after that

Abdul Hye

And after that, He spreads out the earth,

Saeed Malik

And the earth after that-- HE spread her out

The Study Quran

And after that He spread out the earth

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

The earth after that He spread out.

Talal Itani (2012)

And the earth after that He spread

M. Farook Malik

After that He spread out the earth

Dr. Kamal Omar

And the earth, after this stage, He gave it an oval form

Dr. Munir Munshey

And after that, He spread out the earth

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And more, He has extended the earth (far and wide also in the shape of an egg)

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And after that He spread the earth

Muhammad Sarwar

After this, He spread out the earth

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and, after that, He spread out the earth

Shabbir Ahmed

And after that He made the earth shoot out from the Cosmic Nebula and made it spread out egg-shaped. ('Dahaha' entails all the meanings rendered (21:30), (41:11))

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the earth, after that He flattened it (for life)

Hamid S. Aziz

And after that He expanded (spread) the earth

Abdel Haleem

and the earth, too, He spread out

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the earth!- thereafter He stretched it out

Ahmed Ali

And afterwards spread out the earth

Aisha Bewley

After that He smoothed out the earth

Ali Ünal

And after that He has spread out the earth in the egg-shape (for habitability)

Ali Quli Qara'i

and after that He spread out the earth

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And the land after that He spread out.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And the earth, moreover, has He extended

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And after that He expanded/spread out the earth.

Musharraf Hussain

and the Earth after that, which He spread out.

Maududi

and thereafter spread out the earth

Mohammad Shafi

And the earth thereafter — He spread it out

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And after that, he spread out the earth.

Rashad Khalifa

He made the earth egg-shaped

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

And the earth He extended after that

Faridul Haque

And after it spread out the earth

Bijan Moeinian

Look at the earth which He has spread

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the earth, He cast it after that

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And the earth/Planet Earth after that He blew and stretched/spread it

Sher Ali

And the earth, along with it, HE has spread forth

Edip Yuksel

The land after that, He made it like an egg.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And along with it He hurled the earth away (from a bigger mass) and spread it forth

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And He is the One Who, later, (after the creation of the planet sun) separated (from it) the earth, flung it with centrifugal force (and spread its expanse to make it inhabitable)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And after that He spread the earth

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

After that He spread the earth

Arthur John Arberry

and the earth-after that He spread it out

Edward Henry Palmer

and the earth after that He did stretch out

George Sale

After this, He stretched out the earth

John Medows Rodwell

And afterwards stretched forth the earth,

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Wa) after (Ba'da) that (Zaalika) HE spread out (Dahaa-ha) the earth (El'Ar'do).

Fode Drame

And the earth after that, He laid it down [like a cradle].

Munir Mezyed

Then after that He spread out the earth,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And after that He spread out the earth,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Afterward He expounded Earth.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and the earth has He spread out besides,

Samy Mahdy

And the earth after that He expanded it (Like an egg).

Sayyid Qutb

After that He spread out the earth.

Ali Quli Qarai

Thereafter He spread out the earth,

Ahmed Hulusi

Then He spread the earth and furnished it.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And after that He spread the earth,

A. S. Mohamed

Then the earth, after that, He made it egg-shaped.

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

And the earth -- after that He spread it out

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

And the earth, after that He spread it out

Mir Aneesuddin

And He stretched out the earth (drifting the continents apart), after that,

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

and the earth did He prepare for life at a later date.

The Wise Quran Project

And the earth after that He spread it,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse)

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And the land after that He spread out.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And the land after that He spread out

OLD Literal Word for Word

And the earth after that He spread it

OLD Transliteration

Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha

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