Quran Ayah at-Takwir (The Overthrowing, The Cessation) 81:9 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

for what crime she had been slain

Arthur John Arberry

for what sin she was slain

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

For what crime she was killed

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Arabic

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Arabic

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

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bi-ayyi dhanbin qutilat

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for what sin she was put to death

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

For what sin she was killed.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

for what crime she had been slain

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

For what crime she was killed

M. M. Pickthall

For what sin she was slain

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

for what crime they were put to death,

Wahiduddin Khan

for what sin she was killed

Safi Kaskas

for what offense she was killed?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

for which impiety she was slain

T.B.Irving

for what offence she has been killed,

Shakir

For what sin she was killed

Abdul Hye

for what sin she was killed;

Saeed Malik

for which trespass was she slain.

The Study Quran

for what sin she was slain

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

For what crime was she killed?

Talal Itani (2012)

For what crime was she killed

M. Farook Malik

for what sin she was killed

Dr. Kamal Omar

for what sin she has been killed

Dr. Munir Munshey

"What was her sin? Why was she killed?"

Syed Vickar Ahamed

For what crime she was killed

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

For what sin she was killed

Muhammad Sarwar

such as, "For what crime were they murdered?"

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

for what sin she was killed

Shabbir Ahmed

For what crime she was slain. (Women's rights will be restored)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

For whichever guilty deed she was killed

Hamid S. Aziz

For what sin she was killed

Abdel Haleem

for what sin she was killed

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

For what sin she was slain

Ahmed Ali

For what crime she was put to death

Aisha Bewley

for what crime she was killed,

Ali Ünal

For what crime she was killed

Ali Quli Qara'i

for what sin she was killed

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

For what crime was she killed?

Musharraf Hussain

for which crime she was murdered,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

For what crime she was killed

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

for what sin she was killed

Maududi

for what offence was she killed

Mohammad Shafi

For what sin was she killed

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

For what crime was she killed?

Rashad Khalifa

For what crime was she killed

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

for what crime she was slain

Faridul Haque

Upon what sin was she killed for

Bijan Moeinian

what crime she was buried alive

Maulana Muhammad Ali

For what sin she was killed

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

With (because of) which crime it was killed

Sher Ali

`For what crime was she killed?

Edip Yuksel

"For what crime was she killed?"

Amatul Rahman Omar

For what offence was she killed

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

For what crime was she slain

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

For what sin she was killed

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

for what crime she was slain

Arthur John Arberry

for what sin she was slain

Edward Henry Palmer

for what sin she was slain

George Sale

for what crime she was put to death

John Medows Rodwell

For what crime she was put to death

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

for (Bi) what (Ayyi) sin (Zanbin) she was killed (Qutilat').

Fode Drame

for what sin she was killed?

Munir Mezyed

For what crime she was slain:

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

For what sin she was killed,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

…for what crime she was killed!

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

for what misdeed she was killed,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

for what offence she has been killed,

Samy Mahdy

For which sin was she killed?

Sayyid Qutb

for what crime she was slain,

Ali Quli Qarai

for what sin she was killed.

Ahmed Hulusi

“For what sin she was killed?”

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

For what sin was she killed

A. S. Mohamed

for what crime was she killed?

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"for what crime she was killed,"

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

For what sin she was slain

Mir Aneesuddin

for what sin she was killed,

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

For what guilt was she made to suffer infanticide

The Wise Quran Project

For what sin she was killed,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

For what crime she was killed

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

"For what crime was she killed?"

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

"For what crime was she killed"

OLD Literal Word for Word

For what sin she was killed

OLD Transliteration

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

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