Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
And so We responded unto him and delivered him from [his] distress: for thus do We deliver all who have faith
M. M. Pickthall
Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish. Thus we save believers
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
So We listened to him: and delivered him from distress: and thus do We deliver those who have faith
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
So We answered his prayer and rescued him from anguish. And so do We save the ˹true˺ believers.
Safi Kaskas
We responded to him and saved him from his grief. This is how We protect the believers.
Wahiduddin Khan
So We heard his prayer and delivered him from sorrow. Thus shall We deliver the true believers
Shakir
So We responded to him and delivered him from the grief and thus do We deliver the believers
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
So We responded to him. And We delivered him from the lament. And, thus, We rescue the ones who believe.
T.B.Irving
We responded to him and saved him from grief. Thus We save believers.
Abdul Hye
So We answered to him and delivered him from the distress. And thus We deliver the believers.
The Study Quran
So We answered him, and saved him from grief. Thus do We save the believers
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
So We responded to him and rescued him from distress. Thus do We save the believers.
Talal Itani (2012)
So We answered him, and saved him from the affliction. Thus We save the faithful
Dr. Kamal Omar
So We answered his call and We delivered him from the distress. And thus We rescue the Believers
We accepted his prayer and delivered him from distress; thus do We deliver the believers
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
So We responded to him and safely delivered him from suffering; and thus do We deliver the believers
Muhammad Sarwar
We answered his prayer and saved him from his grief. Thus We save the faithful ones
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So We responded to him and rescued him from the distress. And this is how We rescue the believers
Shabbir Ahmed
And so We responded to him and saved him from grief. Thus We save from grief those who believe in Our Laws
Dr. Munir Munshey
We responded and relieved his grief. That is how We relieve the believers
Syed Vickar Ahamed
So We listened to him: And delivered him from (his) difficulty: And like this We save and rescue those who have faith
So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
So We responded to him and We saved him from distress. And it is such that We save the faithful
Abdel Haleem
We answered him and saved him from distress: this is how We save the faithful
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
So We answered him, and We delivered him from the distress, and Thus do We deliver the believers
Ahmed Ali
We heard his cry, and saved him from the anguish. That is how We deliver those who believe
Aisha Bewley
We responded to him and rescued him from his grief. That is how We rescue the muminun.
Ali Ünal
We answered His call, too, and We saved him from distress. Thus do We save the believers
Ali Quli Qara'i
So We answered his prayer and delivered him from the agony; and thus do We deliver the faithful
Hamid S. Aziz
And We answered him, and saved him from the distress. Thus do We deliver those who have faith
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
So, We answered him and We saved him from sorrow (and misery), and that is how We save the believers.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
So We listened to him, and delivered him from distress, and thus do We deliver those who have faith
Musharraf Hussain
We saved and rescued him from distress, and that’s how We save the believers.
Maududi
Thereupon We accepted his prayer, and rescued him from grief. Thus do We rescue the believers
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
So We responded to him and We saved him from distress. And it is such that We save the faithful.
Mohammad Shafi
Then We responded to him and delivered him from the grief. And thus do We deliver those who believe
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then We responded to his call and delivered him from the grief and We shall likewise deliver the Muslims.
We responded to him, and saved him from the crisis; we thus save the believers.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
We heard his prayer and saved him from grief. As such We shall save the believers
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So We responded to him and delivered him from grief. And thus do We deliver the believers
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So We answered/replied to him, and We saved/rescued him from the grief/sadness/depression, as/like that We save/rescue the believers
Bijan Moeinian
I answered his call and saved him from sorrow. Thus I help the believers
Faridul Haque
We therefore heard his prayer and rescued him from grief; and similarly We shall rescue the Muslims
Sher Ali
So WE heard his prayer and delivered him from his distress. And thus do WE deliver true believers
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So We granted his prayer and We delivered him from grief. And likewise, We always deliver the believers
Amatul Rahman Omar
So We heard his prayer and We delivered him from grief, and in this way do We deliver the (true) believers
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
So We answered his call, and delivered him from the distress. And thus We do deliver the believers (who believe in the Oneness of Allah, abstain from evil and work righteousness)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
So We responded to him and We saved him from the grievous distress and thus do We save the believers.
Munir Mezyed
So We responded to him and delivered him from the anguish. And this is how We deliver those who live a life of Genuine Faith.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
So We responded to him and rescued him from the grief, and this is how we rescue the believers.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
We listened to him and delivered him from distress. Thus do We deliver those of faith.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
So We responded to him and delivered him from stress, for thus We save the believers.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
We responded to him and saved him from grief. Thus We save believers.
Samy Mahdy
So We responded to him, and We saved him from the sorrow. And thus, We saved the believers.
Sayyid Qutb
So We responded to him and delivered him from his distress. Thus do We deliver those who have faith.
Ahmed Hulusi
So We responded to him and saved him from the distress in which he had fallen! Thus We save the believers.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
So We responded to him (his prayer) and delivered him from the grief; and thus do We deliver the believers
And there, We responded favourably to him and delivered him from the sorrow and the distress, for thus do We save those whose hearts reflect the image of religious and spiritual virtues
Mir Aneesuddin
And Zan Nun when he went away in anger thinking that We have no power over him, then he prayed from the depths of darkness that, "There is no god but You, glory be to You, it was I (who) was of the unjust ones."
The Wise Quran
So We answered him and saved him from the grief. And thus We save the believers.