Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
all but an old woman, who was among those that stayed behind
M. M. Pickthall
Save an old woman among those who stayed behind
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Except an old woman who lingered behind
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
except an old woman, who was one of the doomed.
Safi Kaskas
except for an old woman who stayed behind.
Wahiduddin Khan
except for an old woman who stayed behind
Shakir
Except an old woman, among those who remained behind
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
but an old woman of the ones who stay behind.
T.B.Irving
except for an old woman among those who stayed behind.
Abdul Hye
except an old woman (his wife) among those who remained behind.
The Study Quran
save for an old woman among those who lagged behind
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Except an old woman with those who stayed behind.
Talal Itani (2012)
Except for an old woman among those who tarried
Dr. Kamal Omar
except an old woman, (We left her) in those who were to be covered under the dust and debris (of the torment)
except an old woman who was left among those who remained behind
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Except an old woman among the laggards
Muhammad Sarwar
except an old woman who remained behind
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
except an old woman among those who remained behind
Shabbir Ahmed
All but the old woman (the wife of Lot) who chose to stay behind
Dr. Munir Munshey
Except an old woman, _ Loot´s wife _ who stayed behind (with the evil doers)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Except an old woman who kept behind
Except an old woman among those who remained behind
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Except for an old woman who remained
Abdel Haleem
except for an old woman who stayed behind
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Save an old woman among the lingerers
Ahmed Ali
Except one old woman who remained behind
Aisha Bewley
except for an old woman who remained behind.
Ali Ünal
Except an old woman, who was among those who stayed behind (and were destroyed)
Ali Quli Qara'i
except an old woman who remained behind
Hamid S. Aziz
Except an old woman (Lot´s wife) amongst those who lingered behind
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
except an old woman (his wife who was) among those staying behind,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Except an old woman who lingered behind
Musharraf Hussain
except an old woman, who stayed behind.
Maududi
except an old woman who was among those that stayed behind
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Except for an old woman who remained
Mohammad Shafi
Except for an old woman, who was among those left behind
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
But an old woman who stayed behind.
But not the old woman; she was doomed.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
except an old woman who stayed behind
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Except an old woman, among those who remained behind
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Except old/weak (F) (was) in the remaining behind
Bijan Moeinian
Except that old woman; she was too corrupt
Faridul Haque
Except one old woman, who stayed behind
Sher Ali
Save an old woman, among those who stayed behind
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Except for an old woman who was amongst those who stayed behind
Amatul Rahman Omar
Except an old woman (- wife of Lot), who was among those who stayed behind
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Except an old woman (his wife) among those who remained behind
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
except an old woman who was of those who were left behind.
Munir Mezyed
Except for an old woman-(his wife)- among those who remained behind.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Except an old woman who stayed behind.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The exception was an old woman [Lot’s wife] who lingered behind.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
except for an old woman among those who lingered behind.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
except for an old woman among those who stayed behind.
Samy Mahdy
Except an old woman was in the remaining behind ones.
Sayyid Qutb
except an old woman, who was among those who stayed behind.
Ahmed Hulusi
Except the old woman (Lot’s wife who did not believe) who did not wish to join them!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Except an old woman who remained behind
except a woman who had been carried through the stealing steps of age to advanced life, who remained with those behind. (Lut.'s wife who approved this evil practice)
Mir Aneesuddin
except an old woman, (who was) among those who remained behind.
The Wise Quran
Except an old woman among those who lingered.