Ayah ash-Shu`ara` (The Poets) 26:46

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Muhammad Asad

And down fell the sorcerers, prostrating themselves in adoration

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So the sorcerers were cast down, prostrating themselves

Safi Kaskas

And down fell the magicians in prostration [to God],

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Arabic

فَأُلۡقِیَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِینَ ۝٤٦

Transliteration (2021)

fa-ul'qiya l-saḥaratu sājidīn

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

Then fell down the magicians prostrate.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And down fell the sorcerers, prostrating themselves in adoration

M. M. Pickthall

And the wizards were flung prostrate

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

So the magicians fell down, prostrating.

Safi Kaskas

And down fell the magicians in prostration [to God],

Wahiduddin Khan

The magicians fell down prostrate

Shakir

And the magicians were thrown down prostrate

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

The ones who are sorcerers were cast down, ones who prostrate themselves.

T.B.Irving

The sorcerers dropped down on their knees;

Abdul Hye

And the sorcerers fell down prostrate,

The Study Quran

Then were the sorcerers cast down, prostrating

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

The sorcerers fell down in prostration.

Talal Itani (2012)

And the magicians fell down prostrating

Dr. Kamal Omar

So the sorcerers were made to drop (themselves on the ground as) those who are prostrating (in humility to Allah)

M. Farook Malik

At this, all the magicians prostrated themselves

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So the sorcerers were cast down, prostrating themselves

Muhammad Sarwar

The magicians fell down in adoratio

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

So the sorcerers were made (by the truth they saw) to fall down in prostration

Shabbir Ahmed

The debaters fell prostrate in awe

Dr. Munir Munshey

The magicians fell down prostrate

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then the magicians fell down, prostrate in praise

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah ]

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

So the magicians went down prostrating.

Abdel Haleem

and the sorcerers fell down on their knees

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then the magicians flung themselves prostrate

Ahmed Ali

Then the magicians fell prostrating in adoration

Aisha Bewley

The magicians threw themselves down, prostrating.

Ali Ünal

The sorcerers threw themselves down, prostrating

Ali Quli Qara'i

Thereat the magicians fell down prostrating

Hamid S. Aziz

And the magicians threw themselves down, in obeisance

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

So, the magicians fell, prostrating (and showing humbleness).

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Then the illusionists fell down, prostrate in adoration

Musharraf Hussain

The magicians fell in prostration,

Maududi

Thereupon the magicians fell down in prostration

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

So the magicians went down prostrating

Mohammad Shafi

And the magicians fell down in prostration

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Now they fell down prostrated.

Rashad Khalifa

The magicians fell prostrate.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

so the sorcerers were cast down, prostrating themselves

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the enchanters were thrown down prostrate -

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So the magicians/sorcerers were thrown/thrown away prostrating

Bijan Moeinian

At this, the magicians fell prostrate

Faridul Haque

The magicians therefore fell down prostrate

Sher Ali

Thereupon the sorcerers were impelled to fall down prostrate

Edip Yuksel

So the magicians went down prostrating.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

So, all the magicians fell down prostrating themselves

Amatul Rahman Omar

Thereupon the sorcerers were impelled to fall down prostrating

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And the sorcerers fell down prostrate

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

so the sorcerers were cast down, bowing themselves

George Sale

Whereupon the magicians prostrated themselves, worshipping

Edward Henry Palmer

And the sorcerers threw themselves down, adoring

John Medows Rodwell

Then the magicians threw themselves down in worship

N J Dawood (2014)

The sorcerers prostrated themselves

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Saeed Malik

[On sight of it], the sorcerers were thrown in prostration for all to see.

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Fa) the sorcerers (Es'Saharatu) dropped down (Ul'qiya) in prostration (Saajidiin). (7:120)

Fode Drame

Immediately the magicians fell down in prostration.

Munir Mezyed

So the magicians were impelled to fall down prostrate,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Then the magicians fell prostrate.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

The sorcerers fell and prostrated in adoration.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

So the sorcerers fell down prostrating.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

The sorcerers dropped down on their knees;

Samy Mahdy

So, the magicians fell down prostrating.

Ali Quli Qarai

Thereat the magicians fell down prostrating.

Sayyid Qutb

The sorcerers fell down prostrating themselves,

Ahmed Hulusi

Upon seeing this, the magicians prostrated in front of Moses!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And the sorcerers fell down prostrate.

A. S. Mohamed

The magicians fell prostrate.

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

Then the sorcerers were flung prostrate

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

Overwhelmed with wonder, the sorcerers bowed to the ground in comely order, praise and admiration

Mir Aneesuddin

Then Musa cast down his staff when it swallowed that which they had falsely devised.

The Wise Quran

Then the magicians were thrown down prostrating.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration

OLD Literal Word for Word

Then fell down the magicians prostrate

OLD Transliteration

Faolqiya alssaharatu sajideena

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