Quran Ayah adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers) 51:2 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and those that carry the burden [of heavy clouds]

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then (by) the bearers of heavy burdens, (Or: obstruction)

Safi Kaskas

and those (clouds) heavily laden [with water]

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Arabic

فَٱلۡحَـٰمِلَـٰتِ وِقۡرࣰا ۝٢

Transliteration (2021)

fal-ḥāmilāti wiq'ra

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

And those carrying a load,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and those that carry the burden [of heavy clouds]

M. M. Pickthall

And those that bear the burden (of the rain

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And those that lift and bear away heavy weights

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and ˹the clouds˺ loaded with rain,

Safi Kaskas

and those (clouds) heavily laden [with water]

Wahiduddin Khan

and those that bear the burden [of the rain]

Shakir

Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space)

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Carrying rain.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

by the burden-bearers, the ones who carry a heavy burden

T.B.Irving

and those bearing a burden

Abdul Hye

and (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water;

Saeed Malik

By the lifters thereupon, [laden with] heavy load

The Study Quran

and by those that bear a burden

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

By those that carry a heavy burden.

Talal Itani (2012)

And those carrying loads

Dr. Kamal Omar

then those that bear heavy burden

M. Farook Malik

then by the heavy laden clouds

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then (by) the bearers of heavy burdens, (Or: obstruction)

Muhammad Sarwar

by the clouds which are heavily loaded with water

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

then those that bear load (of clouds)

Shabbir Ahmed

And those who carry a great burden of responsibility

Dr. Munir Munshey

And those that pick up a heavy load (of moisture)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And those (winds) that lift and carry away heavy weights

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Carrying rain.

Abdel Haleem

and those that are heavily laden

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the clouds bearing a load

Ahmed Ali

And those who bear the load (of rain)

Aisha Bewley

and those bearing weighty loads,

Ali Ünal

And those that (like clouds) bear heavy burdens

Ali Quli Qara'i

by the [rain] bearing [clouds] laden [with water]

Hamid S. Aziz

And those that lift and bear heavy loads

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and by the carriers of a heavy load (of rain),

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And those who lift and bear heavy weights

Musharraf Hussain

by the winds that carry heavily-laden clouds;

Maududi

which carry clouds laden with water

Mohammad Shafi

Then bear a load [of tiny water globues condensing around the dust particles

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then the burden bearers.

Rashad Khalifa

Bearing rain.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

then the bearers of weight (the clouds)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those bearing the load

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So the clouds carrying rain , a heavy weight

Bijan Moeinian

Your Lord swears by those clouds that are carrying a heavy mass of water

Faridul Haque

Then by oath of those which carry the burdens

Sher Ali

Then carry the load

Edip Yuksel

Carrying a charge.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And by the clouds that carry a heavy load (of water)

Amatul Rahman Omar

They carry (their blessed) load (of truth)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And (the clouds) that bear heavy weight of water

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

and the burden-bearer

George Sale

and by the clouds bearing a load of rain

Edward Henry Palmer

and by those pregnant with their burden

John Medows Rodwell

And those which bear their load

N J Dawood (2014)

and the heavily-laden clouds

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Fa) the carriers (El'Haamilaati) of heavy load (Wiq'raa),

Fode Drame

And by the bearers of a heavy burden.

Munir Mezyed

Then those (clouds) that carry the burden,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And those load-carrying (clouds).

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and by those bearers of loads,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

[Consider] those carrying burdens.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and those bearing a burden [of water]

Samy Mahdy

Then by the carriers (Wind), loads.

Ali Quli Qarai

by the [rain] bearing [clouds] laden [with water];

Ahmed Hulusi

And the bearers of burden.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And the laden Hamilat;

A. S. Mohamed

and those carrying a load,

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

And by the visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating at various heights in the upper air

Mir Aneesuddin

then those bearing heaviness,

The Wise Quran Project

And those carrying a load.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And those that lift and bear away heavy weights

OLD Literal Word for Word

And those carrying a load

OLD Transliteration

Faalhamilati wiqran

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