Quran Ayah adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers) 51:3 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and those that speed along with gentle ease

Arthur John Arberry

and the smooth runner

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And those that flow with ease and gentleness

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Arabic

فَٱلۡجَـٰرِیَـٰتِ یُسۡرࣰا ۝٣

Transliteration (2021)

fal-jāriyāti yus'ra

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

And those sailing (with) ease,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and those that speed along with gentle ease

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And those that flow with ease and gentleness

M. M. Pickthall

And those that glide with ease (upon the sea

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and ˹the ships˺ gliding with ease,

Wahiduddin Khan

and those speeding along with ease

Safi Kaskas

and those sailing with ease

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and the ones that run with ease

T.B.Irving

and the ones blowing gently

Shakir

Then those (ships) that glide easily

Abdul Hye

and (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness;

Saeed Malik

By the flows therefrom, [flowing] with ease

The Study Quran

by those that course with ease

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

By those that glide with ease.

Talal Itani (2012)

And those moving gently

M. Farook Malik

then by their swift gliding

Dr. Kamal Omar

then those that float with ease and gentleness

Dr. Munir Munshey

Yet, glide through so easily

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And those that flow with ease, (joy) and gentleness

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And those [ships] sailing with ease

Muhammad Sarwar

by the ships which smoothly sail on the oceans

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

then those that float with ease

Shabbir Ahmed

And those who glide gently (toward success)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then (by) the runners with ease

Ali Quli Qara'i

by [the ships] which move gently [on the sea]

Ali Ünal

And those (like ships) that run with gentle ease

Aisha Bewley

and those speeding along with ease,

Ahmed Ali

And those who move (on the water) gently

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the ships that glide with ease

Abdel Haleem

that speed freely

Hamid S. Aziz

And those that flow with ease and gentleness

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Traveling easily.

Musharraf Hussain

by the winds that sail ships with ease;

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And those who flow with ease and gentleness

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and by the (ships) sailing with ease,

Maududi

which then smoothly speed along

Mohammad Shafi

Then sail smoothly alone

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then the smooth runners.

Rashad Khalifa

Bringing provisions.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those running easily

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So the flowing/orbiting , easily/flexibly

Sher Ali

Then speed lightly along

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

then the easy runners (the ships)

Faridul Haque

Then by oath of those which move with ease

Bijan Moeinian

Your Lord swears by those clouds that glide with ease

Edip Yuksel

Flowing smoothly.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Then speed along (exposing the wrong belief and evil practices) with love and peace

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And by the vessels that float with elegance

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And (the ships) that float with ease and gentleness

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

by the smoothly-gliding ships

Arthur John Arberry

and the smooth runner

Edward Henry Palmer

and by those running on easily

John Medows Rodwell

And by those which speed lightly along

George Sale

by the ships running swiftly in the sea

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Fa) the sailors (El'Jaariyaati) with ease (Yus'raa),

Fode Drame

And by those who sail with gentleness.

Munir Mezyed

Then those (ships) that glide smoothly (upon the sea),

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And those (ships) travelling with ease.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

[Consider] those that flow with ease.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and by those moving gently,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and the ships floating gently

Samy Mahdy

Then by the speeders (Wind), easily.

Ali Quli Qarai

by [the ships] which move gently [on the sea];

Ahmed Hulusi

And those who flow with ease.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And the steady Jariyat;

A. S. Mohamed

and those speeding along with ease,

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

And by the vessels, small or stately, floating on water propelled by the wind upon the sails or propelled by other means

Mir Aneesuddin

then those moving easily,

The Wise Quran Project

And those running easily.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And those that flow with ease and gentleness

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Traveling easily.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Travelling easily

OLD Literal Word for Word

And those sailing (with) ease

OLD Transliteration

Faaljariyati yusran

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