Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
to let loose upon them stone-hard blows of chastisement
M. M. Pickthall
That we may send upon them stones of clay
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay,
Safi Kaskas
to send down on them rocks of clay,
Wahiduddin Khan
so that we may bring down upon them a shower of stones of clay
Shakir
That we may send down upon them stone of clay
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
to send on them rocks of clay,
T.B.Irving
to launch clay pellets on them
Abdul Hye
to send down upon them stones of baked clay,
The Study Quran
to send upon them stones of cla
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
To unleash upon them stones of clay.
Talal Itani (2012)
'To unleash upon them rocks of clay.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
so that we may shower over them stones of clay
to shower upon them brimstone
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
To send upon them stones of cla
Muhammad Sarwar
to bring down upon them showers of marked lumps of clayy
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
so that we may send down upon them stones of clay
Shabbir Ahmed
That we may herald upon them a shower of hardened stones
Dr. Munir Munshey
"To rain upon them stones of baked clay."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstones)
To send down upon them stones of clay
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"To send down upon them rocks of clay."
Abdel Haleem
to bring down rocks of clay
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
That we may send down upon them stones of baked clay
Ahmed Ali
So as to let loose clods of clay on the
Aisha Bewley
to unleash upon them lumps of clay
Ali Ünal
"So that We may send upon them stones of baked clay
Ali Quli Qara'i
that We may rain upon them stones of clay
Hamid S. Aziz
"That we may send down upon them stone of clay (or brimstones)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
so that we send upon them stones of clay,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“And to bring on stones of clay
Musharraf Hussain
to pelt them with clay stones
Maududi
that we may unleash a shower of clay-stone
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"To send down upon them stones of clay."
Mohammad Shafi
"To throw stones of clay upon them."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
That We may let, loose upon them stones of baked clay.
"We will shower them with rocks of clay.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
so that we bring down stones of clay upon the
Maulana Muhammad Ali
That we may send upon them stones of clay
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
To send on them stones from mud/clay
Bijan Moeinian
“To shower them with hot clays.”
Faridul Haque
“To throw upon them stones of baked clay.”
Sher Ali
That we may send down upon them stones of clay
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So that we may rain on them THE the stones of baked clay
Amatul Rahman Omar
`That we may rain stones of wet clay upon them
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
To send down upon them stones of baked clay
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
So that We send down on them stones of hard clay.
Munir Mezyed
To strike them with stones of baked clay,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
To send upon them stones of clay.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[We are] to bring brimstones upon them.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
to unleash upon them rocks of clay,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
to launch clay pellets on them
Samy Mahdy
“To send down stones on them from clay.”
Ahmed Hulusi
“That we may send down stones of clay upon them.”
Mir Aneesuddin
that we may send upon them (porous) stones of clay,
"To drive, with impetuous violence against them stones of clay inflammable- ore; (probably brimstone)
The Wise Quran
To send down upon them stones of clay,