Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
which spared nothing of what it came upon, but caused [all of] it to become like bones dead and decayed
M. M. Pickthall
It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
It left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it to ruin and rottenness
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes.
Safi Kaskas
It spared nothing it came upon, and left it like decayed ruins.
Wahiduddin Khan
and it destroyed everything over which it passed and reduced it to dust
Shakir
It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
It forsakes not anything it approached, but made it like it was decayed.
T.B.Irving
it left nothing that it chanced upon without turning it into rubble.
Abdul Hye
which spared nothing that it reached and it blew on like something rotten (decayed).
The Study Quran
Naught did it leave that it came upon, but that it made it as bones decayed
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
It left nothing it came upon but made it like disintegrated ruins.
Talal Itani (2012)
It spared nothing it came upon, but rendered it like decayed ruins
Dr. Kamal Omar
it spares not of anything over which it blew, except that it turned it into something like a destroyed and decomposed matter
which made rotten everything that it blew on
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
In no way did it come upon anything except that it left it out (and) made it as a rotten (stuff)
Muhammad Sarwar
which turned everything it approached into dust
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
it spared nothing it came upon, but rendered it like a stuff smashed by decay
Shabbir Ahmed
It spared nothing that it blew on and smashed it to dust
Dr. Munir Munshey
It did not spare a thing. Whatever it touched, it (churned and) turned into dust and debris
Syed Vickar Ahamed
It left nothing whatever that it came up against. But reduced it to ruin and decay
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Anything that it came upon was utterly destroyed
Abdel Haleem
and it reduced everything it came up against to shreds
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
It left not aught whereon it came but it made it as matter decayed
Ahmed Ali
Which turned everything it touched to ashes
Aisha Bewley
which left nothing it touched without turning it to dust.
Ali Ünal
It spared nothing that it reached, but made it like ashes
Ali Quli Qara'i
It left nothing that it came upon without making it like decayed bones
Hamid S. Aziz
It spared naught on which it blew, but made it like dust
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
It did not leave anything that it came upon it, except making it as decomposed things.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
It left nothing that it came up against. It reduced it to ruin
Musharraf Hussain
In its wake it left behind everything crushed and torn up
Maududi
that left nothing that it came upon without reducing it to rubble
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Anything that it came upon was utterly destroyed.
Mohammad Shafi
[The devastating wind] left nothing that it came upon without making it look like old and rotten bones
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
That it left the thing it came upon like a rotten thing.
Anything that it came upon was utterly destroyed.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
that left nothing it came upon, except that it was ashes
Maulana Muhammad Ali
It spared naught that it came against, but it made it like ashes
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
It does not leave from a thing it came on it, except it made it as/like the decomposed/decayed
Bijan Moeinian
Which destroyed anything on its path
Faridul Haque
It left out nothing in its path, but which it split up into fragments
Sher Ali
It spared nothing whatever that it came upon but made it like a rotten bone
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Whatever it passed over, it did not leave without turning it to dust
Amatul Rahman Omar
It spared nothing whatever it came upon but reduced it to (dust-like stuff of) rotten bones
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
It leaves nothing of that in which it has come upon until it made it into a rotten remain.
Munir Mezyed
It spared nothing that reached it, but made it like a rotten bone.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
It leaves nothing that it comes upon without turning it rotten.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
It left nothing that it came against, but reduced it to destroyed ruins.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
sparing nothing it came upon without rendering it like decayed ruins.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
it left nothing that it chanced upon without turning it into rubble.
Samy Mahdy
It left nothing among what it came upon, except it set it, like the decayed stuff.
Ahmed Hulusi
It left nothing standing of whatever it came upon; disintegrated it into bits!
Mir Aneesuddin
It did not leave anything with which it came (in contact) without making it as if decomposed.
Nothing did it touch but it reduced to ruin and decay
The Wise Quran
It did not leave anything which it came upon except it made it like the rotten bones.