Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
like giant fiery ropes
M. M. Pickthall
(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and ˹as dark˺ as black camels.”
Safi Kaskas
like giant fiery ropes.
Wahiduddin Khan
and as bright as a herd of yellow camels
Shakir
As if they were tawny camels
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
as though it was a string of saffron-colored male camels.
T.B.Irving
[bright] as a yellow camel herd.
Abdul Hye
as if they were yellow camels.”
The Study Quran
as though they were yellow camels
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
As if they were yellowish camels.
Talal Itani (2012)
As if they were yellow camels
Dr. Kamal Omar
as if those are camels in groups, of light yellow colour
as if they were yellow camels."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
As if they were yellow (heaps) of cables (Or: golden herds)
Muhammad Sarwar
and yellow camels
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
as if they were yellowish camels
Shabbir Ahmed
Moving like the caravans of bright yellow camels
Dr. Munir Munshey
Which would look like yellow camels
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."
As if they were yellowish [black] camels
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
As if they were yellow camels
Abdel Haleem
and as bright as copper
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
As though they were camels yellow tawny
Ahmed Ali
So like golden camels."
Aisha Bewley
like a herd of yellow camels.
Ali Ünal
(Scattered abroad) as if they were yellow camels
Ali Quli Qara'i
[bright] as if they were yellow camels
Hamid S. Aziz
As if they were tawny camels
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
as if they were yellow camels.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“As if there were yellow camels.
Musharraf Hussain
like pieces of copper.
Maududi
which seem as though they are yellow-coloured camels
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
As if they were yellow camels.
Mohammad Shafi
[Or] like thick yellow ropes
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
As though it were yellow camels.
Munir Mezyed
As if they were dark yellow camels.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Like brass cables.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
as if they are yellow camels.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
It looks like [a race of] yellow camels.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
[bright] as a yellow camel herd.
Samy Mahdy
As if they were yellow camels.
Thomas Cleary
like a herd of yellow camels."
Ahmed Hulusi
Sparks like giant golden ropes!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly
Sparks looking like huge implements covered with copper troubling the infidels grievously and subjecting them to a severe distress
Mir Aneesuddin
as if they were yellow camels.”
The Wise Quran
As though they were yellow camels.