Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed]
M. M. Pickthall
When the basest of them broke fort
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.
Safi Kaskas
and allowed their most wicked to lead them. [91:12)
Wahiduddin Khan
when the most wicked man among them rose up
Shakir
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth wit
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
When the disappointed among them were aroused,
T.B.Irving
when their meanest wretch was delegated
Abdul Hye
when the most wicked person among them went out (to kill the she-camel).
The Study Quran
when the most wretched of them was dispatched
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When the most wicked amongst them was sent.
Talal Itani (2012)
When it followed its most wicked
Dr. Kamal Omar
when one of the most wicked of that (habitation) came forward (in bad intention)
when the most wicked man among them was deputed to kill the she-camel
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
As the most wretched of them deputed himself
Muhammad Sarwar
when the most corrupt of them incited them (to commit evil)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
when rose up the one who was most wretched of them
Shabbir Ahmed
Behold, the most forward among them was picked up for defiance
Dr. Munir Munshey
The meanest among them was dispatched
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Look, the most wicked man among them was chosen (for the crime
When the most wretched of them was sent forth
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They followed the worst amongst them
Abdel Haleem
when the most wicked man among them rose [against him]
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
What time the greatest wretch of them rose up
Ahmed Ali
When among them the great wretch arose
Aisha Bewley
when the worst of them rushed ahead,
Ali Ünal
(Especially) when (finally) the most wicked among them (instigated by his people) rushed forward
Ali Quli Qara'i
when the most wretched of them rose up
Hamid S. Aziz
When the basest of them rose u
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
When the most nasty of them rose up,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Behold, their representative was the most terrible person among them
Musharraf Hussain
When the most wicked among them was dispatched against him.
Maududi
when their arch-criminal rose up in rage
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They followed the worst among them.
Mohammad Shafi
When the most wicked man among them came forward [to disobey divine directive]
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
When the most wretched of them got up
They followed the worst among them
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
when the most wicked of them broke forth
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When the basest of them broke forth with mischief -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
When/if its most miserable/unhappy stirred up/urged
Bijan Moeinian
When the most wicked person among them went to kill the she camel (that they themselves had asked as a miracle.
Faridul Haque
When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance
Sher Ali
When the most wretched among them got up
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
When the most wretched of them stood up
Amatul Rahman Omar
(It was) when the wretched-most among them arose
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
When the most wretched among them came forth.
Munir Mezyed
When the most wretched one among them rose up to kill the she-camel.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
When they sent their worst,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The most wicked person among them was delegated.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
when the most wicked man among them was delegated.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
when their meanest wretch men were delegated [to kill the she-camel]
Samy Mahdy
When, missioned its most wicked person.
Sayyid Qutb
when their most hapless wretch broke forth.
Ahmed Hulusi
When the most unfortunate of them rose up,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"When the worst of them rushed ahead (to carry out mischief),"
And there, did their most wicked leader jump at the occasion to defy Allah's ordinance and prompt the aggression
Mir Aneesuddin
when the most wretched of them broke forth.
The Wise Quran
When the most unprosperous of them was sent.