Quran Ayah al-Kahf (The Cave) 18:85 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and so he chose the right means [in whatever he did]

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So he followed up (another) means

Safi Kaskas

So he chose a way

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and so he chose the right means [in whatever he did]

M. M. Pickthall

And he followed a road

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

One (such) way he followed

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

So he travelled a course,

Safi Kaskas

So he chose a way

Wahiduddin Khan

He travelled on a certain road

Shakir

So he followed a course

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

So he followed the means.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So he pursued a route

T.B.Irving

so he followed a [certain] course

Abdul Hye

So he followed a way (towards the west)

Saeed Malik

So, he set in pursuit of a cause,

The Study Quran

So he followed a means

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

So he followed a way.

Talal Itani (2012)

He pursued a certain course

Dr. Kamal Omar

So he followed a way —

M. Farook Malik

So one time he followed a certain expedition towards the West and he marched o

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So he followed up (another) means

Muhammad Sarwar

With these he travele

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

So he followed a course

Shabbir Ahmed

Zul-Qarnain, (King Cyrus the great of Persia, 590-529 B.C.) set out for an expedition. He chose the right means in whatever he did

Dr. Munir Munshey

He undertook a mission

Syed Vickar Ahamed

One (such) way he followed (to do)

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

So he followed a wa

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

So he followed the means.

Abdel Haleem

He travelled on a certain road

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then he followed a way

Ahmed Ali

So he followed a certain road

Aisha Bewley

So he followed a way

Ali Ünal

One such way he followed

Ali Quli Qara'i

So he followed a means

Hamid S. Aziz

And he followed a way

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

Then he followed a way,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

He went in one direction

Musharraf Hussain

So he set off on an expedition,

Maududi

He set out (westwards) on an expedition

Mohammad Shafi

So he followed a means

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then he followed a way.

Rashad Khalifa

Then, he pursued one way.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

He journeyed on a wa

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So he followed a course

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So he followed a reason/motive/connection

Bijan Moeinian

Then He (started to expand his kingdom and) moved to the far west and saw the sun setting in a vast ocean. He found a nation there. I revealed to him: “You may rule as you wish. …

Faridul Haque

He therefore pursued a purpose

Sher Ali

The he followed a certain way

Edip Yuksel

So he followed the means.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then he took another way

Amatul Rahman Omar

Then (it so happened that) he launched out on a (particular) course (to the western part of his empire)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

So he followed a way

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

and he followed a wa

George Sale

And he followed his way

Edward Henry Palmer

and he followed a wa

John Medows Rodwell

And a route he followed

N J Dawood (2014)

He journeyed on a certain road

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

So (Fa) he pursued (At'baä) a cause (Sababaa) 1

Fode Drame

So he followed a way

Munir Mezyed

So he pursued one way.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

So he pursued a matter.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

So he pursued a certain course

Linda “iLHam” Barto

He followed one way…

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

so he followed a [certain] course

Samy Mahdy

So, he followed a reason.

Sayyid Qutb

So he followed a certain way

Ali Quli Qarai

So he directed a means.

Ahmed Hulusi

So he followed a way.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

So he followed a way.

A. S. Mohamed

He pursued a certain path

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

So he followed a course

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

"And he purposefully lead the way"

Mir Aneesuddin

So he followed a way,

The Wise Quran Project

Then he followed a way,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

One (such) way he followed

OLD Literal Word for Word

So he followed a cours

OLD Transliteration

FaatbaAAa sababan

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