Quran Ayah ash-Shu`ara` (The Poets) 26:60 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

And so [the Egyptians] caught up with them at sunrise

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So they (Firaawn) (Pharaoh) and his hosts) followed them up at sunshine. (Or: going East

Safi Kaskas

So, they [the Egyptians] pursued them at sunrise,

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Arabic

فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِینَ ۝٦٠

Transliteration (2021)

fa-atbaʿūhum mush'riqīn

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

So they followed them (at) sunrise.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And so [the Egyptians] caught up with them at sunrise

M. M. Pickthall

And they overtook them at sunrise

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

So they pursued them at sunrise

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

And so they pursued them at sunrise.

Safi Kaskas

So, they [the Egyptians] pursued them at sunrise,

Wahiduddin Khan

Pharaoh and his people pursued them at sunrise

Shakir

Then they pursued them at sunrise

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

So they were pursued at sunrise

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So they pursued them at sunrise.

T.B.Irving

They followed after them at sunrise.

Abdul Hye

So they (people of Pharaoh) pursued them at sunrise.

Saeed Malik

So [in their fury], they pursued them, moving into dawn

The Study Quran

Then they pursued them at sunrise

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

They pursued them at sunrise.

Talal Itani (2012)

And they pursued them at sunrise

Dr. Kamal Omar

So they pursued them as those who were witnessing the sunrise

M. Farook Malik

At sunrise the Egyptians pursued them

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So they (Firaawn) (Pharaoh) and his hosts) followed them up at sunshine. (Or: going East

Muhammad Sarwar

Thus we let the Israelites inherit them all

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

So they (the people of Pharaoh) pursued them (the people of Musa) at the time of sunrise

Shabbir Ahmed

And they (Pharaoh's armies) overtook them at sunrise

Dr. Munir Munshey

They went after Musa and his followers at the crack of dawn

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So they (Firon) chased them (Musa and the Israelites) at sunrise

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

So they pursued them at sunrise

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

So they were pursued at sunrise.

Abdel Haleem

Pharaoh and his people pursued them at sunrise

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then they pursued them at sunrise

Ahmed Ali

But they pursued them at sunrise

Aisha Bewley

So they pursued them towards the east.

Ali Ünal

At sunrise, the Pharaoh set off in pursuit of them. tyrant tyrannica

Ali Quli Qara'i

Then they pursued them at sunrise

Hamid S. Aziz

And they pursued them at dawn

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

So, they (Pharaoh’s army) followed them at sunrise.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

So they pursued them at sunrise

Musharraf Hussain

At sunrise, the Egyptians set off in pursuit of the Israelites.

Maududi

At sunrise they set off in pursuit of the

Mohammad Shafi

Then they [Pharaoh's men] went in pursuit of them (Children of Israel) eastwards

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then the people of Firawn followed them at the sunrise.

Rashad Khalifa

They pursued them towards the east.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

At sunrise, they followed them

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then they pursued them at sunrise

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So they followed them at sunrise

Bijan Moeinian

Pharaoh’s army pursued them towards the east

Faridul Haque

So the Firaun’s people followed them at sunrise

Sher Ali

And the host of Pharaoh pursued and overtook them at sunrise

Edip Yuksel

So they were pursued at sunrise.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then at sunrise, they (Pharaoh’s people) chased them

Amatul Rahman Omar

And they (- the hosts of Pharaoh) pursued them at sunrise

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

So they pursued them at sunrise

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

Then they followed them at the sunrise

George Sale

And they pursued them at sun-rise

Edward Henry Palmer

And they followed them at dawn

John Medows Rodwell

Then at sunrise the Egyptians followed them

N J Dawood (2014)

At sunrise the Egyptians followed them

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

For (Fa) they (the Children of Israel) were pursued (At'bauu-hum) to the east (Mush'riqiin).

Fode Drame

So they pursued them at sunrise.

Munir Mezyed

Thus, they -(Pharaoh & his host) - pursued them at sunrise.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

So they pursued them in the morning.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

And they pursued them at sunrise.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

(The Egyptians) pursued (the Israelites) at sunrise.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

They followed after them at sunrise.

Samy Mahdy

So, they followed them at sunrise.

Sayyid Qutb

And so they [i.e. Pharaoh's army] pursued them at sunrise.

Ali Quli Qarai

Then they pursued them at sunrise.

Ahmed Hulusi

(Pharaoh and his army) pursued them as the sun rose.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

So, they pursued them at sunrise.

A. S. Mohamed

So they pursued them at sunrise.

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

Then they (Pharaoh's host) pursued them at sunrise

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

They followed Mussa and his people at sunrise

Mir Aneesuddin

Like that (it happened). And We made the children of Israel to inherit them.

The Wise Quran Project

Then they followed them at sunrise.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

So they pursued them at sunrise

OLD Literal Word for Word

So they followed them (at) sunrise

OLD Transliteration

FaatbaAAoohum mushriqeena

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