Quran Ayah adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers) 51:41 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

And [you have the same message] in [what happened to the tribe of] Ad, when We let loose against them that life-destroying wind

Arthur John Arberry

And also in Ad, when We loosed against them the withering win

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And in the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating Wind

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Arabic

وَفِی عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلرِّیحَ ٱلۡعَقِیمَ ۝٤١

Transliteration (2021)

wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīm

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

And in Aad, when We sent against them the wind the barren.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And [you have the same message] in [what happened to the tribe of] Ad, when We let loose against them that life-destroying wind

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And in the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating Wind

M. M. Pickthall

And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind.

Wahiduddin Khan

There is another sign in the [tribe of] Ad, when We sent against them a life-destroying win

Safi Kaskas

And a sign in Aad, when We unleashed against them the devastating wind.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And in Ad, when We sent against them the withering wind.

T.B.Irving

And with Ad, when We loosed a devastating wind on them:

Shakir

And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind

Abdul Hye

(There is sign in the story) of Ad, when We sent against them the barren wind,

Saeed Malik

[And a contemplative sign is] in Aad when WE sent unto them the sterile wind,

The Study Quran

And in ?Ad [We left a sign], when We sent upon them the barren wind

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

And in Aad, when We sent against them the barren wind.

Talal Itani (2012)

And in Aad. We unleashed against them the devastating wind

M. Farook Malik

There is also a sign in the story of 'Ad: when We let loose on them a blighting win

Dr. Kamal Omar

And in (the destruction of) the ’Ad (-people is also a lesson) when We directed against them a destroying wind (-storm)

Dr. Munir Munshey

And (there are signs in the history of) the nation of ´Aads´, when We sent upon them the blighted lethal wind

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And in the ‘Ad (people, is another Sign): We sent against them the devastating Wind

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind

Muhammad Sarwar

There is also evidence of the Truth in the story of Ad whom We struck with a violent win

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And (a similar sign was left) in (the story of) ‘Ad, when We sent upon them the wind that was barren (from any benefit)

Shabbir Ahmed

And in Aad! When We sent upon them the devastating wind

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And (also there is a sign) in c?d as We sent against them the sterile wind

Hamid S. Aziz

And in A´ad (was another sign). When We sent upon them the destructive wind

Abdel Haleem

There is another sign in the Ad: We sent the life-destroying wind against the

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And in `A-ad also was a lesson, when We sent against them the barren wind

Ahmed Ali

In 'Ad (also is a sign), when We sent a blasting wind against them

Aisha Bewley

And also in ´Ad when We unleashed against them the barren wind,

Ali Ünal

And in (the exemplary history of the tribe of) ‘Ad also (there is a clear sign), when We sent upon them the devastating wind

Ali Quli Qara'i

And in ‘a€d when We unleashed upon them a barren wind

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And also 'Aad, for We sent upon them the barren wind.

Musharraf Hussain

And in the story of Ad is a lesson too, when we sent devastating wind upon them.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And the ‘Ad was another sign. Behold, We sent against them the devastating wind

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And in (the story of) Aad when We sent upon them the destructive wind.

Maududi

There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Ad, when We let loose upon them an ominous win

Mohammad Shafi

And in Aad [there is a sign] - when We sent upon them a devastating win

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And in Aad too, when We sent to them a dry windstorm.

Rashad Khalifa

In `Aad (there is a lesson). We sent upon them disastrous wind.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

And in Aad. We let loose on them a withering win

Faridul Haque

And in the tribe of A’ad, when we sent a dry windstorm upon them

Bijan Moeinian

And the story of Ad whom God sent a disastrous wind to his guilty people

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And in ‘Ad, when We sent upon them the destructive wind

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And in Aad, when We sent on them the wind/breeze, the infertile/sterile

Sher Ali

And there was a Sign in the story of the tribe of AD, when WE sent against them the destructive wind

Edip Yuksel

Also Aad, for We sent upon them the hurricane wind.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And (there is a sign) in (the destruction of the Tribe of) `ad, when We let loose on them the destructive wild-blowing wind

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And there is (a sign) in (the destruction of) the people of ‘Ad too when We sent upon them a wind devoid of any good and blessing

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And in Ad (there is also a sign) when We sent against them the barren wind

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

In the fate of ‘Ād there was another sign. We let loose on them a blighting wind

Arthur John Arberry

And also in Ad, when We loosed against them the withering win

Edward Henry Palmer

And in 'Ad, when we sent against them a desolating wind

George Sale

And in the tribe of Ad also was a sign: When We sent against them a destroying wind

John Medows Rodwell

And in Ad: when we sent against them the desolating blast

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Wa) concerning (Fii) Ad (7:65) (Äädin), when (Iz') We sent (Ar'sal'naa) a fruitless (El'Äqiim) wind (Er'Riiha) against them (Älai'himu).

Fode Drame

And about [the people of] ‘Ad when We sent upon them the barren wind.

Munir Mezyed

In (the destruction of the Tribe of) ‘Ād (there is also a lesson) when We unleashed the barren wind against them.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And in ´Ad when We sent against them the relentless wind.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

[Consider] the Ad. We sent a devastating wind against them.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

And (likewise) in (the people of) Ād—We sent against them the Barren Wind,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

And with Ad, when We loosed a devastating wind on them:

Samy Mahdy

And in Aad. When We sent against them the barren wind.

Ali Quli Qarai

And in ‘Ad when We unleashed upon them a barren wind.

Ahmed Hulusi

And in Aad... How We had disclosed that wind within which there was no good or blessing (cyclone)...

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And in `Ad when We sent against them the barren wind;

A. S. Mohamed

Likewise, in the case of Aad when We sent upon them the barren wind.

Mir Aneesuddin

And in Aad (there is a sign) when We sent on them the barren wind (for their destruction).

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

And in the case of 'Ad - the 'Adites - We drove against them a cold terrifying and destructive hurricane, merciless, pitiless and unrelenting

The Wise Quran Project

And in 'Ad, when We sent upon them the barren wind.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And in the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them the devastating Wind

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And also 'Aad, for We sent upon them the barren wind.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And also 'Aad, for We sent upon them the hurricane wind

OLD Literal Word for Word

And in Aad, when We sent against them the wind the barren

OLD Transliteration

Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema

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