Quran Ayah at-Tur (The Mount, The Mountain) 52:10 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and the mountains will move with [an awesome] movement

Arthur John Arberry

and the mountains are in motion

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the mountains will fly hither and thither

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Arabic

وَتَسِیرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَیۡرࣰا ۝١٠

Transliteration (2021)

watasīru l-jibālu sayra

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

And will move away, the mountains (with an awful) movement

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and the mountains will move with [an awesome] movement

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the mountains will fly hither and thither

M. M. Pickthall

And the mountains move away with (awful) movement

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and the mountains will be blown away entirely.

Wahiduddin Khan

and the mountains shudder and shake

Safi Kaskas

and the mountains shift about,

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and the mountains will journey a journey.

T.B.Irving

and the mountains travel around.

Shakir

And the mountains shall pass away passing away (altogether)

Abdul Hye

and the mountains will move away with a horrible movement.

Saeed Malik

And the mountains categorically move

The Study Quran

and the mountains move with [great] motion

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

The mountains will drift away.

Talal Itani (2012)

And the mountains go into motion

M. Farook Malik

and the mountain will travel around

Dr. Kamal Omar

and the mountains slide away in a swift movement

Dr. Munir Munshey

Set in motion, the mountains will slide about briskly

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And the mountains will fly here and there

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And the mountains will pass on, departing

Muhammad Sarwar

and the mountains quickly move

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and the mountains will move about, a terrible movement

Shabbir Ahmed

And the strong leaders will be moved with a movement. ('Jibal' = Mountains, of firm standing, strong leaders, high and powerful, dominating)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the mountains travel with (awful) traveling

Hamid S. Aziz

And the mountains shall move with awful movement

Abdel Haleem

and the mountains float away

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the mountains will move away with an awful movement

Ahmed Ali

The mountains move and fly away

Aisha Bewley

and the mountains shift about,

Ali Ünal

And the mountains will move away with an awesome movement

Ali Quli Qara'i

and the mountains move with an awful motion

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And the mountains will be wiped out.

Musharraf Hussain

and the mountains will float.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And the mountains will fly near and far

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and the mountains move about, traveling,

Maududi

and the mountains shall violently fly about

Mohammad Shafi

And the mountains move

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And the mountain will move with an awful movement

Rashad Khalifa

The mountains will be wiped out.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and the mountains move, moving

Faridul Haque

And the mountains will move with a visible movement

Bijan Moeinian

side to side and the mountains will be wiped out

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the mountains will pass away, fleeing

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And the mountains moves movement/manipulation

Sher Ali

And the mountains shall move fast

Edip Yuksel

The mountains will be wiped out.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the mountains shall move fast

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And the mountains (leaving their locations) will fly fast (like clouds) and scatter (like dust particles)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

and the mountains move and pass away.

Arthur John Arberry

and the mountains are in motion

Edward Henry Palmer

and the mountains shall move about,

George Sale

and the mountains shall walk and pass away

John Medows Rodwell

And stirring shall the mountains stir

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) the mountains (27:88) (El'Jibaalu) will move (Tasiiru) by dispatch (Sai'raa).

Fode Drame

And the mountains will move a complete movement.

Munir Mezyed

And the mountains move away with a rapid movement.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And the mountains will move.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

The mountains will violently shift.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and the mountains go into motion.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and the mountains travel around.

Samy Mahdy

And the mountains move, moving.

Ali Quli Qarai

and the mountains move with an awful motion:

Ahmed Hulusi

And the mountains (egos) will depart! (Your Rabb is the Baqi!)

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And Tasir the mountains Sayr.

A. S. Mohamed

and the mountains move forcibly;

Mir Aneesuddin

and the mountains will pass away, passing away.

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

And the mountains grow tremulous, in response to the command of their Maker, and they go stump and shiver into atoms blown up by the wind

The Wise Quran Project

And the mountains will pass away, passing away,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the mountains will fly hither and thither

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And the mountains will be wiped out.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And the mountains will be wiped out

OLD Literal Word for Word

And will move away, the mountains (with an awful) movemen

OLD Transliteration

Wataseeru aljibalu sayran

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