Quran Ayah al-Haqqah (The Reality, The Inevitable) 69:45 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
We would indeed have seized him by his right hand
Arthur John Arberry   
We would have seized him by the right hand
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
We should certainly seize him by his right hand

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Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٤٥
Transliteration (2021)   
la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Certainly We (would) have seized him by the right hand;

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
We would indeed have seized him by his right hand
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
We should certainly seize him by his right hand
M. M. Pickthall   
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,
Wahiduddin Khan   
We would indeed have seized him by his right han
Safi Kaskas   
We would have seized him by the right arm.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
truly, We would have taken him by the right hand
T.B.Irving   
We would have seized him by the right hand;
Shakir   
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand
Abdul Hye   
We certainly would have seized him by his right hand
Saeed Malik   
WE would have categorically taken away, every wise the right from him
The Study Quran   
We would have taken him by the right hand
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
We would have seized him by the right hand.
Talal Itani (2012)   
We would have seized him by the right arm
M. Farook Malik   
We would certainly have seized him by his right han
Dr. Kamal Omar   
(then) surely, We would have seized him with (his) right (side)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
We would have seized him by his right hand
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
We should certainly have seized him by his right hand
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
We would have seized him by the right hand
Muhammad Sarwar   
We would have caught hold of him by his right han
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
We would have certainly seized him by the right hand
Shabbir Ahmed   
We would have taken him by the right hand
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Indeed We would have taken (him) by the right hand
Hamid S. Aziz   
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand
Abdel Haleem   
We would certainly have seized his right han
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
We surely had lain hold of him by the right hand
Ahmed Ali   
We would have seized him by his right hand
Aisha Bewley   
We would have seized him by force,
Ali Ünal   
We would certainly have seized him with might
Ali Quli Qara'i   
We would have surely seized him by the right han
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
We would have seized him by the right.
Musharraf Hussain   
We would have seized him by the right hand,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
We would certainly seize him by his right hand
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
We would have certainly taken him by the right hand
Maududi   
We would surely have seized him by the right hand
Mohammad Shafi   
We would surely have seized from him by the right hand

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
We would surely have taken revenge with full force.
Rashad Khalifa   
We would have punished him.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
We would have seized him by the right han
Faridul Haque   
We would have definitely taken revenge from him
Bijan Moeinian   
… I (God) would have indeed seized him by his right hand…
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
We would have punished/taken from him by the right (hand)
Sher Ali   
We would, surely, have seized him by the right hand
Edip Yuksel   
We would have seized him by the right.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
We would have certainly seized him strongly by the right hand (and so deprived him of all his power)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
We would have seized him with full force and might
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
We surely should have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
We would have seized him by the right han
Arthur John Arberry   
We would have seized him by the right hand
Edward Henry Palmer   
we would have seized him by the right hand
George Sale   
verily We had taken him by the right hand
John Medows Rodwell   
We had surely seized him by the right hand

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
We would have (La) seized him (-Akhaz'naa Min'hu) by (Bi) the right hand (El'Yamiin);
Fode Drame   
We would have surely seized him by the right hand.
Munir Mezyed   
We would definitely have taken him by the right hand,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
We would take his right hand,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
…We would grab him by his right hand!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
We would certainly have seized him strongly,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
We would have seized him by the right hand;
Samy Mahdy   
We would take, from him with the right hand.
Ali Quli Qarai   
We would have surely seized him by the right hand
Ahmed Hulusi   
Surely We would have taken his right hand (power).
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
We surely would have seized him by his right hand,
A. S. Mohamed   
We would have grabbed him by the right,
Mir Aneesuddin   
We would have seized him by his right hand
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
We. would have smitten him by the right
The Wise Quran Project   
Surely We would have seized him by the right hand;

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
We should certainly seize him by his right hand
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
We would have seized him by the right.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
We would have seized him by the right
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Certainly We (would) have seiz him by the right hand
OLD Transliteration   
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni