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Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:
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إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Transliteration-3
idh nādāhu rabbuhu bil-wādi l-muqadasi ṭuwan
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when his Lord ˹Allah˺ called him ˹moses˺ in the sacred valley of tuwa
Word by Word (2021)
When called him his Lord in the valley the sacred (of) Tuwa,
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Lo! His Sustainer called out to him in the twice-hallowed valley
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:
Mustafa Khattab 2018
His Lord called him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwa,
Safi Kaskas 2025
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Wahiduddin Khan
His Lord called out to him by the sacred valley of Tuwa
Shakir
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
when his Lord cried out to him in the sanctified valley of Tuwa:
T.B.Irving
when his Lord called to him by the sacred valley of Tuwa?
Abdul Hye
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
Saeed Malik
When HIS Rabb called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,
The Study Quran
when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
When his Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
Talal Itani (2012)
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Dr. Kamal Omar
When his Nourisher-Sustainer called out to him within the Sacred Valley, Tuwa
M. Farook Malik
When His Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
As his Lord called out to him in the supremely holy valley, Tuwa
Muhammad Sarwar
when his Lord called him in the holy valley of Tuwa
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
(Recall) when his Lord called to him in the blessed valley of Tuwa
Shabbir Ahmed
When his Lord called him in the Sacred Valley of Revelation (18:60-64), (20:12)
Dr. Munir Munshey
His Lord summoned him to the holy valley of ´Tuwa´
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Listen, your Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
His Lord called him at the holy valley of Tuwa.
Abdel Haleem
His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Recall what time his Lord called Unto him in the holy vale of Tuwa
Ahmed Ali
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Aisha Bewley
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Ali Ãœnal
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Hamid S. Aziz
When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley of Tuwa
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
When his Lord called him in the holy valley of Tuwa (telling him):
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Behold, your Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
Musharraf Hussain
When His Lord called out to him in the blessed valley of Tuwa:
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Maulana Muhammad Ali
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Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
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Faridul Haque
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Sher Ali
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Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
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Amatul Rahman Omar
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Hilali - Khan
When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Toowa
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Arthur John Arberry
When his Lord called to him in the holy valley, Towa
George Sale
When his Lord called unto him in the holy valley Towa, saying
Edward Henry Palmer
when his Lord addressed him in the holy valley of Tuva
John Medows Rodwell
When his Lord called to him in Towa's holy vale
N J Dawood 2014
His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Ţuwā, saying
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
When (Iz') his LORD (Rabbu-hu) called him (Naadaa-hu) at (Bi) the Holy (El'Muqaddasi) Valley (El’Waadi) of Tuwa (Tuwan), (20:12)
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When his Lord called upon him in the Scared Valley of Towa?
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Samy Mahdy
When His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley, Tuwa.
Irving/Hegab
when his Lord called to him by the sacred valley of Tuwa?
Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)
His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Ţuwā,
Qarai
when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?
Ahmed Hulusi
How his Rabb called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:
Mubarakpuri
When his Lord called him in the holy valley of Tuwa,
A. S. Mohamed
when his Lord called out to him at the holy valley Tuwa?
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"When his Lord called him in the holy valley of ?uw?, (saying)"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
When his Lord called to him in the holy valley of Tuwa
[Al-Muntakhab]
When Allah, his Creator, called him while he was in the sacred valley of Tuwa
Mir Aneesuddin
When his Fosterer called him in the holy valley of Tuwa (saying):
The Wise Quran Project
When his Lord called him in the holy valley, Tuwa.
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
His Lord called him at the holy valley of Tuwa.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
His Lord called him at the holy valley of Tuwa
OLD Word by Word
When called him his Lord in the valley the sacred (of)
Transliteration
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan