Quran Ayah an-Nazi`at (Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those Who Pulled Out) 79:3 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and float [through space] with floating serene

Arthur John Arberry

by those that swim serenel

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy)

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Arabic

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

Arabic

وَالسَّابِحَاتِ سَبْحًا

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wal-sābiḥāti sabḥan

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by those who glide swiftly

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

And those who glide swimming,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and float [through space] with floating serene

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy)

M. M. Pickthall

By the lone stars floating

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and those gliding ˹through heavens˺ swiftly,

Wahiduddin Khan

and by [the clouds] that swim serenely an

Safi Kaskas

and those who float through space smoothly

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

by the ones who are swimmers, swimming,

T.B.Irving

as well as those floating by,

Shakir

And by those who float in space

Abdul Hye

by those (angels) who swim swiftly (through space),

Saeed Malik

By the buoyant forces, holding aloft

The Study Quran

by those that glide serenely

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

By those who glide swiftly.

Talal Itani (2012)

And those who glide smoothly

M. Farook Malik

and those who glide about swiftly through space

Dr. Kamal Omar

So (also) those who swim, swimming swiftly (in space)

Dr. Munir Munshey

Those who swiftly glide along (in the universe)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And by those who move along (the path of mercy)

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimmin

Muhammad Sarwar

by the angels who float (in the heavens by the will of God)

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and by those who float (in the atmosphere) swiftly

Shabbir Ahmed

And working hard, swimming in strides

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And (by) the swimmers swimming (serenely), (Or: gliding; horses racing; celestial bodies racing)

Hamid S. Aziz

And by those who float

Abdel Haleem

sweeping ahead at full stretch

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

By the angels who glide swimmingiy

Ahmed Ali

And those who glide swimmingly

Aisha Bewley

and those who glide serenely,

Ali Ünal

By those (angels) who swiftly float (through space to fulfill God’s command)

Ali Quli Qara'i

by those who swim smoothly

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And those that swim along.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And by those who glide along

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and by those who swim/float smoothly

Musharraf Hussain

the angels floating naturally,

Maududi

and by those that speedily glide along (the cosmos)

Mohammad Shafi

And by the floaters [clouds?] that float b

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

By those who swim easily.

Rashad Khalifa

And those floating everywhere

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

by the swimmers (angels) swimming gentle

Faridul Haque

And who glide with ease

Bijan Moeinian

And by those who float in inter-galactic spaces

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those running swiftly

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And/by the ships/stars/fast (could be angels), tending to the livelihood/floating

Sher Ali

And by those who glide along swiftly

Edip Yuksel

Those that float along.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And those who steer their course swiftly and skillfully

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And by the (angels) who swiftly glide (between the heavens and the earth), Or By the waves of energy that move around freely in space and atmosphere

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits, etc.)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

by those who float at will

Arthur John Arberry

by those that swim serenel

Edward Henry Palmer

And by those who float through the air

George Sale

by those who glide swimmingly through the air with the commands of God

John Medows Rodwell

By those who swim swimmingly along

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) those who glide (Es'Saabihaati) by floating (Sab'haa),

Fode Drame

By the souls that proceed by swimming.

Munir Mezyed

And those gliding throughout the heavens:

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And travel (with it),

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Consider (the angels) who glide on errands [of mercy].

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

as well as those floating by,

Samy Mahdy

And by the swimmers (Angels), swimmingly.

Sayyid Qutb

by those that float along at ease,

Ali Quli Qarai

by those who swim smoothly,

Ahmed Hulusi

And the (forces) that swim (in their orbits; Saturn – Jupiter),

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And by the swimmers, swimming.

A. S. Mohamed

and those who glide effortlessly,

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"by those who float along,"

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy)

Mir Aneesuddin

and those who are busy moving swiftly,

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

and by the angels who convey an act of Allah's mercy, vouchsafed to His creatures

The Wise Quran Project

By those who glide, gliding.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy)

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And those that swim along.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And those that swim along

OLD Literal Word for Word

And those who glide swimming

OLD Transliteration

Waalssabihati sabhan

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