Quran Ayah al-Fajr (The Dawn, Daybreak) 89:10 - 70+ Translation Comparison

Popular and/or Featured Works

Muhammad Asad

and with Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles

Arthur John Arberry

and Pharaoh, he of the tent-pegs

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes

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Arabic

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ

Arabic

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

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wafir’ʿawna dhī l-awtādi

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and ˹How Allah dealt with˺ pharaoh (i.e., fir‘aun), possessor of the stakes

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

And Firaun, owner of stakes?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and with Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes

M. M. Pickthall

And with Pharaoh, firm of might

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?

Wahiduddin Khan

and with Pharaoh of the stakes

Safi Kaskas

And with Pharaoh, of the stakes?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And with Pharaoh, the possessor of the stakes,

T.B.Irving

and Pharaoh wielding kingpins

Shakir

And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts

Abdul Hye

With Pharaoh who had the stakes?

Saeed Malik

and Pharaoh, owner of the anchor-blocks--

The Study Quran

and Pharaoh of the tent poles

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

And Pharaoh of the stakes.

Talal Itani (2012)

And Pharaoh of the Stakes

M. Farook Malik

And with Pharaoh the owner of stakes

Dr. Kamal Omar

and (with) Firaun, famous by the pyramids

Dr. Munir Munshey

And with the pharaoh wielding the kingdom

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And with Firon (Pharaoh), the lord of stakes

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

Muhammad Sarwar

(Also consider the people of) the Pharaoh who victimized people by placing them on the stake

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and with Fir‘aun (Pharaoh), the man of the stakes

Shabbir Ahmed

And with the powerful Pharaoh of the great Pyramids

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And (with) Firaawn, (Pharaoh) owning the bulwarks? (Or: stakes)

Hamid S. Aziz

And with Pharaoh, Lord of the stakes

Abdel Haleem

and the mighty and powerful Pharaoh

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And with Fir'awn, owner of the stakes

Ahmed Ali

And the mighty Pharaoh

Aisha Bewley

and Pharaoh of the Stakes,

Ali Ünal

And with the Pharaoh, who had formidable strongholds

Ali Quli Qara'i

and Pharaoh, the impaler

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And Pharaoh with the planks?

Musharraf Hussain

and the Pharaoh, his temples with massive columns?

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and Pharaoh having the stakes (pyramids)?

Maududi

And with Pharaoh of the tent peg

Mohammad Shafi

And Pharaoh of the many tent pegs (i.e. with means and power)

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And with Firawn (Pharoah) who pilloried.

Rashad Khalifa

And Pharaoh who possessed might

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

And Pharaoh, of the pegs (impaling his victims)

Faridul Haque

And with Firaun, who used to crucify

Bijan Moeinian

And the mighty Pharaoh who…

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And (with) Pharaoh, the lord of hosts

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And Pharaoh that of the stakes/pegs/nails

Sher Ali

And with Pharaoh, lord of vast hosts

Edip Yuksel

And Pharaoh with the pyramids?

Amatul Rahman Omar

And (how He dealt with) Pharaoh, lord of vast hosts

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And (how was) Pharaoh (dealt with), who wielded large armies (and used to punish victims with stakes)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And (with) Firaun (Pharaoh), who had pegs (who used to torture men by binding them to pegs)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

And Pharaoh, who impaled his victims upon the stake

Arthur John Arberry

and Pharaoh, he of the tent-pegs

Edward Henry Palmer

And Pharaoh of the stakes

George Sale

and with Pharaoh, the contriver of the stakes

John Medows Rodwell

And with Pharaoh the impaler

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Wa) Pharaoh (17:101) (Fir'äw'na), possessor (Zii) of the pyramids (stakes) (El'Aw'taad)? -

Fode Drame

and Pharaoh master of the pegs,

Munir Mezyed

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And Pharaoh with his monuments,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

[Consider] also Pharaoh, lord of stakes.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and Pharaoh of the stakes?

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and Pharaoh wielding kingpins

Samy Mahdy

And Pharaoh the possessor of the Stakes.

Sayyid Qutb

And with Pharaoh, of the tent- pegs?

Ali Quli Qarai

and Pharaoh, the impaler

Ahmed Hulusi

And Pharaoh, the owner of the tall stakes (the pyramids).

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And Fir`awn with Al-Awtad

A. S. Mohamed

And Pharaoh of the stakes?

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

and with Pharaoh of the Stakes

Mir Aneesuddin

and Firawn, possessor of pegs,

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

And how He dealt with Pharaoh who impaled people on the stakes

The Wise Quran Project

And Pharaoh, the possessor of the stakes?

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And Pharaoh with the planks?

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And Pharaoh with the plank

OLD Literal Word for Word

And Firaun, owner of stakes

OLD Transliteration

WafirAAawna thee al-awtadi

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