Quran Ayah al-Balad (The City, This Countryside) 90:10 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and shown him the two highways [of good and evil]

Arthur John Arberry

and guided him on the two highways

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And shown him the two highways

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Arabic

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

Arabic

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

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wahadaynāhu l-najdayni

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and shown him (i.e., human being) the two ways (i.e., of right ˹meaning good˺ and wrong ˹meaning evil˺)

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

And shown him the two ways?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and shown him the two highways [of good and evil]

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And shown him the two highways

M. M. Pickthall

And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and shown them the two ways ˹of right and wrong˺?

Wahiduddin Khan

and shown him the two paths

Safi Kaskas

and have made the two ways [of good and evil] clear to him ?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and guided him to the two open highways?

T.B.Irving

and guided him along both highroads?

Shakir

And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways

Abdul Hye

And shown him the 2 ways (good and evil)?

Saeed Malik

And WE have shown him two conspicuous roads?

The Study Quran

and guide him upon the two highways

Talal Itani (2012)

And We showed him the two ways

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

And guided him to the two paths?

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And We guided him to dual paths?

M. Farook Malik

Then shown him the two high ways (good leading towards paradise and evil leading towards hell)

Dr. Kamal Omar

And We showed him the two ways (the righteous as well as the evil one)

Dr. Munir Munshey

And showed him the two (divergent) paths (of good and evil)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And shown him the two highways? (The right and the wrong

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And have shown him the two ways

Muhammad Sarwar

Have We not shown him the ways of good and evil

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and showed him the two ways

Shabbir Ahmed

And shown him the two highways? (Of virtue and vice)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And guided him on the two highways (of good and evil)

Hamid S. Aziz

And guided him in the two highways

Abdel Haleem

and point out to him the two clear ways [of good and evil]

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And shown Unto him the two highways

Ahmed Ali

And showed him two highways (of good and evil)

Aisha Bewley

and shown him the two highways?

Ali Ünal

And shown him the two ways (one to follow and one to avoid)

Ali Quli Qara'i

and shown him the two paths [of good and evil]

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And shown him the two highways

Musharraf Hussain

We showed him the two steep paths of good and evil?

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And We guided him to the two ways,

Maududi

And did We not show him the two highroads (of good and evil)

Mohammad Shafi

And shown him the two ways [right and wrong]

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And pointed to him the way of two raised things.

Rashad Khalifa

Did we not show him the two paths

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and guided him on the two paths (of good and evil)

Faridul Haque

And did We not guide him to the two elevated things

Bijan Moeinian

Does man not realize that I (God) have clearly indicated to him that there are two paths in life to pave

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And We guided him (to) the two paths/good or bad

Sher Ali

And WE have pointed out to him the two highways of good and evil

Edip Yuksel

We guided him to both paths?

Amatul Rahman Omar

And We have pointed out to him the two conspicuous high ways (of right and wrong)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And (have We also not) shown him the two highways (of good and evil)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And shown him the two ways (good and evil)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

and shown him the two paths

Arthur John Arberry

and guided him on the two highways

Edward Henry Palmer

and guided him in the two highways

George Sale

and shewn him the two highways of good and evil

John Medows Rodwell

And guided him to the two highways

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Wa) We led him to (Hadai'naa-hu) the two elevations (En'Naj'dai'n)?

Fode Drame

And have We not guided him to the two ways?

Munir Mezyed

And shown him the two ways?

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And guided him the two pathways.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

[Have We not] shown him/her the two roads?

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and showed him the two courses?

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and guided him along both highroads [good and evil]?

Samy Mahdy

And We guided him, the two highways (Good and evil)?

Sayyid Qutb

and shown him the two paths?

Ali Quli Qarai

and shown him the two paths [of good and evil]?

Thomas Cleary

And We showed them the two highways.

Ahmed Hulusi

And showed him the two ways (of falsity and Truth)!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And shown him the two ways

A. S. Mohamed

and showed him the two ways?

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

and shown him the two main roads (to good and evil)

Mir Aneesuddin

and show him the two high ways (of good and evil)?

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

We showed him both paths, that of virtue and that of vice

The Wise Quran Project

And We guided him to the two ways.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And shown him the two highways

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And We guided him to both paths?

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And We guided him to both path

OLD Literal Word for Word

And shown him the two ways

OLD Transliteration

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

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