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Muhammad Asad Buy

this land in which thou art free to dwell

Arthur John Arberry Buy

and thou art a lodger in this land

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Buy

And thou art a freeman of this City;

Source Arabic and Literal tools

Arabic-color Buy

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

Transliteration-3

wa-anta ḥillun bihādhā l-baladi

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and you ˹O Prophet˺ are free ˹of restriction˺ in this city ˹of Makkah˺

Word by Word (2021)

And you (are) free (to dwell) in this city.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad Buy

this land in which thou art free to dwell

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall Buy

And thou art an indweller of this city

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Buy

And thou art a freeman of this City;

Mustafa Khattab 2018 Buy

even though you ˹O Prophet˺ are subject to abuse in this city—

Safi Kaskas 2025 Buy

and you [Prophet] are free to dwell in this town,

Wahiduddin Khan Buy

and you are dwelling in this cit

Shakir Buy

And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Buy

thou art allowed in this land

T.B.Irving Buy

you are a native settled on this land

Abdul Hye Buy

you (O Muhammad) are free (from sin to punish the enemies of Islam) in this city (Makkah),

Saeed Malik Buy

While you are rightfully free in this territory.

The Study Quran Buy

while thou art free in this land

Talal Itani (2012) Buy

And you are a resident of this land

Talal Itani & AI (2025) Buy

And you are free of restriction in this city.

Dr. Kamal Omar

— and you are a freeman and a citizen of this city

M. Farook Malik Buy

where to assassinate) you (O Muhammad) have been made lawful in this city

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Buy

And you (i.e., the Prophet) are an inhabitant of this country

Muhammad Sarwar Buy

in which you are now living

Muhammad Taqi Usmani Buy

__and (O Prophet,) you are going to be allowed (to fight) in this city

Shabbir Ahmed Buy

The Town where (O Prophet) you have lived

Dr. Munir Munshey

(Because) you (oh Muhammad, SAW), are allowed in this town

Syed Vickar Ahamed Buy

That you (O Prophet!) are a free-man of this City

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) Buy

And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition) Buy

And you are a dweller in this land.

Abdel Haleem Buy

and you [Prophet] are an inhabitant of this city––

Abdul Majid Daryabadi Buy

And thou shalt be allowed in yonder city

Ahmed Ali Buy

And you are free to live upon it, -

Aisha Bewley Buy

and you are resident in this city —

Ali Ünal Buy

– And you (O Messenger) are a dweller in this city. –

Ali Quli Qara'i Buy

as you reside in this town

Hamid S. Aziz Buy

And you (Muhammad) are a dweller of this City

Bilal Muhammad 2018 Buy

And you are free in this city

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

while you are a resident of this land

Musharraf Hussain Buy

where you, live freely?

Maududi Buy

– this city wherein you have been rendered violable

Mohammad Shafi Buy

— And you are a free citizen of this City —

Controversial or status undetermined works

Rashad Khalifa Buy

The town where you live

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Buy

And O beloved! you are dwelling in this city;

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and you are a lodger in this country

Maulana Muhammad Ali Buy

And thou wilt be made free from obligation in this City -

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And you are placed in/occupying (residing) at this , the country/land

Bijan Moeinian Buy

That you (Mohammad) are not responsible for what the citizens of Mecca are doing

Faridul Haque Buy

For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city

Sher Ali Buy

And affirm that thou wilt, surely, alight in this City

Edip Yuksel Buy

While you are a legal resident at this land.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Buy

(O My Esteemed Beloved,) because you are residing in it.

Amatul Rahman Omar Buy

When you will surely alight (as a conqueror) in this city

Hilali - Khan Buy

And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry Buy

and thou art a lodger in this land

George Sale Buy

-- and thou, O prophet, residest in this territory, -

Edward Henry Palmer Buy

and though a dweller in this land

John Medows Rodwell Buy

This soil on which thou dost dwell

N J Dawood 2014 Buy

(and you¹ are a resident of this city)

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi Buy

and (Wa) you (s) (An'ta), will be free (Hillu) in (Bi) this (Haaza) land (El'Balad),

Fode Drame Buy

And by the fact that you dwell in this city.

MunirMezyed2023 Buy

You are free in this town.

Mustaqim

And you are entitled to this city.

Linda "iLham" Barto Buy

You [Prophet Muhammed] are free from restriction in this city…

Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation Buy

and you^sg are free of restriction this city.

Irving/Hegab Buy

you are a native settled on this land

Samy Mahdy Buy

And you a dweller (Has free law authority) in this town.

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress) Buy

this city in which you are a dweller,

Qarai Buy

as you reside in this town;

Thomas Cleary Buy

-and you are a free dweller in this cityÂ

Ahmed Hulusi Buy

That you are free of restriction herein!

Mubarakpuri Buy

And you are free in this city.

A. S. Mohamed Buy

and you are a resident in this town,

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation) Buy

and you (Mu?ammad) are a free man of this city

Mir Aneesuddin

and you are a dweller of this city,

[Al-Muntakhab]

In which you are being an inhabitant, the town which in due time shall open to you its gates and deliver to you O Muhammad its key to accomplish what you will, respected, vindicated and venerated

The Wise Quran Project

And you are free in this land.

Newest Translations 2026

Zulfiquar Ali Bhotto

And you, [O Muhammad], are free in this town

Verbatim Quran - Mahmoud K

And you are lodged in this land?

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Buy

And thou art a freeman of this City;

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) Buy

And you are a dweller in this land.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) Buy

And you remain committed to this land

OLD Word by Word

And you (are) free (to dwell) in this city

Transliteration Buy

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

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