Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 26:171
ash-Shu`ara' - The Poets
Verse: 26 : 171

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ash-Shu`ara' (The Poets) 26:171

26:171 الا عجوزا في الغابرين


TransliterationIlla AAajoozan fee alghabireena
LiteralExcept old/weak (F) (was) in the remaining behind.

Yusuf AliExcept an old woman who lingered behind.
PickthalSave an old woman among those who stayed behind.
Arberry save an old woman among those that tarried;
ShakirExcept an old woman, among those who remained behind.
Sarwarexcept an old woman who remained behind.
KhalifaBut not the old woman; she was doomed.
Hilali/KhanExcept an old woman (his wife) among those who remained behind.
H/K/SaheehExcept an old woman among those who remained behind.
Malikexcept an old woman who was left among those who remained behind.[171]
QXPAll but the old woman (the wife of Lot) who chose to stay behind.
Maulana AliExcept an old woman, among those who remained behind.
Free MindsExcept for an old woman who remained.
Qaribullah except an old woman who stayed behind,

George Saleexcept an old woman, his wife, who perished among those who remained behind:
JM RodwellSave an aged one among those who tarried-

Asadall but an old woman, who was among those that stayed behind; [As is evident from 7:83, 11:81, 27:57 and 29:32-33, the old woman was Lots' wife - a native of Sodom - who chose to remain with her own people instead of accompanying her husband, whom she thus betrayed (cf. also 66:10).]


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