Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 51:29 | |
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| Transliteration | Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkat wajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeemun |
| Literal | So his woman (wife) approached/came in an outcry/frown, so she hit/struck (an act of surprise) her face/front and she said: "Old/weak, infertile." |
| Yusuf Ali | But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and said: "A barren old woman!" |
| Pickthal | Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman! |
| Arberry | Then came forward his wife, clamouring, and she smote her face, and said, 'An old woman, barren!' |
| Shakir | Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman! |
| Sarwar | His wife came forward, crying and beating her face, saying, "I am an old barren woman!". |
| Khalifa | His wife was astonished. Noting her wrinkled face: "I am a sterile old woman." |
| Hilali/Khan | Then his wife came forward with a loud voice, she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!" |
| H/K/Saheeh | And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!" |
| Malik | Hearing this his wife came forward, with astonishment she smote her forehead and said: "A son to a barren old woman!"[29] |
| QXP | Then his wife came forward with a loud cry and struck her face in astonishment and said, "An old barren woman!" |
| Maulana Ali | Then his wife came up in grief, and she smote her face and said: A barren old woman! |
| Free Minds | His wife then approached in amazement. She slapped upon her face, and said: "I am a sterile old woman!" |
| Qaribullah | (Sarah) his wife came with an exclamation and clasped her face, and said: 'Surely, I am a barren old woman! ' |
| George Sale | And his wife drew near with exclamation, and she smote her face, and said, I am an old woman, and barren. |
| JM Rodwell | His wife came up with outcry: she smote her face and said, "What I, old and barren!" |
| Asad | Thereupon his wife approached [the guests] with a loud cry, and struck her face [in astonishment] and exclaimed: "A barren old woman [like me]!" |
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