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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 53:20 | |
| < 53:21 53:19 > |
| Transliteration | Wamanata alththalithata al-okhra |
| Literal | And Manat , the third the other? |
| Yusuf Ali | And another, the third (goddess), Manat? |
| Pickthal | And Manat, the third, the other? |
| Arberry | and Manat the third, the other? |
| Shakir | And Manat, the third, the last? |
| Sarwar | and your third idol al-Manat (whom you considered as God's daughters)?. |
| Khalifa | And Manaat, the third one. |
| Hilali/Khan | And Manat (another idol of the pagan Arabs), the other third? |
| H/K/Saheeh | And Manat, the third the other one? |
| Malik | and another, the third Manat (names of Arabian idols, claimed by the pagans of Mecca to be the daughters of Allah)?[20] |
| QXP | And Manat, the third other? (All three goddesses of yours). |
| Maulana Ali | And another, the third, Manat? |
| Free Minds | And Manaat, the third one? |
| Qaribullah | and, another, the third manat? |
| George Sale | and Manah, that other third goddess? |
| JM Rodwell | And Manat the third idol besides? |
| Asad | as well as [in] Manat, the third and last [of this triad]? [After pointing out that the Prophet was granted true insight into some of the most profound verities, the Quran draws our attention to the "false symbols" which men so often choose to invest with divine qualities or powers: in this instance - by way of example - to the blasphemous imagery of the Propheet's pagan contemporaries epitomized in the triad of Al-Lat, Manat and Al-Uzza. These three goddesses - regarded by the pagan Arabs as "God's daughters" side by side with the angels (who, too, were conceived of as females) - were worshipped in most of pre-Islamic Arabia, and had several shrines in the Hijaz and in Najd. The worship of Al-Lat was particularly ancient and almost certainly of South-Arabian origin; she may have been the prototype of the Greek semi-goddess Leto, one of the wives of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis.] |
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