Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;

اِلَّا عَجُوزاً فِي الْغَابِر۪ينَ
Illa AAajoozan fee alghabireen
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1illāExcept
2ʿajūzanan old womanعجز
3(was) among
4l-ghābirīnathose who remained behindغبر
  • Aisha Bewley

    except an old woman among those who stayed behind.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Except an old woman who remained.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Except an old woman who was among those who stayed behind in belief.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Except an old woman who remained.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Except an old woman who remained.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Only the old woman was doomed.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Except an old woman who was one of those who stayed behind.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Except his wife among those who remained .

  • Muhammad Asad

    except an old woman who was among those that stayed behind;

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    except for an old woman who was among those that stayed behind.*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Except an old woman -his wife- who was left behind to perish in the general ruin.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Except old ugly woman who had to be punished .

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Except an old woman (his wife) who was among those who remained behind.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Except an old woman who was among those who lagged behind:

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    except an old woman, who was one of the doomed.

  • Taqi Usmani

    except an old woman among those remaining behind.

  • Abdul Haleem

    except for an old woman who stayed behind-

  • Arthur John Arberry

    save an old woman among those that tarried;

  • E. Henry Palmer

    except an old woman amongst those who lingered;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Except an old woman who was amongst those who lingered behind.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Except an old woman among the laggards;

  • George Sale

    except an old woman, his wife, who perished among those that remained behind:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Except an old woman (his wife) who was with those who fell behind:

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Except an old woman (who) was among those who stayed behind (and did not go with those delivered).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    except an old woman among those who remained behind.