# 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 45

- **Surah:** 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds) — سورة الذاريات
- **Verse:** 45 / 60 · **Juz:** 27 · **Mushaf page:** 521
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-45

## Arabic

فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْتَصِر۪ينَۙ

## Transcription

Fama istataAAoo min qiyaminwama kanoo muntasireen

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

They could not stand upright and they were not helped.

### Progressive Muslims

They were unable to rise up, nor could they win.

### Shabbir Ahmed

And they were unable even to rise up and could not help themselves a bit.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

They were unable to rise up, nor could they win.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

They could never get up, nor were they helped.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

And neither stand up nor defend themselves.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

### Muhammad Asad

for they were unable even to rise, and could not defend themselves.

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

They were unable even to stand up or protect themselves.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Intisar from which the word muntasirun in the original is derived means to save oneself from an attack by somebody as well as to avenge oneself on the attacker.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

And so they could not assume an erect attitude on their own feet nor were they able to protect or defend themselves.

### Bijan Moeinian

They did not even have time to stand up and run.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

Then they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help themselves.

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped.

### Taqi Usmani

Then they were neither able to stand (before the punishment), nor could they defend themselves.

### Abdul Haleem

they could not even remain standing, let alone defend themselves.

### Arthur John Arberry

and they were not able to stand upright, and were not helped.

### E. Henry Palmer

And they could not stand upright, and they were not helped!

### Hamid S. Aziz

And they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves.

### Mahmoud Ghali

So in no way were they able to be upright, and in no way were they vindicators.

### George Sale

and they were not able to stand on their feet, neither did they save themselves from destruction.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help themselves.

### Amatul Rahman Omar

And they were not able (even) to get up on their feet nor could they get anybody's help to defend themselves.

### Ali Quli Qarai

So they were neither able to rise up, nor to come to one another’s aid.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Ne ayakta kalmaya güçleri yetti ve ne de yardım gördüler!

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Artık ne ayağa kalkmaya güç yetirebildiler, ne yardım bulabildiler.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Ayağa kalkacak güçleri kalmamış, yardım edenleri de olmamıştı.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Artık, ne yerlerinden kalkmaya güçleri yetti, ne de başkasından yardım görebildiler.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

O vaktı bir kalkınmaya da güç yetiremediler, bir yardım da görmediler

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

O vakit bir kalkınmaya da güç yetiremediler bir yardım da görmediler.

### Gültekin Onan

Artık ne ayağa kalkmaya güç yetirebildiler, ne yardım bulabildiler.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

İşte (bu sebeble) ayakda durmıya güç yetiremediler, yardım edenleri de olmadı.

### İbni Kesir

Ayağa kalkacak güçleri kalmamış, yardım da görmemişlerdi.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

çünkü yerlerinden kalkacak durumda bile değillerdi ve kendilerini savunamazlardı.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Ne ayakta durmaya güçleri yetmiş, ne de yardım edilenler olmuşlardı.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

(Yurtlarında çöküverdiler) Ne kalkabildiler, ne de (bu duruma) engel olabildiler.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Ne kalkıp kaçabildiler ne de kendilerine yardım eden oldu.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

ne yerlerinden doğrulmaya, ne de kendilerini savunmaya mecal bulabildiler.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Ayağa kalkmaya güçleri yetmedi. Yardım görenler de olmadılar.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Ne ayağa kalkmaya güçleri yetti ne de yardım eden oldu.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Yerlerinden kalkamadılar, kimseden de yardım görmediler.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Ayağa kalkacak güçleri kalmamış, yardım edenleri de olmamıştı.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Ayağa kalkmaya güçleri yetmedi. Yardım görenler de olmadılar.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Ayağa kalkmaya güçleri yetmedi. Yardım görenler de olmadılar.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Artık yerlerinden kalkamadılar, bir yardım da görmediler[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [Hicr 15/84.](https://quran.so/15/84)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَمَا — famā | Then not | — |
| 2 | ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ — is'taṭāʿū | they were able to | طوع — Ta-Vav-Ayn |
| 3 | مِن — min | [of] | — |
| 4 | قِيَامٍۢ — qiyāmin | stand | قوم — Kaf-Vav-Mim |
| 5 | وَمَا — wamā | and not | — |
| 6 | كَانُوا۟ — kānū | they could | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun |
| 7 | مُنتَصِرِينَ — muntaṣirīna | help themselves | نصر — Nun-Sad-Ra |

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