Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“Then into a chain the length whereof is seventy cubits insert him!”

ثُمَّ ف۪ي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعاً فَاسْلُكُوهُۜ
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuhasabAAoona thiraAAan faslukooh
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1thummaThen
2fīinto
3sil'silatina chainسلسل
4dharʿuhāits lengthذرع
5sabʿūna(is) seventyسبع
6dhirāʿancubitsذرع
7fa-us'lukūhuinsert himسلك
  • Aisha Bewley

    Then bind him in a chain which is seventy cubits long.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Then, in a chain that is the length of seventy arms, tie him up.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And then make him a link in the very long chain of people like him. (Seventy cubits = Very long).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “Then into a chain the length whereof is seventy cubits insert him!”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Then, in a chain that is the length of seventy arms, tie him up.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Then, in a chain that is the length of seventy hands, tie him up.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    In a chain that is seventy arms long, tie him up.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And string him to a chain seventy cubits long.

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

    Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him. "

  • Muhammad Asad

    and then thrust him into a chain the length whereof is seventy cubits:

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    then fasten him with a chain, seventy cubits long.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And fix him upon a chain seventy cubits ( or forearms ) long.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    ... , fasten him with a chain which is seventy cubits long."

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    then tie them up with chains seventy arms long.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Thereafter, fasten him with a chain the measure of which is seventy hands."

  • Abdul Haleem

    and in a chain seventy metres long:

  • Arthur John Arberry

    then in a chain of seventy cubits' length insert him!

  • E. Henry Palmer

    then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits force him!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    "Then march him tied to a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Thereafter in a chain of seventy cubits' length insert him!

  • George Sale

    then put him into a chain of the length of seventy cubits:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "Further, make him march in a chain, whose length is seventy cubits (99-128 ft)!

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `And string him with a chain the length of which is seventy cubits (according to the average length of human life in years).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Then, in a chain whose length is seventy cubits, bind him.