Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And it is upon an enduring road;

وَاِنَّهَا لَبِسَب۪يلٍ مُق۪يمٍ
Wa-innaha labisabeelin muqeem
#wordmeaningroot
1wa-innahāAnd indeed, it
2labisabīlin(is) on a roadسبل
3muqīminestablishedقوم
  • Aisha Bewley

    They were beside a road which still exists.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And it was on an established path.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And behold, those towns (Sodom and Gomorrah) stood by a road that still exists.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And it is upon an enduring road;

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Andit was on an established path.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    It is on an established path.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    This will always be the system.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    This (city) lies on a road that still survives.

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

    And indeed, those cities are on an established road.

  • Muhammad Asad

    for, behold, those stood by a road that still exists.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    The place (where this occurred) lies along a known route.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And the evidence still stands as a scene of dismal devastation to the travelers (in the neighbourhood of the dead sea between Syria and Arabia).

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Their ruins are still there;

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And verily! They (the cities) were right on the highroad (from Makkah to Syria i.e. the place where the Dead Sea is now).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And the (cities were) right on the high-road.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Their ruins still lie along a known route.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Surely, it (their city) is located on the straight road.

  • Abdul Haleem

    it is still there on the highway-

  • Arthur John Arberry

    surely it is on a way yet remaining;

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And, verily, the (cities) are on a path that still remains.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And, verily, the cities were on a high road that still remains.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And surely it is indeed on a way that still exists.

  • George Sale

    And those cities were punished, to point out a right way for men to walk in.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And (the cities were) right on the high-road (between Arabia and Syria).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And (the ruins of) these (townships) lie on a road that still exists (right on the highway between Arabia and Syria).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Indeed it is on a standing road,