Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Have We not made the earth a resting-place,

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْاَرْضَ مِهَاداًۙ
Alam najAAali al-arda mihada
#wordmeaningroot
1alamHave not
2najʿaliWe madeجعل
3l-arḍathe earthارض
4mihādana resting placeمهد
  • Aisha Bewley

    Have We not made the earth a flat carpet

  • Progressive Muslims

    Did We not make the Earth a resting ground

  • Shabbir Ahmed

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  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

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  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Did We not make the earth a resting ground?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Did We not make the earth a resting ground?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

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  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Did We not make the earth a spreading,

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

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  • Muhammad Asad

    HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place ,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Have We not made the earth an expanse,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Have We not spread the earth like a bed,*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

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  • Bijan Moeinian

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  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Have We not made the earth as a bed,

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Have We not smoothed out the earth ˹like a bed˺,

  • Taqi Usmani

    Did We not make the earth a floor,

  • Abdul Haleem

    Did We not make the earth smooth,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Have We not made the earth as a cradle

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Have we not set the earth as a couch,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Have We not made the earth an expanse?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Have We not made the earth as a cradling, (Or: level lands).

  • George Sale

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  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse (as a bed),

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Have We not made the earth as a bed,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Did We not make the earth a resting place?