Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And there were gathered to Solomon his forces of domini and servi and birds; and they were marshalled.

وَحُشِرَ لِسُلَيْمٰنَ جُنُودُهُ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ وَالطَّيْرِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ
Wahushira lisulaymanajunooduhu mina aljinni wal-insi wattayrifahum yoozaAAoon
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1waḥushiraAnd were gatheredحشر
2lisulaymānafor Sulaiman
3junūduhuhis hostsجند
4minaof
5l-jinijinnجنن
6wal-insiand the menانس
7wal-ṭayriand the birdsطير
8fahumand they
9yūzaʿūna(were) set in rowsوزع
  • Aisha Bewley

    Sulayman’s troops, made up of jinn and men and birds, were assembled for him, paraded in tight ranks.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And Solomon's soldiers were gathered, comprising of humans and Jinn and birds, for they were to be spread out.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Solomon's army included warrior tribes of the woods and the mountains, dwellers of townships, and great riders of the tribe of Taer. They were well disciplined, and dedicated to any appointed mission.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And there were gathered to Solomon his forces of domini and servi and birds; and they were marshalled.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And the soldiers of Solomon were gathered, comprising of mankind and Jinn and birds, for they were to be spread out.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Solomon's soldiers were gathered, comprising of humans and Jinn and birds, for they were to be spread out.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Mobilized in the service of Solomon were his obedient soldiers of jinns and humans, as well as the birds; all at his disposal.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    His armies of jinns and men and Tair assembled, formed into ranks, (and marched)

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

    And gathered for Solomon were his soldiers of the jinn and men and birds, and they were in rows.

  • Muhammad Asad

    And there were assembled before Solomon his hosts of invisible beings, and of men, and of birds; and then they were led forth in orderly ranks,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And there were gathered together unto Solomon his armies of the jinn and humankind, and of the birds, and they were set in battle order;

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Hosts of jinn and humans and birds* were marshalled for Solomon and were kept under full control.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And to Sulayman were thronged his forces embodying arrays of the Jinn, the men and the birds marshaled in proper order.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Solomon had formed a disciplined army of men, Extra-terrestrials (Jinns) and birds ready to carry his orders.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And there were gathered before Sulaimân (Solomon) his hosts of jinn and men, and birds, and they all were set in battle order (marching forward).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And before Solomon were marshalled his hosts,- of Jinns and men and birds, and they were all kept in order and ranks.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Solomon’s forces of jinn, humans, and birds were rallied for him, perfectly organized.

  • Taqi Usmani

    And mustered for Sulaimān were his forces from among the Jinns and the humans and the birds. So all of them were kept under (his) control,

  • Abdul Haleem

    Solomon’s hosts of jinn, men, and birds were marshalled in ordered ranks before him,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    And his hosts were mustered to Solomon, jinn, men and birds, duly disposed;

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And assembled for Solomon were his hosts of the ginns, and men, and birds, and they were marshalled;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And Solomon was David's heir. He said, "O you people! We have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given abundance; verily, this is manifest grace!"

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And his hosts were mustered to Sulayman, of the jinn and humankind and birds. So they were duly dispensed.

  • George Sale

    And his armies were gathered together unto Solomon, consisting of genii, and men, and birds; and they were led in distinct bands,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And before Sulaiman (Solomon) were gathered his armies— Of jinns' and men, and birds, and all of them marching forward in order and ranks.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And there were gathered together before Solomon his hosts comprising of jinn (- haughty) and (ordinary) men and birds and swift footed horses, and they were then arranged in separate well-disciplined columns.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Solomon’s hosts were marched out for him, comprising jinn, humans, and birds, and they were held in check.