# 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 141

- **Surah:** 37. Surah As-Saffat (Those drawn up in Ranks) — سورة الصافات
- **Verse:** 141 / 182 · **Juz:** 23 · **Mushaf page:** 450
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-141

## Arabic

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَض۪ينَۚ

## Transcription

Fasahama fakana mina almudhadeen

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

and cast lots and lost.

### Progressive Muslims

And he was guilty, so he became among the losers.

### Shabbir Ahmed

He had cast an arrow and missed the mark. (Untimely action.)

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

Then he cast lots, and was among those refuted.

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

And he was guilty, so he became among the losers.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

He rebelled and thus, he joined the losers.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

And lots were cast (when a storm overtook them), he was rejected, (and thrown overboard).

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

And he drew lots and was among the losers.

### Muhammad Asad

And then they cast lots, and he was the one who lost;

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And then drew lots and was of those rejected;

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

cast lots, and was among the losers.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

He participated in casting lots and the lot fell on him and he was the one rejected and thrown overboard

### Bijan Moeinian

[Due to the overweight, they had to throw some people out. ] He agreed to participate in the casting of lots and lost.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

Then he (agreed to) cast lots, and he was among the losers.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was condemned:

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

Then ˹to save it from sinking,˺ he drew straws ˹with other passengers˺. He lost ˹and was thrown overboard˺.

### Taqi Usmani

Then he participated in drawing lots (to offload one of the passengers) and was the one who was defeated.

### Abdul Haleem

They cast lots, he suffered defeat,

### Arthur John Arberry

and cast lots, and was of the rebutted,

### E. Henry Palmer

and he cast lots and was of those who lost;

### Hamid S. Aziz

Then he drew lots, but was of those rejected.

### Mahmoud Ghali

Then he cast lots. Yet he was of the rebutted,

### George Sale

and those who were on board cast lots among themselves, and he was condemned:

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then he (agreed to foretell fortunes and) cast lots, (and he was blamed for the ships bad weather) and he was a loser, punished (and thrown in the sea):

### Amatul Rahman Omar

So he was with those (crew) who cast lots (on board of the ill-fated ship, and his name was among those who were to be thrown overboard in order to keep the ship light and well-balanced on account of the storm) and so he was (also) of those who were cast off (in the sea).

### Ali Quli Qarai

Then he drew lots with them and he was the one to be refuted.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

(Yunus) kura çekti (seçim yaptı) de delili geçersiz kılınanlardan oldu (bu tercihi - seçimi onu yanlışa sürükledi ve). . .

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

Böylece kur'aya katılmıştı da, kaybedenlerden olmuştu.

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

Kura çekti ve kaybedenlerden oldu.

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

Gemidekilerle kur'a çekmiş ve kaybedenlerden olmuştu.

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

kur'a çekmişti de kaydırılanlardan olmuştu

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

kur'a çekişmişti de (gemiden) kaydırılanlardan olmuştu.

### Gültekin Onan

Böylece kuraya katılmıştı da, kaybedenlerden olmuştu.

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

Derken kur'a çekmiş (ler) di de mağlublardan olmuşdu.

### İbni Kesir

Kur'a çekmişti de yenilenlerden olmuştu.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

Ve sonra kur'a çekilmiş, o, (kur'ada) kaybedenlerden olmuştu;

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

Kura çekmişler ve kaybedenlerden olmuştu.

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

(Yükü fazla oluğundan gemi taşıyamamış, yolculardan birini denize atmak gerekmişti. Birini atmak üzere gemidekilerle) Kur'a çekti. (Yunus) Yenilenlerden oldu. (Kur'a kendisine isabet etti).

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

Sonra kura çekti de kaybedenlerden oldu.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Bunun ardından kur'a çekilmiş ve hayatı kayıp (denize atılmıştı).

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

Sonra kura çekti ve kaybedenlerden oldu.

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

Ardından, isim çektiler; yenik düştü.

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

Kur'aya katıldı ve kaybedenlerden oldu.

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

(Gemide olanlarla) karşılıklı kura çekmişler[1] ve (Yunus da) kaybedenlerden olmuştu.

_Footnotes_
- [1] Bir önceki ayetten anlaşıldığı üzere, gemi dolu olduğu için bazı kişilerin kura ile gemiden atılmasına yönelik bir karar alınmıştı. Hz. Yunus da bu kura sonucu kaybetmiş ve gemiden atılmıştı.

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

Sonra kura çekti ve kaybedenlerden oldu.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Sonra kura çekti ve kaybedenlerden oldu.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Kura çekti ve gemiden atılanlardan oldu.

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَسَاهَمَ — fasāhama | Then he drew lots | سهم — Sin-he-Mim |
| 2 | فَكَانَ — fakāna | and was | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun |
| 3 | مِنَ — mina | of | — |
| 4 | ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ — l-mud'ḥaḍīna | the losers | دحض — Dal-Ha-Dad |

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