# 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 90

- **Surah:** 37. Surah As-Saffat (Those drawn up in Ranks) — سورة الصافات
- **Verse:** 90 / 182 · **Juz:** 23 · **Mushaf page:** 448
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-90

## Arabic

فَتَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ مُدْبِر۪ينَ

## Transcription

Fatawallaw AAanhu mudbireen

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

So they turned their backs on him.

### Progressive Muslims

So they turned away from him and departed.

### Shabbir Ahmed

At that they turned their backs and went away from him.

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

Then they turned away from him, and left.

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

So they turned away from him and departed.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

They turned away from him.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

But they turned their backs on him and went away.

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

So they turned away from him, departing.

### Muhammad Asad

and at that they turned their backs on him and went away.

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And they turned their backs and went away from him.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

So turning their backs, they went away from him.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] This sentence by itself shows the real state of the affairs. It appears that the people might be going to some fair of theirs. The family of the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) might have also asked him to accompany them. He might have excused himself, saying that he was indisposed, and therefore, could not go. Had it been something contrary to fact, the people of the house would have said: You look perfectly normal: you are making a false excuse. But when they accepted his excuse and left him behind, it clearly shows that the Prophet Abraham must at that time be suffering from cough and cold or some other such visible illness on account of which the people of the house agreed to leave him behind.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

They -his people- turned their backs upon him and they went away.

### Bijan Moeinian

So they left him alone and went [to some kind of general gathering. ]

### Al-Hilali & Khan

So they turned away from him, and departed (for fear of the disease).

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So they turned away from him, and departed.

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

So they turned their backs on him and went away.

### Taqi Usmani

So they went away from him, turning their backs.

### Abdul Haleem

so [his people] turned away from him and left.

### Arthur John Arberry

But they went away from him, turning their backs.

### E. Henry Palmer

and they turned their backs upon him fleeing.

### Hamid S. Aziz

So they turned their backs and went away.

### Mahmoud Ghali

Then they turned away from him, withdrawing.

### George Sale

And they turned their backs and departed from him.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

So they (his people) turned away from him, and left (him).

### Amatul Rahman Omar

So those people turned their backs upon him and left him.

### Ali Quli Qarai

So they went away leaving him behind.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Bunun üzerine dönüp Ondan uzaklaştılar.

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

Böylelikle arkalarını çevirip ondan kaçmaya başladılar.

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

Onlar da onu bırakıp uzaklaştılar.

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

Bunun üzerine arkalarını dönüp ondan uzaklaştılar.

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

O vakıt arkalarını dönerek başından kaçışıverdiler

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

O zaman arkalarını dönerek başından kaçışıverdiler.

### Gültekin Onan

Böylelikle arkalarını çevirip ondan kaçmaya başladılar.

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

O vakit ona arkalarını dönüb uzaklaşdılar.

### İbni Kesir

Bunun üzerine arkalarını dönüp uzaklaştılar.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

bunun üzerine onlar ona arkalarını döndüler ve uzaklaşıp gittiler.

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

Onu bırakıp gittiler.

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

Bunun üzerine arkalarını dönüp ondan kaçtılar.

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

Bunun üzerine ondan gerisin geri kaçtılar.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Bunun üzerine etrafındakiler, ondan yüz çevirip gittiler.

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

Bunun üzerine ondan yüz çevirerek, arkalarını dönüp gittiler.

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

Böylece, arkalarına dönüp uzaklaştılar.

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

Onlar, (İlahlarının onu çarptığı düşüncesiyle) hemen arkalarını dönüp gitmişlerdi.

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

Onlar (kavmi) de ona arkalarını dönüp (gitmiş)lerdi.

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

Bunun üzerine ondan yüz çevirerek, arkalarını dönüp gittiler.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Bunun üzerine ondan yüz çevirerek, arkalarını dönüp gittiler.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Sonra halkı arkasını dönüp gitti[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [Enbiya 21/57.](https://quran.so/21/57)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ — fatawallaw | So they turned away | ولي — Vav-Lam-Ye |
| 2 | عَنْهُ — ʿanhu | from him | — |
| 3 | مُدْبِرِينَ — mud'birīna | departing | دبر — Dal-Be-Ra |

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