Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;

اِلَّا عَجُوزاً فِي الْغَابِر۪ينَۚ
Illa AAajoozan fee alghabireen
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1illāExcept
2ʿajūzanan old womanعجز
3(was) among
4l-ghābirīnathose who remained behindغبر
  • Aisha Bewley

    except for an old woman who remained behind.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Except for an old woman who remained.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    All but the old woman (the wife of Lot) who chose to stay behind.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Except for an old woman who remained.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Except for an old woman who remained.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    But not the old woman; she was doomed.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Except one old woman who remained behind.

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

    Except an old woman among those who remained behind.

  • Muhammad Asad

    all but an old woman, who was among those that stayed behind;

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    except an old woman who was among those that stayed behind.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    except a woman who had been carried through the stealing steps of age to advanced life, who remained with those behind. (Lut.'s wife who approved this evil practice).

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Except that old woman; she was too corrupt.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Except an old woman (his wife) among those who remained behind.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Except an old woman who lingered behind.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    except an old woman, who was one of the doomed.

  • Taqi Usmani

    except an old woman among those who remained behind.

  • Abdul Haleem

    except for an old woman who stayed behind,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    save an old woman among those that tarried;

  • E. Henry Palmer

    except an old woman amongst those who lingered.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    So We saved him and his people, every one,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Except an old woman among the laggards.

  • George Sale

    except an old woman, his wife, who perished among those who remained behind:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Except an old woman who kept behind.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Except an old woman (- wife of Lot), who was among those who stayed behind,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    except an old woman who remained behind.