Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“But if his shirt is torn from behind, then she has lied and he is of the truthful.”

وَاِنْ كَانَ قَم۪يصُهُ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَهُوَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ
Wa-in kana qameesuhu qudda minduburin fakathabat wahuwa mina assadiqeen
#wordmeaningroot
1wa-inBut if
2kāna[is]كون
3qamīṣuhuhis shirtقمص
4qudda(is) tornقدد
5minfrom
6duburin(the) backدبر
7fakadhabatthen she has liedكذب
8wahuwaand he
9mina(is) of
10l-ṣādiqīnathe truthfulصدق
  • Aisha Bewley

    If his shirt is torn at the back, then she has lied and he has clearly told the simple truth. ’

  • Progressive Muslims

    "And if his shirt is torn from behind, then she is lying, and he is truthful. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And if his shirt is torn from the back then she lied, and he is telling the truth. "

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “But if his shirt is torn from behind, then she has lied and he is of the truthful.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "And if his shirt is torn from behind, then she is lying, and he is truthful."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "If his shirt is torn from behind, then she is lying, and he is truthful."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    "And if his garment is torn from the back, then she lied, and he is telling the truth."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    But if the shirt is torn from behind then she is a liar, and he speaks the truth. "

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

    But if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful. "

  • Muhammad Asad

    but if his tunic has been torn from behind, then she is lying, and he is speaking the truth. "

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And if his shirt is torn from behind, then she hath lied and he is of the truthful.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    But if his shirt is torn from behind, then she has lied, and he is truthful."*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    "And", he added, "if his garment is torn at the back then she is lying and he has fact upon his side. "

  • Bijan Moeinian

    " But if his shirt is torn from the back, the lady is a liar and Joseph says the truth. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then she has told a lie and he is speaking the truth!"

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the liar, and he is telling the truth!"

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    But if it is torn from the back, then she has lied and he is truthful."

  • Taqi Usmani

    and if his shirt was ripped from behind, then she is telling a lie and he is truthful.

  • Abdul Haleem

    but if it is torn at the back, then she is lying and he is telling the truth.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    but if it be that his shirt has been torn from behind, then she has lied, and he is one of the truthful. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    but if his shirt be rent from behind, then she lies and he is of the truth tellers. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Said he (Joseph), "She it was who sought to seduce me for my person (or from my true self). " And one from among her family saw this and bore witness thus "If his shirt be rent from in front, then she speaks the truth and he is of the liars;

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And in case his shirt has been ripped from the rear, then she has lied, and he is (one) of the sincere. "

  • George Sale

    But if his garment be rent behind, she lieth, and he is a speaker of truth.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "But if it is that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the liar, and he is telling the truth!"

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `But if his shirt has been torn from behind then she is a liar and he speaks the truth. '

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    But if his shirt is torn from behind, then she lies and he tells the truth. ’