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Verse (18:97) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 97th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave)

Sahih International: So Gog and Magog were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.

Pickthall: And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce (it).

Yusuf Ali: Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.

Shakir: So they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole in it.

Muhammad Sarwar: (Thus he constructed the barrier which) neither Gog nor Magog were able to climb nor were they able to dig a tunnel through the iron and brass barrier.

Mohsin Khan: So they [Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog)] were made powerless to scale it or dig through it.

Arberry: So they were unable either to scale it or pierce it.

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