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Verse (89:16) - 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 sixteenth verse of chapter 89 (sūrat l-fajr). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (89) sūrat l-fajr (The Dawn)

Sahih International: But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

Pickthall: But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

Yusuf Ali: But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

Shakir: But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.

Muhammad Sarwar: However, when his Lord tests him by a measured amount of sustenance , he says, "God has disgraced me".

Mohsin Khan: But when He tries him, by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"

Arberry: But when he tries him and stints for him his provision, then he says, 'My Lord has despised me.'

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