Quran Ayah al-Mudathir (The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One) 74:18 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
Behold, [when Our messages are conveyed to one who is bent on denying the truth,] he reflects and meditates [as to how to disprove them] –
Arthur John Arberry   
Lo! He reflected, and determined -
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
For he thought and he plotted;

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Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ۝١٨
Transliteration (2021)   
innahu fakkara waqaddar
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Indeed, he thought and plotted.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Behold, [when Our messages are conveyed to one who is bent on denying the truth,] he reflects and meditates [as to how to disprove them] –
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
For he thought and he plotted;
M. M. Pickthall   
For lo! he did consider; then he planned
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
for he contemplated and determined ˹a degrading label for the Quran˺.
Wahiduddin Khan   
For he thought and he plotted
Safi Kaskas   
He reflected and plotted.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Truly, he deliberated and calculated.
T.B.Irving   
Let him think things over and measure them out.
Shakir   
Surely he reflected and guessed
Abdul Hye   
surely, he thought and plotted.
Saeed Malik   
Surely, he did think while he evaluated--
The Study Quran   
Truly he reflected and determined
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
He thought and calculated.
Talal Itani (2012)   
He thought and analyzed
M. Farook Malik   
surely he pondered and devised a plot
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Surely, he thought over and assessed (a plan against Al-Kitab)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Indeed, he pondered and plotted
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Verily, he thought and he plotted—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Indeed, he thought and deliberated
Muhammad Sarwar   
He planned and plotted
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
He pondered and surmised
Shabbir Ahmed   
For, behold, he thought, and he designed
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Surely he did think and he determined
Hamid S. Aziz   
Surely he reflected and then plotted
Abdel Haleem   
He planned and plotted––
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Verily he considered, and devised
Ahmed Ali   
For he had thought and calculated
Aisha Bewley   
He reflected and considered.
Ali Ünal   
He pondered and he calculated (how he could disprove the Qur’an in people’s sight)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Indeed he reflected and decided
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
He thought and he analyzed.
Musharraf Hussain   
He thought and plotted.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
For he thought and he plotted
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Indeed, he thought and calculated.
Maududi   
He reflected and then hatched a scheme
Mohammad Shafi   
He did indeed think and decide

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Certainly, he reflected and determined;
Rashad Khalifa   
For he reflected, then decided.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
He reflected, and then determine
Faridul Haque   
Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided
Bijan Moeinian   
He is the same person who listened to My revelations and then came up with a plan to make fun of it
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Surely he reflected and determined
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
That he truly thought, and he evaluated/estimated
Sher Ali   
Lo ! he reflected and calculated
Edip Yuksel   
He thought and he analyzed.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Lo! he pondered and planned
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Surely, he reflected and devised a plot
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Verily, he thought and plotted

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
He pondered, and he schemed
Arthur John Arberry   
Lo! He reflected, and determined -
Edward Henry Palmer   
Then he reflected and planned
George Sale   
For he hath devised and prepared contumelious expressions to ridicule the Koran
John Medows Rodwell   
For he plotted and he planned

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
“Indeed, he (Innahu) pondered (Fakkara) and (Wa) estimated (Qaddar).
Fode Drame   
Truly he reflected and he calculated.
Munir Mezyed   
Verily He thought hard and contemplated.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
He pondered and evaluated,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
He pondered and plotted.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
He thought and determined.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
He thought and plotted.
Samy Mahdy   
Surely, he thought and estimated.
Ali Quli Qarai   
Indeed he reflected and decided.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Indeed, he reflected and decided!
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
Verily, he thought and plotted.
A. S. Mohamed   
Indeed, he thought and determined.
Mir Aneesuddin   
He reflected and made a programme.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
He pondered and he planned
The Wise Quran Project   
Indeed, he thought and he meditated.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
For he thought and he plotted;
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
He thought and he analyzed.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
He thought and he analyzed
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Indeed, he thought and plotted
OLD Transliteration   
Innahu fakkara waqaddara