Quran Ayah al-Mursalat (The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth) 77:17 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

And We shall let them be followed by those of later times

Arthur John Arberry

and then follow them with the later folk

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

So shall We make later (generations) follow them

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Arabic

ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡءَاخِرِینَ ۝١٧

Transliteration (2021)

thumma nut'biʿuhumu l-ākhirīn

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

Then We follow them up (with) the later ones.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And We shall let them be followed by those of later times

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

So shall We make later (generations) follow them

M. M. Pickthall

Then caused the latter folk to follow after

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

And We will make the later disbelievers follow them.

Wahiduddin Khan

We will now cause the later ones to follow them

Safi Kaskas

And We shall make the latter follow them.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Again, We will pursue the later ones.

T.B.Irving

Then We followed them up with later ones.

Shakir

Then did We follow them up with later ones

Saeed Malik

And then WE had the others to follow them?

Abdul Hye

Then We shall make later generations to follow them.

The Study Quran

then make those of later times follow them

Talal Itani (2012)

Then succeeded them with the others

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Then We will make the later ones follow them.

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Then We made others to succeed them.

M. Farook Malik

And We shall do the same to later generations who will follow them

Dr. Kamal Omar

Then We bring in their place of authority, some later people

Dr. Munir Munshey

We will make (the unbelievers of) the later generations follow (the same fate as that of) the earlier ones

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So shall We make later generations to follow them

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Then We will follow them with the later ones

Muhammad Sarwar

and make others settle after them in their land

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Then We will cause the later ones to follow them

Shabbir Ahmed

Then We made them followed by later generations

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Thereafter We make the later generations follow them up

Hamid S. Aziz

Then did We follow them up with later ones

Abdel Haleem

We shall make the last follow them

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Thereafter We shall cause to follow them the latter ones

Ahmed Ali

So shall We make the later ones to follow them

Aisha Bewley

then succeed them with later ones?

Ali Ünal

So do We make the later generations (of the same standing) follow them (in being destroyed)

Ali Quli Qara'i

[and] then made the latter ones follow them

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

So We will make those of late follow them

Musharraf Hussain

We shall do the same to this one;

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

Then We make the later ones follow them (in destruction).

Maududi

And We shall cause those of later times to follow them

Mohammad Shafi

And then caused the later generations to follow them

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And then We will cause the later ones to follow them.

Rashad Khalifa

Then we made others follow them

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and let the latter follow them

Faridul Haque

We shall then send the latter after them

Bijan Moeinian

…. replacing them with other generations

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then We followed them up with later ones

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

Then We make them followed (by) the lasts/others

Sher Ali

WE will now cause the later ones to follow them

Edip Yuksel

Then We made others succeed them?

Amatul Rahman Omar

We will now cause the later generations to follow suit

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then We also cause the later ones to follow them (in destruction)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

So shall We make later generations to follow them

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

and cause the latter ones to follow them

Arthur John Arberry

and then follow them with the later folk

Edward Henry Palmer

and then followed them up with those of the latter day

George Sale

We will also cause those of the latter times to follow them

John Medows Rodwell

We will next cause those of later times to follow them

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

Then (Thumma) We followed them (Nut'biu-humu) with the later generations (El'Aakhiriin)?

Fode Drame

Then We will cause the people of the later times to follow them [in their fate].

Munir Mezyed

Then We let them be followed by later generations.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Then made the others follow them?

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Then, We caused later people to follow them.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

then follow them up with the later ones?

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

Then We followed them up with later ones.

Samy Mahdy

Then We will follow them up with the later ones.?

Ali Quli Qarai

[and] then made the latter ones follow them?

Thomas Cleary

We then cause others to follow them:

Ahmed Hulusi

Then We will make the later ones follow them (they too will be destroyed).

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

So shall We make later generations to follow them.

A. S. Mohamed

then succeeded them with the later ones?

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

Then shall We make following (generations) follow them

Mir Aneesuddin

Then We made the others to follow them.

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

and in like manner did We destroy the successors

The Wise Quran Project

Then We cause the later people to follow them.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

So shall We make later (generations) follow them

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Then We made others to succeed them.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Then We made others succeed the

OLD Literal Word for Word

Then We follow them up (with) the later ones

OLD Transliteration

Thumma nutbiAAuhumu al-akhireena

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