Quran Ayah al-Ma`arij (The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders) 70:16 - 70+ Translation Comparison

Home Qur'an
Index English
Translations Word-for-Word
Block View Word-for-Word
Column View Non-English
Languages Help
←Prev Ayah al-Ma`arij (The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders) 70:16 Next→

Popular and/or Featured Works
Muhammad Asad   
tearing away his skin
Arthur John Arberry   
snatching away the scalp
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Plucking out (his being) right to the skull!

Listen: 

Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ۝١٦
Transliteration (2021)   
nazzāʿatan lilshaw
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
A remover of the skin of the head,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
tearing away his skin
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Plucking out (his being) right to the skull!
M. M. Pickthall   
Eager to roast
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
ripping off scalps.
Wahiduddin Khan   
stripping away his skin
Safi Kaskas   
that strips away the skin
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
removing their scalps,
T.B.Irving   
tugging at his scalp,
Shakir   
Dragging by the head
Abdul Hye   
to take away (burn completely) the head skin,
Saeed Malik   
a peeler for the exteriors--
The Study Quran   
ripping away the scalp
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
A stripper of scalps.
Talal Itani (2012)   
It strips away the scalps
M. Farook Malik   
eager to pluck out his skull
Dr. Kamal Omar   
one that strips off the skin
Dr. Munir Munshey   
And it will scald away the scalps (of the unbelievers)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Tearing out (his existence) right out of his skull
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
A remover of exteriors
Muhammad Sarwar   
will strip-off the flesh
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
that will pull out the skin of the scalp
Shabbir Ahmed   
That burns all coverings and defenses
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Constantly plucking forth the scalps
Hamid S. Aziz   
Dragging him right to his skull
Abdel Haleem   
that strips away the skin
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Flaying off the scalp-skin
Ahmed Ali   
That would skin the scalp
Aisha Bewley   
stripping away the limbs and scalp,
Ali Ünal   
Tearing away the skin
Ali Quli Qara'i   
which strips away the scalp
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Eager to roast.
Musharraf Hussain   
that peels away the skin.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Burning down to the skull
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
stripping off the scalp (by burning it),
Maududi   
that will strip off the scalp
Mohammad Shafi   
That would be stripping their scalds off

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Putting off the skin.
Rashad Khalifa   
KHALIFA:Eager to burn.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
It snatches away by the scalps
Faridul Haque   
A fire that melts the hide
Bijan Moeinian   
… which is eager to roast the one who turned away…
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Plucking out the extremities -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Pulling away/removing to the extremities/outer layer of skin
Sher Ali   
Stripping off the skin even to the extremities of the body
Edip Yuksel   
Eager to roast.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Stripping off the skin even to the extremities (of the human body)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Stripping off the skin of all the limbs and the scalp
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Taking away (burning completely) the head skin

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
shall drag him down by the scalp
Arthur John Arberry   
snatching away the scalp
Edward Henry Palmer   
dragging by the scalp
George Sale   
dragging them by their scalps
John Medows Rodwell   
Dragging by the scalp

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
leaning (Nazzaa'ätan) to roast (Lis’ Shawaa).
Fode Drame   
Which pulls away the skin.
Munir Mezyed   
Extremely eager for burning.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
It tears away the flesh,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
…plucking to the skull.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
that strips away the scalps,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
tugging at his scalp,
Samy Mahdy   
Tearer out what was grilled (skin and muscles).
Ali Quli Qarai   
which strips away the scalp.
Ahmed Hulusi   
That peels and sears the skins!
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
Nazza`ah the Shawa!
A. S. Mohamed   
that strips away the scalps.
Mir Aneesuddin   
taking off the skin.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
The Fire which, with its infernal hiss and crackle, shall burn into his inmost being, but reserves both his physical and mental feeling for the realization of pain and distress which will not abate nor expire
The Wise Quran Project   
Dragging much to the skin of the head,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Plucking out (his being) right to the skull!
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Eager to roast
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Eager to roast
OLD Literal Word for Word   
A remover of the skin of the head
OLD Transliteration   
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa