Quran Ayah al-Mudathir (The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One) 74:22 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and then he frowns and glares

Arthur John Arberry

then he frowned, and scowled

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then he frowned and he scowled

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Source Arabic and Literal tools

Arabic

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ۝٢٢

Transliteration (2021)

thumma ʿabasa wabasar

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

Then he frowned and scowled;

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and then he frowns and glares

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then he frowned and he scowled

M. M. Pickthall

Then frowned he and showed displeasure

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

then frowned and scowled,

Wahiduddin Khan

then he frowned and scowled

Safi Kaskas

then he frowned and glared;

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and, again, he frowned and scowled.

T.B.Irving

next he frowned and scowled;

Shakir

Then he frowned and scowled

Abdul Hye

then frowned and looked in a bad tempered way,

Saeed Malik

Then he frowned and scowled

The Study Quran

Then he frowned and scowled

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Then he frowned and scowled.

Talal Itani (2012)

Then he frowned and whined

M. Farook Malik

frowned and scowled

Dr. Kamal Omar

Then he frowned and scowled

Dr. Munir Munshey

Frowned, and signaled his displeasure

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then he and frowned (in anger) and glowered (with rage)

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Then he frowned and scowled

Muhammad Sarwar

frowned and scowled

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

then he frowned and scowled

Shabbir Ahmed

And then he frowned and glared

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Thereafter he frowned, and he scowled

Hamid S. Aziz

Then he frowned and scowled

Abdel Haleem

and frowned and scowled

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then frowned he and scowled

Ahmed Ali

And frowned and puckered his brow

Aisha Bewley

Then he frowned and glowered.

Ali Ünal

Then he frowned and scowled

Ali Quli Qara'i

then he frowned and scowled

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Then he frowned and became bad tempered.

Musharraf Hussain

then he frowned and scowled,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Then he frowned and he scowled

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

then he frowned and looked angry

Maududi

then frowned and scowled

Mohammad Shafi

And he frowned and he glowered with intense hatred

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then he frowned and scowled;

Rashad Khalifa

He frowned and whined.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

frowned and scowled

Faridul Haque

Then frowned and grimaced

Bijan Moeinian

Then he frowned and winkled to show his displeasure

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then frowned and scowled

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

Then he frowned , and he frowned/became gloomy

Sher Ali

Then he frowned and scowled

Edip Yuksel

Then he frowned and scowled.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Then he frowned and scowled (in disdain)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then he frowned and twisted his face

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

frowning and scowling

Arthur John Arberry

then he frowned, and scowled

Edward Henry Palmer

then he frowned and scowled

George Sale

and frowned, and put on an austere countenance

John Medows Rodwell

Then frowned and scowled

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and then (Thumma) frowned (Äbasa) and (Wa) scowled (Basar),

Fode Drame

Then he frowned and he scowled.

Munir Mezyed

Then he frowned and scowled,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Then he frowned and showed displeasure,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Then he frowned and scowled.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

then he frowned and scowled,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

next he frowned and scowled;

Samy Mahdy

Then he frowned and scowled.

Ali Quli Qarai

then frowned and scowled.

Ahmed Hulusi

Then he frowned and scowled!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;

A. S. Mohamed

Then he frowned and scowled.

Mir Aneesuddin

then he frowned and made a face,

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

Then he ended with knitting his brows in displeasure and his look expressed disapproval

The Wise Quran Project

Then he frowned and frowned;

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Then he frowned and he scowled

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Then he frowned and became bad tempered.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Then he frowned and became bad tempered

OLD Literal Word for Word

Then he frowned and scowled

OLD Transliteration

Thumma AAabasa wabasara

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