Quran Ayah al-Mudathir (The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One) 74:23 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and in the end he turns his back [on Our message], and glories in his arrogance

Arthur John Arberry

then he retreated, and waxed proud

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then he turned back and was haughty

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Arabic

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ ۝٢٣

Transliteration (2021)

thumma adbara wa-is'takbar

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

Then he turned back and was proud,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and in the end he turns his back [on Our message], and glories in his arrogance

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then he turned back and was haughty

M. M. Pickthall

Then turned he away in pride

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

then turned his back ˹on the truth˺ and acted arrogantly,

Wahiduddin Khan

and he turned his back and behaved arrogantl

Safi Kaskas

Then he turned back to his old arrogance

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Again, he drew back and grew arrogant.

T.B.Irving

then he stepped back, glanced around haughtily

Shakir

Then he turned back and was big with pride

Abdul Hye

then he turned his back and was proud

Saeed Malik

Then he turned his back and waxed proud--

The Study Quran

Then he turned his back, and waxed arrogant

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Then he turned away in arrogance.

Talal Itani (2012)

Then he turned back and was proud

M. Farook Malik

then he turned his back in scornful pride

Dr. Kamal Omar

Then he took an about-turn and behaved disdainfully

Dr. Munir Munshey

Finally, he turned back and displayed arrogance

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then he turned back and was haughty

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Then he turned back and was arrogan

Muhammad Sarwar

then turned back, and swelling-up with pride

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

then turned his back, and waxed proud

Shabbir Ahmed

And then he turned away in pride

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Thereafter he withdrew, and he waxed proud

Hamid S. Aziz

Then he turned back and was inflated with pride

Abdel Haleem

and turned away and behaved arrogantl

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then turned he back, and grew stiff-necked

Ahmed Ali

Then turned his back and waxed proud

Aisha Bewley

Then he drew back and was proud.

Ali Ünal

Then he turned his back and (despite inwardly acknowledging the Qur’an’s Divine origin), grew in arrogance

Ali Quli Qara'i

Then he went away disdainfully

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Then he turned away and was arrogant.

Musharraf Hussain

then he turned his back and was arrogant,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Then he turned back and was arrogant

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

then he turned back and showed arrogance.

Maududi

then he retreated and waxed proud

Mohammad Shafi

Then he turned back and was proud

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then he turned his back and waxed pround.

Rashad Khalifa

Then he turned away arrogantly.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

then he retreated and grew proud

Faridul Haque

Then he turned away, and was haughty

Bijan Moeinian

Then arrogantly he turned away

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then turned back and was big with pride

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

Then he gave his back and he became arrogant

Sher Ali

Then he turned away and was disdainful

Edip Yuksel

Then he turned away in arrogance.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Then he turned back (in scorn) and waxed proud

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then he turned back (from the truth) and showed arrogance

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Then he turned back and was proud

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

then he turned away in scornful pride

Arthur John Arberry

then he retreated, and waxed proud

Edward Henry Palmer

then he retreated and was big with pride

George Sale

Then he turned back, and was elated with pride

John Medows Rodwell

Then turned his back and swelled with disdain

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and then (Thumma) turned back (Ad'bara) and (Wa) became arrogant (Es'tak'bar)

Fode Drame

Then he turned back and he grew arrogant.

Munir Mezyed

Then he turned his back and displayed an arrogant attitude,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Then he turned away and became arrogant,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Then he turned away and was arrogant.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

then he retreated and acted arrogantly

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

then he stepped back, glanced around haughtily

Samy Mahdy

Then he turned his back and arrogated.

Ali Quli Qarai

Then he walked away disdainfully,

Ahmed Hulusi

Then he turned his back and became arrogant!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Then he turned back, and was proud.

A. S. Mohamed

Then he turned away and was arrogant,

Mir Aneesuddin

then he turned away considering himself great,

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

Then he concluded to turn a deaf ear and to continue in his inordinate self- esteem

The Wise Quran Project

Then he turned his back, and was proud,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Then he turned back and was haughty

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Then he turned away and was arrogant.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Then he turned away and was arrogant

OLD Literal Word for Word

Then he turned back and was proud

OLD Transliteration

Thumma adbara waistakbara

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