Quran Ayah al-Balad (The City, This Countryside) 90:14 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

or the feeding, upon a day of [one's own] hunger

Arthur John Arberry

or giving food upon a day of hunger

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Or the giving of food in a day of privatio

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Arabic

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Arabic

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

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aw iṭ’ʿāmun fī yawmin dhī masghabatin

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or feeding in a day of severe hunger

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

Or feeding in a day of severe hunger.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

or the feeding, upon a day of [one's own] hunger

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Or the giving of food in a day of privatio

M. M. Pickthall

And to feed in the day of hunger

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

or to give food in times of famine

Wahiduddin Khan

or the feeding in times of famine

Safi Kaskas

or to feed on a day of hunger

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

or feeding on a day possessing famine

T.B.Irving

or feeding

Shakir

Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

Abdul Hye

or giving food in a day of hunger (famine)

Saeed Malik

or feeding, in a time of consuming hunger,

The Study Quran

or giving food at a time of famine

Talal Itani (2012)

Or the feeding on a day of hunger

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Or feeding on a day of hunger.

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Or feeding on a day of great hardship,

M. Farook Malik

or the giving of food in a day of famine

Dr. Kamal Omar

Or providing food in a day of famine and hunger

Dr. Munir Munshey

And on a day of hunger, feeding (the hungry)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Or the giving of food in a day of want (and suffering)

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

Muhammad Sarwar

or, in a day of famine, the feeding o

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

or giving food in a day of hunger

Shabbir Ahmed

- And to feed in times of hunger, famine, wars and natural disasters

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Or feeding upon a day of famine

Hamid S. Aziz

Or feeding on the day of privation

Abdel Haleem

to feed at a time of hunger

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Or, feeding, in a day of privation

Ahmed Ali

Or to feed in times of famine

Aisha Bewley

or feeding on a day of hunger

Ali Ünal

Or feeding, on a day of privation

Ali Quli Qara'i

or feeding [the needy] on a day of starvation

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Or giving food in a day of hunger

Musharraf Hussain

to feed on a day of severe hunger

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

or in a day of famine, feeding

Maududi

or giving food on a day of hunger

Mohammad Shafi

Or feeding on a day of extreme hunger

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Or providing food in a day of hunger.

Rashad Khalifa

Feeding, during the time of hardship

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

the giving of food upon the day of hunger

Faridul Haque

Or the feeding on a day of hunger

Bijan Moeinian

… the answer is very easy: Freeing a slave [in any form and shape] and…

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or to feed in a day of hunger

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

Or feeding in a day/time of hunger/starvation/famine

Sher Ali

Or, feeding on a day of hunger

Edip Yuksel

Or the feeding on a day of great hardship.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Or feeding in the time of famine

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Or feeding on a day of scarcity (the poor and the needy during famine and scarcity i.e., striving to put an end to their sufferings and economic crises)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

the feeding, in the day of famine

Arthur John Arberry

or giving food upon a day of hunger

Edward Henry Palmer

or feeding on the day of famine

George Sale

or to feed, in the day of famine

John Medows Rodwell

Or to feed in the day of famine

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

or (Aw') feeding (It'äämun) on (during) (Fii) a day (a period) (Yaw'min) of (Zii) famine (Mas'gabat');

Fode Drame

or feeding on a day of dire hunger,

Munir Mezyed

Or feeding hungry people in the days of famine,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Or feeding on a day of famine,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

It is giving food during a time of famine.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

or the feeding—on a day of starvation—of

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

or feeding on a day of hunger

Samy Mahdy

Or feeding on a day possessor of famine.

Sayyid Qutb

or the feeding, on a day of famine,

Ali Quli Qarai

or feeding, during days of [general] starvation,

Thomas Cleary

or feeding on a day of hunger

Ahmed Hulusi

Or to feed another while hungry!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Or giving food in a day full of Masghabah,

A. S. Mohamed

or feeding on a day of great hunger

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"or to feed, on a day of hunger,"

Mir Aneesuddin

or feeding during a period of hunger,

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

Or feeding one in need on a day of privation

The Wise Quran Project

Or feeding in a day, a possessor of famine,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Or the giving of food in a day of privatio

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Or the feeding on a day of great hardship.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Or the feeding on a day of great hardship

OLD Literal Word for Word

Or feeding in a day of severe hunger

OLD Transliteration

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

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