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101. Surah • 9. Verse
Word Analysis
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
His destiny is lowly.
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
His destiny is the lowest.
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
His destiny is the lowest.
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
will have the Bottomless Pit for his home––
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
He will have his home in Hâwiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
-his abode will be Abyss.
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
his shall be the deep pit for a dwelling.[1]
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The words in the original are: ummu hu hawiyah: his mother will be hawiyah. Hawiyah is from hawa, which means to fall from a height to a depth, and hawiyah is the deep pit into which something falls. Hell has been called Hawiyah because it will be very deep and the culprits will be thrown into it from the height. As for the words, his mother will be Hawiyah, they mean: Just as the mother’s lap is the child’s abode, so Hell will be the culprits’ only abode in the Hereafter.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
their home will be the abyss.
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
his motherland is Hawiya.
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
shall plunge in the womb of the Pit.
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
his dwelling shall be the pit of hell.
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
He will be sent to a pit in the Hell.
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
his home will be the Abyss.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
The abyss (- Gehenna) shall then be a (nursing) mother to him (till the souls are completely cleansed of the taint of sin and they are reborn).
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
His mother will be the Bereft and Hungry One.
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
Then his home is the bottom of Hell (Literally: his mother is tumbling into Hell).
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
his dwelling shall be the pit of hell.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
Will have the Abyss for abode.
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
Will be fostered by the deep bottomless abyss;
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
shall be engulfed by an abyss.
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
His destiny is the lowest.
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
His refuge will be an abyss.
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
He will be embraced by an Abyss.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
Will have his home in a pit (of Fire).
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
His embrace is an abyss.