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18. Surah • 96. Verse
Word Analysis
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
over it
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
"Bring to me masses of iron." Once he filled the gap between the two palisades, he said, "Blow." Once it was red hot, he said, "Help me pour tar on top of it."
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
"Bring me iron ore." Until he leveled between the two walls, he said: "Blow," until he made it a furnace, he said: "Bring me tar so I can pour it over."
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
"Bring me iron ore." Until he leveled between the two walls, he said, "Blow," until he made it a furnace, he said, "Bring me tar so I can pour it over."
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
bring me lumps of iron!’ and then, when he had filled the gap between the two mountainsides [he said], ‘Work your bellows!’ and then, when he had made it glow like fire, he said, ‘Bring me molten metal to pour over it!’
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
"Give me pieces (blocks) of iron;" then, when he had filled up the gap between the two mountain-cliffs, he said: "Blow;" then when he had made them (red as) fire, he said: "Bring me molten copper to pour over them."
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
Bring me big pieces of iron." (They proceeded accordingly) until when he leveled up (the gap) between the two cliffs, he said, "Blow.” (They complied) until when he made it (like) fire, he said, “Bring me molten copper, and I will pour it upon this.”
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
Give me pieces of iron - till, when he had levelled up (the gap) between the cliffs, he said: Blow! - till, when he had made it a fire, he said: Bring me molten copper to pour thereon.
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
Bring me ingots of iron." Then after he had filled up the space between the two mountain-sides, he said: "(Light a fire) and ply bellows." When he had made it (red like) fire, he said: "Bring me molten copper which I may pour on it."
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
"Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when he had filled up the space between the two steep mountain-sides, He said, "Blow (with your bellows)" Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he said: "Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten lead."
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
Bring me blocks of iron!" Then, when he had filled up ˹the gap˺ between the two mountains, he ordered, "Blow!” When the iron became red hot, he said, “Bring me molten copper to pour over it.”
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
Bring me ingots of iron!’ Then, when he had made it level between the two high mountain-sides, he said,‘Blow!’ and when he had made it a red hot fire, he said, ‘Bring me molten brass to pour over it. ’
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
Bring me pieces of iron!’ When he had levelled up between the flanks, he said, ‘Blow!’ When he had turned it into fire, he said, ‘Bring me molten copper to pour over it. ’
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
"Now bring me masses of iron, blow heat on it till it turns red and then pour melted copper on top of it. "
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
(Then he said, ) `Bring me ingots of iron. ' (So that when all was provided for and) he had filled the space between the two barriers, he said, `Now blow (with your bellows).' (They blew) till when he had made it (- the ignots red hot as) fire, he said, `Bring me molten copper that I may pour (it) thereon.'
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
Bring me ingots of iron. " Until, when he had leveled up between the two cliffs, he said, "Blow!" Until, when he made it a fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour out molten brass on it."
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
He said, "The power my Lord hath established me in is better than tribute; help me, therefore, with strength (labour), and I will set a barrier between you and them.
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
Bring me iron in large pieces, until it fill up the space between the two sides of these mountains. And he said to the workmen, blow with your bellows, until it make the iron red hot as fire. And he said further, bring me molten brass, that I may pour upon it.
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
'Bring me pigs of iron until they fill up the space between the two mountain sides. ' Said he, 'Blow until it makes it a fire.' Said he, 'Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten brass.'
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
Bring me ingots of iron!' Until, when he had made all level between the two cliffs, he said, 'Blow!' Until, when he had made it a fire, he said, 'Bring me, that I may pour molten brass on it. '
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
Bring me ingots of iron, " (which they did) until the space between two mountain sides was filled up. "Blow your bellows," he said; (and they blew) until it was red hot. "Bring me molten brass," he said, "that I may pour over it."
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
Bring me ingots of iron!" Then, after he had [piled up the iron and] filled the gap between the two mountain-sides, he said: "[Light a fire and] ply your bellows!" At length, when he had made it [glow like] fire, he commanded: "Bring me molten copper which I may pour upon it. "
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
"Bring me blocks or sheets of iron", he said, "to fill up the space between the two natural barriers", then he said to them "Now you may subject it to fire and use your bellows to make it red hot, and when it softened he asked them for molten brass to pour on the iron to weld in solid mass".
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
"Bring me iron ore. " Until he levelled between the two walls, he said: "Blow," until he made it a furnace, he said: "Bring me tar so I can pour it over."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
"Bring me blocks of iron;" At length, when he had filled the space between the two steep mountain-sides, he said, "Blow (with your bellows into the fire. )" Then, when he had made them (red) as fire; He said: "Bring me the molten lead, that I may pour over them."
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
"Bring me pieces of iron. " (His engineers worked their skills using dirt and molten iron and filled the gap between the mountains). When he had filled up the space between the two steep mountainsides, he said, "(Light a fire and) blow with your bellows!" When it was red hot, he said, "Bring me molten copper and tar to pour over it."
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
Bring me sheets of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper. "
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
“Give me sheets of iron.” When he had made level between the two openings, he said: “Blow.” When he had made it a fire, he said: “Bring me to pour thereon molten brass.”