Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 18:97
al-Kahf - The Cave
Verse: 18 : 97

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al-Kahf (The Cave) 18:97

18:97 فمااسطاعوا ان يظهروه ومااستطاعوا له نقبا


TransliterationFama istaAAoo an yathharoohu wama istataAAoo lahu naqban
LiteralSo they did not rise/diffuse/spread over (it, nor) that they mount/ascend it , and they were not able (of) piercing/penetration for it.

Yusuf AliThus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.
PickthalAnd (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce (it).
Arberry So they were unable either to scale it or pierce it.
ShakirSo they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole in it.
Sarwar(Thus he constructed the barrier which) neither Gog nor Magog were able to climb nor were they able to dig a tunnel through the iron and brass barrier.
KhalifaThus, they could not climb it, nor could they bore holes in it.
Hilali/KhanSo they (Yajooj and Majooj (Gog and Magog)) were made powerless to scale it or dig through it.
H/K/SaheehSo Gog and Magog were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.
MalikThis became such a barrier that Gog and Magog could not scale it or to dig through it.[97]
QXPThus they (Gog and Magog) could not climb it, nor could they bore holes in it.
Maulana AliSo they were not able to scale it, nor could they make a hole in it.
Free MindsSo they could not come over it, and they could not make a hole in it.
Qaribullah Thereafter they could neither scale it, nor could they pierce it.

George SaleWherefore, when this wall was finished, Gog and Magog could not scale it, neither could they dig through it.
JM RodwellAnd Gog and Magog were not able to scale it, neither were they able to dig through it.

AsadAnd thus [the rampart was built, and] their enemies were unable to scale it, and neither were they able to pierce it.


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