Surah Al-Muddaththir — Verse 23

The Cloaked One · 74:23 · 23/56

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

Thumma adbara wastakbar

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Then he turned back and was arrogant

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

and turned away and behaved arrogantly

Marmaduke Pickthall

Then turned he away in pride

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then he turned back and was haughty;

Mufti Taqi Usmani

then turned his back, and waxed proud,

Al-Hilali & Khan

Then he turned back, and was proud.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

then he retreated and waxed proud,

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

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