Surah Al-Qamar — Verse 20

The Moon · 54:20 · 20/55

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

TanziAAu annasa kaannahumaAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAir

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

it swept people away like uprooted palm trunks.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).

Mufti Taqi Usmani

plucking people away, as if they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees.

Al-Hilali & Khan

Plucking out men as if they were uprooted stems of date-palms.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

which tore people away and hurled them as though they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees.