Surah At-Takwir — Verse 4

The Overthrowing · 81:4 · 4/29

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

when pregnant camels are abandoned,

Marmaduke Pickthall

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and when the ten-months pregnant she-camels will be abandoned,

Al-Hilali & Khan

And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned,

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and when she-camels big with young, about to give birth, are left untended,

Rowwad · source edition

and when pregnant camels[1] are left unattended,

Notes

[1] Which are near delivery. It alludes to the distraction of people from their most valuable possessions, such as ten-month pregnant camels for nomadic Arabs.

Noor International · source edition

(4) And when full-term she-camels[1865] are neglected

Notes

[1865]- Those ten months pregnant and nearing delivery. This verse alludes to distraction from the most valued of possessions.