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Sūrah 26 · Verse 171

Ash-Shu'araa 26:171

الشعراء

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

Meaning

except an old woman who was among those who remained behind[21].

[21] Lot's wife, who betrayed him by not believing and remained a disbeliever; thus, she was among those destroyed.

Meaning: English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center. Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website. Version 1.0.19, 2026-03-12. QuranEnc.com

Meaning

Except an old woman[1058] among those who remained behind.

[1058] Lot's wife, who had collaborated with the evildoers.

Meaning: English Translation - Noor International Center. Issued by Noor International Center. Version 1.1.2, 2025-06-24. QuranEnc.com

Meaning

171. Except an old woman (his wife) among those who remained behind.

Meaning: English Translation - Hilali and Khan. Translated by Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan. Version 1.1.2, 2025-09-04. QuranEnc.com

Meaning

Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.

Meaning: English Translation - Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall. The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), as distributed by the Tanzil Project (last update 4 September 2010). Version 2010-09-04, 2010-09-04. Tanzil

Ash-Shu'araa

The Arabic is Tanzil’s text, unchanged. The meanings are their publishers’ editions, unchanged; Sabīl’s own reviewers have not yet examined them. Arabic: Tanzil Uthmani text, version 1.1. Source: tanzil.net