Quran 67 : 22

Then is he who walks fallen on his face better guided, or (he) who walks upright on (the) Path Straight?
أَفَمَن
Aafaman
يَمْشِى
Yamshiā
مُكِبًّا
Mukibbana
عَلَىٰ
ʿAlaāā
وَجْهِهِۦٓ
Wajhihi
أَهْدَىٰٓ
Aahdaāā
أَمَّن
Aamman
يَمْشِى
Yamshiā
سَوِيًّا
Sawiyyana
عَلَىٰ
ʿAlaāā
صِرَٰطٍ
Ṣiraāṭin
مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
Mmustaqīmin

Ali Quli Qara'i

Is he who walks prone on his face better guided, or he who walks upright on a straight path

Ahmed Ali

Will he find the way who grovels flat on his face, or he who walks straight on the right path

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Is he who walks prone on his face better guided than he who walks upright on a straight path?

Edward Henry Palmer

Is he who walks prone upon his face more guided than he who walks upright upon a straight path

Samy Mahdy

So is he who walks tossed on his face better guided, or he who walks upright on a straight path?

Talal Itani (2012)

Is he who walks bent on his own design better guided, or he who walks upright on a straight path

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Is he who walks in prone position more rightly guided, or he who walks upright on a straight path

Hamid S. Aziz

What! Is he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright upon a Straight Way

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is, then, he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright on a straight path

Shakir

What! is he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright upon a straight path

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Who is better guided: the one who walks face down, or the one who walks upright on a straight path?

Aisha Bewley

Who is better guided: he who goes grovelling on his face or he who walks upright on a straight path?

Arthur John Arberry

What, is he who walks prone upon his face better guided than he who walks upright on a straight path

The Wise Quran

Then is he who walks prone upon his face more guided than he who walks upright upon a straight path?

Wahiduddin Khan

Is he who walks grovelling upon his face better guided, or he who walks upright upon a straight path

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Is one who walks while his face is slumped better guided, or one who walks straight on the right path

Abdel Haleem

Who is better guided: someone who falls on his face, or someone who walks steadily on a straight path

Fode Drame

Is He who walks cast down on his face better guided or one who walks straight on a path most upright?

Maududi

Who is better guided: he who walks grovelling on his face, or he who walks upright on a Straight Path

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

What, is he who walks, falling upon his face, more guided than he who walks upright on a Straight Path

Muhammad Sarwar

Can one who walks with his head hanging down be better guided that one who walks with his head upright

The Study Quran

Is one who walks with his face stooped down more guided, or one who walks upright upon a straight path

Corpus.Quran

Then is he who walks fallen on his face better guided or (he) who walks upright on (the) Path Straight

Ahmed Hulusi

Is one who blindly crawls on his face better guided or the one who walks upright upon the straight path?

John Medows Rodwell

Is he who goeth along grovelling on his face, better guided than he who goeth upright on a straight path

Mustaqim

Is he who walks with his face stuck to the ground better guided or who walks upright on a straight path?

Amatul Rahman Omar

Is he, who goes groveling on his face, better guided or he who walks upright on a straight and right path

Mohammad Shafi

Is he who walks falling on his face [stumbling] better guided, or he who walks upright on a straight road

Safi Kaskas

Is he who walks, stumbles and falls on his face better guided or he who walks upright on a straight path?

N J Dawood 2014

Is he that goes grovelling on his face more rightly guided than he that walks upright upon a straight path

Dr. Kamal Omar

So then that one who is grovelling on his face is better guided or he who walks upright on a Permanent Path

Rashad Khalifa

Is one who walks while slumped over on his face better guided, or one who walks straight on the right path?

Sher Ali

What ! is he who walks groveling upon his face better guided, or he who walks upright on the straight path

Munir Mezyed

Is he who walks with his head hanging down, more rightly guided, or he who walks upright on a straight path?

MunirMezyed2023

Is he who walks with his head hanging down more rightly guided, or he who walks upright on a straight path?

Faridul Haque

So is one who walks inverted upon his face more rightly guided, or one who walks upright on the Straight Path

Bilal Muhammad 2018

Is then one who walks headlong with his face groveling better guided or one who walks evenly on a straight path

Linda "iLham" Barto

Is one who walks stumbling, falling on his/her face, better guided, or one who walks evenly on the Straight Way?

George Sale

Is he, therefore, who goeth grovelling upon his face, better directed than he who walketh upright in a strait way

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Is he, then, who goeth about grovelling upon his face better directed, or he who walketh evenly on a straight path

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Who is ˹rightly˺ guided: the one who crawls facedown or the one who walks upright on the Straight Path?

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Is then one who walks headlong, with his face grovelling, better guided,- or one who walks evenly on a Straight Way

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then, is he who walks tossed down upon his face better guided than he who walks (perfectly) level on a straight Path

Mir Aneesuddin

Then, is he who walks headlong on his face better guided or he who walks balanced (on his feet and) on the straight path?

Irving/Hegab

And is someone who walks along with his face bent down better guided than someone who walks properly along a Straight Road?

T.B.Irving

And is someone who walks along with his face bent down better guided than someone who walks properly along a Straight Road?

Muhammad Asad

But then, is he that goes along with his face close to the ground better guided than he that walks upright on a straight way

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Then, is the one who walks falling down (frequently) on his face more right or the one who walks properly on a straight path

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Then is whoever walks as one who is prone on his face better guided, or he who walks without fault on a straight path?

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

Is who walks up-side-down/facing down on his face/front more guided? Or who walks straight/upright on a straight/direct road/way

Bijan Moeinian

Tell Me, which one is better, walking upright on a smooth road or putting head down like the cattle and following rest of the herd

Abdul Hye

Who is more rightly guided: one who walks with his face bend down without seeing, or the one who sees and walks upright on a Right Way?

Hilali - Khan

Is he who walks without seeing on his face, more rightly guided, or he who (sees and) walks on a Straight Way (i.e. Islamic Monotheism)

Shabbir Ahmed

Is the one who goes prone on his face close to the ground (like an earthworm), better guided or one who walks straight on the Straight Path

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Is then (the man) who walks headlong, with his face bitter and marred, better guided— Or the one who walks evenly on the Straight Path

Musharraf Hussain

Who is more guided: the one who walks grovelling, looking down and falls flat on his face, or the one who walks upright on a straight path?

Bakhtiari Nejad

Is someone who walks with his face downward (not seeing what is in front of him) better guided or someone who walks properly on a straight path?

Dr. Munir Munshey

So who (do you think) is better guided? The one crawling on his face groping (to find his way), or the one walking upright along the straight path?"

Ali Ãœnal

(Now consider:) Is one who goes prone upon his face (with no breadth or depth to his line of sight, barely seeing what is touching his face) better guided, or one who goes upright (with a clear line of sight to what is ahead of him) on a straight path