Quran 90 : 11

But not he has attempted the steep path.
فَلَا
Falā
ٱقْتَحَمَ
Iqtaḥama
ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Alʿaqabaha

John Medows Rodwell

Yet he attempted not the steep

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Yet he attempteth not the steep

George Sale

Yet he attempteth not the cliff

Talal Itani (2012)

But he did not brave the ascent

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Yet he has not scaled the height

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

He should choose the better path.

Edward Henry Palmer

but he will not attempt the steep

Fode Drame

If only he assailed the obstacle?

Muhammad Sarwar

Yet, he has not entered into Aqab

N J Dawood 2014

Yet he would not scale the Height

Arthur John Arberry

Yet he has not assaulted the steep

Hamid S. Aziz

But he has not attempted the ascent

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But he attempts not the uphill road

Rashad Khalifa

He should choose the difficult path

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Yet he didn’t brave the steep path.

Wahiduddin Khan

But he has not attempted the ascent

T.B.Irving

Yet he does not tackle the Obstacle!

Mohammad Shafi

But he ventures not up the steep road

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

But he hath not attempted the Ascent

Sher Ali

But he attempted not the steep ascent

Samy Mahdy

So he did not break into the Obstacle.

The Study Quran

Yet he has not assailed the steep pass

Abdel Haleem

Yet he has not attempted the steep path

Ahmed Ali

But he could not scale the steep ascent

Aisha Bewley

But he has not braved the steep ascent.

Safi Kaskas

But he did not take the difficult path.

Corpus.Quran

But not he has attempted the steep path

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Yet he rushed not onto the steep ascent.

Mustaqim

But he did not embark on the steep path.

Shakir

But he would not attempt the uphill road

The Wise Quran

And he rushed not to the mountain road.

Ali Ünal

Yet he makes no effort to make the ascent

Mir Aneesuddin

But he did not attempt the uphill (road).

Ali Quli Qara'i

Yet he has not embarked upon the uphill task

Faridul Haque

So he did not quickly enter the steep valley

Shabbir Ahmed

But he hardly tries the uphill road, the Ascent

Irving/Hegab

Yet he does not tackle the [road with] Obstacle!

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

But he has not broken through the difficult pass

Bilal Muhammad 2018

But he has made no rush to the path that is steep

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But he has made no haste for the path that is hard

Dr. Munir Munshey

But man does not attempt the harder (uphill course)

Maududi

But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep

Munir Mezyed

Yet he tried not to break through the ‘Steep Path’.

MunirMezyed2023

Yet he tried not to break through the ‘Steep Path’.

Musharraf Hussain

He hasn’t yet set foot on the steep mountain track.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep

Bakhtiari Nejad

but he did not take/attempt the winding mountain road.

Muhammad Asad

But he would not try to ascend the steep uphill road..

Dr. Kamal Omar

But he has not yet passed through the difficult terrain

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Yet he has not rushed along the uneven (Or: steep) track

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Yet he did not make his way through the steep course,_ _

Ahmed Hulusi

But he did not have (the courage) to climb that steep hill!

Hilali - Khan

But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep

Linda "iLham" Barto

But (humanity) has made no haste on the road that is high.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then he hurried not to the steep valley without deliberation;

Abdul Hye

Yet, human has not attempted to pass on the steep path (Aqabah)!

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

So he did not rush/force (himself) into the high mountain path/road

Amatul Rahman Omar

Yet he would not attempt the uphill path of steep and difficult ascent

Bijan Moeinian

What a shame that man does not chose the path which is going upward to Heaven

Mustafa Khattab 2018

If only they had attempted the challenging path ˹of goodness instead˺!

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

But he has not yet attempted the steep ascent (of the Din [Religion]) of truth and the practical life dedicated to good and piety)