Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Fajr Verse 8

Mufti Taqi Usmani

the like of whom were never created in the lands,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

unmatched in any other land;

Ruwwad Translation Center

the like of whom had never been created in the land;

A. J. Arberry

the like of which was never created in the land,

Abdul Haleem

whose like has never been made in any land,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

The like of which was not built in the cities,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

Abul Ala Maududi

the like of whom no nation was ever created in the lands of the world?

Ahmed Ali

The like of whom were never created in the realm;

Ahmed Raza Khan

Like whom no one else was born in the cities.

Ali Quli Qarai

the like of which was not created among cities,

Ali Ünal

The like of which had not been created in the land?

Amatul Rahman Omar

The like of whom have not been created in these parts of land?

English Literal

Which was not created similar/equal to it in the countries/cities ?

Faridul Haque

Like whom no one else was born in the cities.

Hamid S. Aziz

The like of which has not been created in all the land?

Hilali & Khan

The like of which were not created in the land?

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And (with) Thamud, who hewed out rocks in the valley;

Mohammad Habib Shakir

The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

The like of which was not created in the lands;

Muhammad Sarwar

whose like has never been created in any other land.

Qaribullah & Darwish

the like of which was never created in the countries?

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

The like of which were not created in the land

Wahiduddin Khan

the like of which has never been created in the land,

Talal Itani

The like of which was never created in the land.

Tafsir jalalayn

the like of which was not created in the land, in terms of their power of assault and strength,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

The like of which were not created in the land,

meaning, there had been none created like them in their land, due to their strength, power and their great physical stature.

Mujahid said,

"Iram was an ancient nation who were the first people of `Ad."

Qatadah bin Di`amah and As-Suddi both said,

"Verily, Iram refers to the House of the kingdom of `Ad."

This latter statement is good and strong.

Concerning Allah's statement,

الَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى الْبِلَـدِ

The like of which were not created in the land,

Ibn Zayd considered the pronoun of discussion here to refer to the pillars, due to their loftiness. He said,

"They built pillars among the hills, the likes of which had not been constructed in their land before."

However, Qatadah and Ibn Jarir considered the pronoun of discussion to refer to the tribe (of `Ad), meaning

that there was no tribe that had been created like this tribe in the land - meaning during their time.

And this latter view is the correct position.

The saying of Ibn Zayd and those who follow his view is a weak one, because if He intended that, He would have said

"The like of which were not produced in the land."

But He said;

لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى الْبِلَـدِ

The like of which were not created in the land.

Then Allah says,

وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَاد