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What does the Qur'an say about following the best of what you hear?

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  1. 01 39:17–18 Give good tidings to My servants who HEAR ADVICE AND FOLLOW THE BEST THEREOF. Such are those whom God guideth, and such are men of understanding. In as ONE PASSAGE because 39:17 identifies who is being described and 39:18 is the description - and because the praise is attached to a method, not to a conclusion.
  2. 02 39:55 And FOLLOW THE BETTER GUIDANCE of that which is revealed unto you from your Lord, before the doom cometh on you suddenly. In because it applies the same comparative to revelation itself and attaches urgency.
  3. 03 17:47 We are best aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to thee, and when they take secret counsel, when the evil-doers say: ye follow but a man bewitched. In because it is the counter-case in the set - listening in order to find fault - and shows the text distinguishing kinds of hearing.
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Three verses, and 39:18 is one of the more remarkable sentences in the Qur'an.

It describes people who HEAR ADVICE AND FOLLOW THE BEST OF IT - and then says: such are those whom God has guided, and such are men of understanding. The praise attaches to a procedure. Not to holding the right view, but to listening to what is said and taking the best of it.

Note what the verse does not say. It does not say hear the truth and follow it. It says hear the speech, or the advice, or the word - the four translators vary - and follow the BEST of it. That construction assumes several things are being heard and that they differ in quality, and it makes the hearer the one who sorts them.

39:55 uses the same comparative of revelation: follow the BETTER of what has been sent down to you. And it adds a reason that is not intellectual at all - before the doom comes upon you suddenly, when you are not expecting it.

17:47 is carried as the counter-case. There people give ear to the Prophet, and God says He knows WHAT THEY WISH TO HEAR. Listening is described as an activity with a motive, and this motive is to find grounds for the charge that follows.

Set against 39:18, the pair says something coherent: hearing is not neutral, and what you take from what you hear is the thing being judged. The related material on verifying reports is carried by verify-the-news and on following ancestors uncritically by the batch-5 study blind-following.

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What this rests on

Opens with 39:17–18, widening across 3 passages in all.

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The versesSource fact 3 passages, each with every cleared translation

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39:17–18

Why this passage is in the study finding 01

وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَنَبُوا۟ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ أَن يَعْبُدُوهَا وَأَنَابُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ لَهُمُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)walladheena jtanaboo t-taaghoota an ya'budoohaa wa'anaaboo ilaa llaahi lahumu l-bushraa fabashshir 'ibaad

DIN 31635wallaḏīna ǧtanabū ṭ-ṭāġūta ʾan yaʿbudūhā waʾanābū ʾilā llāhi lahumu l-bušrā fabaššir ʿibādi

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani published 2012

As for those who avoid the worship of idols, and devote themselves to God-theirs is the good news. So give good news to My servants.

Compare translations (4)
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall published 1930

And those who put away false gods lest they should worship them and turn to Allah in repentance, for them there are glad tidings. Therefor give good tidings (O Muhammad) to My bondmen

Edward Henry Palmer published 1880

But those who avoid Taghut and serve them not, but turn repentant unto God, for them shall be glad tidings. Then give glad tidings to my servants

John Medows Rodwell published 1861

But good tidings are there for those who shun the worship of Thagout and are turned to God. Cheer then with good tidings those my servants

George Sale published 1734

But those who eschew the worship of idols, and are turned unto God, shall receive good tidings. Bear good tidings therefore unto my servants

Sources

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Receipts Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
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yes
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contradictory
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read verbatim
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cleared
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203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
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Convention
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.

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ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُۥٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)alladheena yastami'oona l-qawla fayattabi'oona ahsanahu oolaa'ika lladheena hadaahumu llaahu wa'oolaa'ika hum ooloo l-'albaab

DIN 31635allaḏīna yastamiʿūna l-qawla fayattabiʿūna ʾaḥsanahu ʾūlāʾika llaḏīna hadāhumu llāhu waʾūlāʾika hum ʾūlū l-ʾalbābi

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani published 2012

Those who listen to the Word, and follow the best of it. These are they whom God has guided. These are they who possess intellect.

Compare translations (4)
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall published 1930

Who hear advice and follow the best thereof. Such are those whom Allah guideth, and such are men of understanding

Edward Henry Palmer published 1880

who listen to the word and follow the best thereof; they it is whom God guides, and they it is who are endowed with minds

John Medows Rodwell published 1861

who hearken to my word and follow its excellence. These are they whom God guideth, and these are men of insight

George Sale published 1734

who hearken unto my word, and follow that which is most excellent therein: These are they whom God directeth, and these are men of understanding

Sources

EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Receipts Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Edition
Uthmani, Version 1.1
Custodian
Tanzil Project
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canonical text
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Commercial use
yes
Modification
contradictory
Licence text
read verbatim
Review state
cleared
Retrieved
24 August 2026
Digest
203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
Located at
https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=uthmani&outType=xml
Convention
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.

CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.

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Other languages (18)
Shqip · Albanian

39:17 Ndërkaq, për ata që i shmangen adhurimit të zotave të rremë dhe kthehen tek Allahu të penduar, do të ketë myzhde. Prandaj, përgëzoji robërit e Mi,

39:18 të cilët e dëgjojnë fjalën me vëmendje dhe ndjekin më të mirën e saj. Këta janë ata që i ka udhëzuar Allahu dhe pikërisht këta janë mendarët.

Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

বাংলা · Bengali

39:17 আর যারা তাগূতের(১৩) উপাসনা পরিহার করে এবং আল্লাহর দিকে প্রত্যাবর্তন করে, তাদের জন্য রয়েছে (জান্নাতের) সুসংবাদ। অতএব, হে রাসূল! তুমি আমার বান্দাদেরকে (জান্নাতের) সুসংবাদ দাও।

39:18 যারা মনোযোগ সহকারে কথা শোনে, অতঃপর তার মধ্যে যা উত্তম তা অনুসরণ করে, তাদেরকেই আল্লাহ হিদায়াত দান করেন। আর তারাই বুদ্ধিমান।

Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Dawah Association in Rabwah, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2

Bosanski · Bosnian

39:17 Za one koji izbjegavaju obožavanje taguta – kumira i koji se Allahu obraćaju – njima su namijenjene radosne vijesti, zato obraduj robove Moje,

39:18 koji Kur’an slušaju i slijede ono najljepše u njemu; njima je Allah na Pravi put ukazao i oni su pametni.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4

Hrvatski · Croatian

39:17 Za one koji izbjegavaju obožavanje taguta – kumira i koji se Allahu obraćaju – njima su namijenjene radosne vijesti, zato obraduj robove Moje,

39:18 koji Kuran slušaju i slijede ono najljepše u njemu; njima je Allah na Pravi put ukazao i oni su pametni.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1

Fulfulde · Fulani

39:17 Ɓeen woɗɗitorɓe rewugol bewnooji ɗi, ɓe nduttii e Allah, welo-welo no woodani ɓe. Wewlinir jiyaaɓe am ɓeen,

39:18 nanooɓe Konngol ɓeen, ɓe njokka ko ɓuri moƴƴude e maggol. Ko ɓeen woni ɓe Allah feewni ɓen, ko ɓen ngoni joomiraaɓe haqqille ɓeen.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

ქართული · Georgian

39:17 ხოლო ისინი, ვინც განერიდნენ ცრუ ღვთაებას, რომ არ ეთაყვანებინათ მას, და მიუბრუნდნენ ალლაჰს, მათთვის არის სასიხარულო ამბავი. ამცნე კი (ო, მოციქულო) ჩემს მონებს კეთილი ცნობა.

39:18 ვინც ისმენს სიტყვას და მიჰყვება მის საუკეთესოს [საუკეთესო სიტყვას — ალლაჰის სიტყვას და შემდეგ მისი მოციქულის სიტყვას]! ასეთნი არიან ისინი, ვინც ალლაჰმა წარუძღვა (ჭეშმარიტ გზაზე), და ასეთნი არიან — გონების მქონენი.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7

Deutsch · German

39:17 Diejenigen aber, die den Taghut (also die falschen Gottheiten) meiden, um ihnen nicht zu dienen, und sich Allah reuig zuwenden, für sie gibt es die frohe Botschaft. So verkünde frohe Botschaft Meinen Dienern,

39:18 die auf das Wort hören und dann dem Besten davon folgen. Jene sind es, die Allah rechtgeleitet hat, und jene sind es, die Verstand besitzen.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

39:17 Όσο γι' εκείνους που αποφεύγουν τη λατρεία των ψεύτικων θεών και στρέφονται με μεταμέλεια προς τον Αλλάχ, γι' αυτούς υπάρχουν τα χαρμόσυνα νέα (για τον Παράδεισο). Δώσε λοιπόν (ω, Προφήτη) τα χαρμόσυνα νέα στους δούλους Μου,

39:18 οι οποίοι ακούν τον λόγο και ακολουθούν τα καλύτερά του. Εκείνοι είναι αυτοί που τους καθοδήγησε ο Αλλάχ και εκείνοι είναι αυτοί που έχουν υγιή νου.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

हिन्दी · Hindi

39:17 तथा जो लोग 'ताग़ूत'[2] की पूजा करने से बचे रहे और अल्लाह की ओर ध्यानमग्न हो गए, उन्हीं के लिए शुभ सूचना है। अतः आप मेरे बंदों को शुभ सूचना सुना दें।

39:18 वे जो ध्यान से बात सुनते हैं, फिर उसमें से सबसे अच्छी बात का अनुसरण करते हैं। यही लोग हैं, जिन्हें अल्लाह ने मार्गदर्श प्रदान किया है तथा यही बुद्धि वाले हैं।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

39:17 E per quelli che non adorano gli idoli e si rivolgono ad Allāh c’è il Buon Annuncio; annuncialo ai Miei servi,

39:18 quelli che ascoltano i consigli e seguono i migliori; loro sono quelli che Allāh ha guidato e quelli dotati di intelletto.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

39:17 17. Tie, kurie vengia At-Taghut (netikrų dievybių) negarbindami jų ir atsigręždami į Allahą (atgailoje), jiems yra gera žinia. Tad pranešk geras žinias Mano vergams -

39:18 18. tiems, kurie klausosi Žodžio [gero patarimo la ilaha illallah – (niekas neturi teisės būti garbinamas tik Allahas) ir islamiškojo monoteizmo] ir seka geriausiais iš jų (t. y. garbina Vienintelį Allahą, atgailauja Jam ir vengia Taghut), jie yra (tie), kuriuos Allahas išvedė ir tai yra suvokiantys žmonės.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

39:17 Isaan gabbaramoota sobaa ishee gabbaruu irraa fagaatanii, gara Rabbii deebi’an, isaaniif gammachuutu jira. Gabroota kiyya gammachiisi.

39:18 (Isaan) warra jecha dhageeffatanii, ergasii irra bareedaa isaa hordofaniidha. Isaan sun warra Rabbiin isaan qajeelche. Isaan sun isaanumatu warra qalbiiwwan qabaniidha..

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0

Русский · Russian

39:17 А те, которые сторонились тагу́та, чтобы не поклоняться ему, и обратились к Аллаху, — для них радостная весть. Так обрадуй же Моих рабов,

39:18 которые внимают сказанному и следуют наилучшему из этого. Такие и есть те, кого Аллах наставил, и такие и есть обладатели разума.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1

Српски · Serbian

39:17 За оне који избегавају обожавање лажних божанстава и који се Аллаху обраћају - њима су намењене радосне вести, зато обрадуј Моје слуге

39:18 које Кур’ан слушају и следе оно најлепше у њему; њих је Аллах на Прави пут упутио и они су паметни.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

39:17 Na wale wanaojiepusha ibada potovu, na wakarejea kwa Mwenyezi Mungu, watapata bishara njema. Basi wabashirie waja wangu.

39:18 Ambao husikiliza maneno, wakafuata lililo bora yake. Hao ndio aliowaongoa Mwenyezi Mungu, na hao ndio wenye akili.

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Svenska · Swedish

39:17 Men de som tar avstånd från dyrkan av falska gudar och vänder sig helt till Gud, ja, för dem väntar ett glädjande besked. Ge mina tjänare detta glada budskap!

39:18 De som lyssnar uppmärksamt och följer det bästa av det [de hört] är de som Gud har väglett – ja, de är de verkligt förståndiga.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Türkçe · Turkish

39:17 Tağuta ibadet etmekten kaçınıp Allah'a yönelenlere müjde vardır. Kullarımı müjdele!

39:18 Onlar, sözü dinleyip en güzeline uyarlar. Onlar, Allah’ın kendilerine hidayet ettiği kimselerdir. Onlar, akıl sahibi kimselerdir.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

اردو · Urdu

39:17 اور جن لوگوں نے طاغوت کی عبادت سے پرہیز کیا اور (ہمہ تن) اللہ تعالیٰ کی طرف متوجہ رہے وه خوش خبری کے مستحق ہیں، میرے بندوں کو خوشخبری سنا دیجئے.

39:18 جو بات کو کان لگا کر سنتے ہیں۔ پھر جو بہترین بات ہو[1] اس کی اتباع کرتے ہیں۔ یہی ہیں جنہیں اللہ تعالیٰ نے ہدایت کی ہے اور یہی عقلمند بھی ہیں.[2]

Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3

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39:15

فَٱعْبُدُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

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Easy-read (simplified)fa'budoo maa shi'tum min doonihi qul inna l-khaasireena lladheena khasiroo anfusahum wa'ahleehim yawma l-qiyaamati alaa dhaalika huwa l-khusraanu l-mubeen

DIN 31635faʿbudū mā šiʾtum min dūnihi qul ʾinna l-ḫāsirīna llaḏīna ḫasirū ʾanfusahum waʾahlīhim yawma l-qiyāmati ʾalā ḏālika huwa l-ḫusrānu l-mubīnu

Talal Itani2012 "But you can worship whatever you wish besides Him." Say, "The losers are those who lose their souls and their people on the Day of Resurrection." That is indeed the obvious loss.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Then worship what ye will beside Him. Say: The losers will be those who lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Ah, that will be the manifest loss

Edward Henry Palmer1880 serve then what ye will beside Him!' Say, 'Verily, the losers are those who lose themselves and their families on the resurrection day. Aye, that is the obvious loss

John Medows Rodwell1861 And serve ye what ye choose beside Him. SAY: The losers truly will they be who shall lose their own souls and their families on the day of resurrection: Is not this the clear ruin

George Sale1734 But do ye worship that which ye will, besides Him. Say verily they will be the losers, who shall lose their own souls, and their families, on the day of resurrection: Is not this manifest loss

39:16

لَهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمِن تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ ذَٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ عِبَادَهُۥ يَٰعِبَادِ فَٱتَّقُونِ

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Easy-read (simplified)lahum min fawqihim zulalun mina n-naari wamin tahtihim zulalun dhaalika yukhawwifu llaahu bihi 'ibaadahu yaa 'ibaadi faattaqoon

DIN 31635lahum min fawqihim ẓulalun mina n-nāri wamin taḥtihim ẓulalun ḏālika yuḫawwifu llāhu bihi ʿibādahu yā ʿibādi fāttaqūni

Talal Itani2012 They will have layers of Fire above them, and layers beneath them. That is how God strikes fear into His servants-"O My servants! Beware of Me!"

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 They have an awning of fire above them and beneath them a dais (of fire). With this doth Allah appal His bondmen. O My bondmen, therefor fear Me

Edward Henry Palmer1880 They shall have over them shades of fire, and under them shades; with that does God frighten His servants: O my servants! then fear me

John Medows Rodwell1861 Canopies of fire shall be over them, and floors of fire beneath them. With this doth God alarm his servants: Fear ye me, then, O my servants

George Sale1734 Over them shall be roofs of fire, and under them shall be floors of fire. With this doth God terrify his servants: Wherefore, O my servants, fear me

39:17–18 — the verse above

39:19

أَفَمَنْ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَفَأَنتَ تُنقِذُ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ

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Easy-read (simplified)afaman haqqa 'alayhi kalimatu l-'adhaabi afa'anta tunqidhu man fee n-naar

DIN 31635ʾafaman ḥaqqa ʿalayhi kalimatu l-ʿaḏābi ʾafaʾanta tunqiḏu man fī n-nāri

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 What about someone who has deserved the sentence of punishment? Is it you who can save those in the Fire?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Is he on whom the word of doom is fulfilled (to be helped), and canst thou (O Muhammad) rescue him who is in the Fire

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Him against whom the word of torment is due,- canst thou rescue him from the fire

John Medows Rodwell1861 Him then on whom the sentence of punishment hath justly lighted - him who is doomed to the fire canst thou rescue

George Sale1734 Him therefore on whom the sentence of eternal punishment shall be justly pronounced, canst thou, O Mohammed, deliver him who is destined to dwell in the fire of hell

39:20

لَٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌ مِّن فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌ مَّبْنِيَّةٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ

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Easy-read (simplified)laakini lladheena taqaw rabbahum lahum ghurafun min fawqihaa ghurafun mabniyyatun tajree min tahtihaa l-'anhaaru wa'da llaahi laa yukhlifu llaahu l-mee'aad

DIN 31635lākini llaḏīna taqaw rabbahum lahum ġurafun min fawqihā ġurafun mabniyyatun taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru waʿda llāhi lā yuḫlifu llāhu l-mīʿāda

Talal Itani2012 But those who fear their Lord will have mansions upon mansions, built high, with streams flowing beneath them. The promise of God; and God never breaks a promise.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are lofty halls with lofty halls above them, built (for them), beneath which rivers flow. (It is) a promise of Allah. Allah faileth not His promise

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But for those who fear their Lord for them are upper chambers, and upper chambers above them built, beneath which rivers flow; God's promise! God does not fail in His promise

John Medows Rodwell1861 But for those who fear their Lord are storied pavilions beneath which shall the rivers flow: it is the promise of God, and God will not fail in his promise

George Sale1734 But for those who fear their Lord will be prepared high apartments in paradise, over which shall be other apartments built; and rivers shall run beneath them: This is the promise of God; and God will not be contrary to the promise

39:55

Why this passage is in the study finding 02

وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَحْسَنَ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waattabi'oo ahsana maa unzila ilaykum min rabbikum min qabli an ya'tiyakumu l-'adhaabu baghtatan wa'antum laa tash'uroon

DIN 31635wāttabiʿū ʾaḥsana mā ʾunzila ʾilaykum min rabbikum min qabli ʾan yaʾtiyakumu l-ʿaḏābu baġtatan waʾantum lā tašʿurūna

Talal Itani published 2012

And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord, before the punishment comes upon you suddenly, while you are unaware.

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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall published 1930

And follow the better (guidance) of that which is revealed unto you from your Lord, before the doom cometh on you suddenly when ye know not

Edward Henry Palmer published 1880

and follow the best of what has been sent down to you from your Lord, before there come on you the torment suddenly, ere ye can perceive

John Medows Rodwell published 1861

And follow that most excellent thing which hath been sent down to you from your Lord, ere the punishment come on you suddenly, and when ye look not for it

George Sale published 1734

And follow the most excellent instructions which have been sent down unto you from your Lord, before the punishment come suddenly upon you, and ye perceive not the approach thereof

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Other languages (18)
Shqip · Albanian

Ndiqni më të mirën e asaj që ju është shpallur nga Zoti juaj, para se t'ju vijë dënimi papritur, pa e vënë re,

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

বাংলা · Bengali

আর তোমরা অনুসরণ কর আল কুরআনের যা তোমাদের রবের পক্ষ থেকে সর্বোত্তম বাণী হিসাবে নাযিল করা হয়েছে, তোমাদের ওপর আকস্মিকভাবে শাস্তি আসার পূর্বে; অথচ তোমরা উপলব্ধি করতে পারবে না।

Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Dawah Association in Rabwah, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2

Bosanski · Bosnian

I slijedite ono najljepše, ono što vam Gospodar vaš objavljuje, prije nego što vam iznenada kazna dođe, za čiji dolazak nećete znati,

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4

Hrvatski · Croatian

I slijedite ono najljepše, ono što vam Gospodar vaš objavljuje, prije nego što vam iznenada kazna dođe, za čiji dolazak nećete znati,

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1

Fulfulde · Fulani

Njokkee ko ɓuri moƴƴude e ko jippinaa e mon, immorde ka Joomi, ado lepte ɗen ado de on, juhal, hara on so'aa anndude.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

ქართული · Georgian

და მიჰყევით საუკეთესოს, რაც თქვენი უფლისგან გამოცხადდა, სანამ სასჯელი მოულოდნელად დაგატყდებათ თავს, როდესაც მას ვერც კი იგრძნობთ,

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7

Deutsch · German

Und folgt dem Besten von dem, was zu euch von eurem Herrn (als Offenbarung) hinabgesandt worden ist, bevor die Strafe plötzlich über euch kommt, ohne dass ihr (es) merkt,

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

Ακολουθήστε το καλύτερο απ' αυτό που έχει σταλεί σε σας από τον Κύριό σας (ακολουθώντας τις εντολές του Κορ’άν και απέχοντας από τις απαγορεύσεις του), προτού σας έρθει το μαρτύριο αιφνιδιαστικά, ενώ δε θα το αντιληφθείτε!

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

हिन्दी · Hindi

तथा उस सबसे उत्तम वाणी का पालन करो, जो अल्लाह की ओर से तुम्हारी तरफ़ उतारी गई है, इससे पूर्व कि तुमपर यातना आ पड़े और तुम्हें एहसास तक न हो।

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

E seguite il meglio dei precetti che il vostro Dio vi ha fatto discendere prima che vi arrivi la punizione, all’improvviso, senza che ve ne accorgiate.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

55. „Ir sekite geriausiu iš to, kas nuleista jums iš jūsų Viešpaties (t. y. šiuo Koranu, darykite tai, ką jis įsako jums daryti, ir susilaikykite nuo to, ką jis draudžia) iki kančia pasieks jus staiga, jums nesuvokiant.“

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Irra gaarii waan Goftaa keessan irraa gara keessanitti buufamee (qur'aana Nabimuhammad irratti buufame) hordofaa, azaabni tasa odoo isin hinbeekin isinitti dhufuu dura.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0

Русский · Russian

И следуйте наилучшему из того, что было ниспослано вам от вашего Господа, прежде чем наказание придёт к вам внезапно, — когда вы не знаете.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1

Српски · Serbian

И следите оно најбоље што вам објављује ваш Господар, пре него што вам изненада дође казна, чији долазак нећете да предосетите.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

Na fuateni yaliyo bora kabisa katika yale yaliyoteremshwa kwenu kutoka kwa Mola wenu Mlezi, kabla haijakujieni adhabu kwa ghafla, na hali hamtambui.

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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

Svenska · Swedish

Och följ [Koranen som är] det ädlaste [budskap] er Herre sänt till er, innan ett straff slår till, hastigt och utan att ni anar det.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Türkçe · Turkish

Farkında olmadan ansızın azap size gelmezden önce Rabbinizden size indirilenin en güzeline uyun.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

اردو · Urdu

اور پیروری کرو اس بہترین چیزکی جو تمہاری طرف تمہارے پروردگار کی طرف سے نازل کی گئی ہے، اس سے پہلے کہ تم پر اچانک عذاب آجائے اور تمہیں اطلاع بھی نہ ہو.[1]

Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3

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39:53

قُلْ يَٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

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Easy-read (simplified)qul yaa 'ibaadiya lladheena asrafoo 'alaa anfusihim laa taqnatoo min rahmati llaahi inna llaaha yaghfiru dh-dhunooba jamee'an innahu huwa l-ghafooru r-raheem

DIN 31635qul yā ʿibādiya llaḏīna ʾasrafū ʿalā ʾanfusihim lā taqnaṭū min raḥmati llāhi ʾinna llāha yaġfiru ḏ-ḏunūba ǧamīʿan ʾinnahu huwa l-ġafūru r-raḥīmu

Talal Itani2012 Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves: do not despair of God's mercy, for God forgives all sins. He is indeed the Forgiver, the Clement."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Say, 'O my servants! who have been extravagant against their own souls!' be not in despair of the mercy of God; verily, God forgives sins, all of them; verily, He is forgiving, merciful

John Medows Rodwell1861 SAY: O my servants who have transgressed to your own hurt, despair not of God's mercy, for all sins doth God forgive. Gracious, Merciful is He

George Sale1734 Say, O my servants who have transgressed against your own souls, despair not of the mercy of God: Seeing that God forgiveth all sins; for He is gracious and merciful

39:54

وَأَنِيبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'aneeboo ilaa rabbikum wa'aslimoo lahu min qabli an ya'tiyakumu l-'adhaabu thumma laa tunsaroon

DIN 31635waʾanībū ʾilā rabbikum waʾaslimū lahu min qabli ʾan yaʾtiyakumu l-ʿaḏābu ṯumma lā tunṣarūna

Talal Itani2012 And turn to your Lord, and submit to Him, before the retribution comes upon you. Then you will not be helped.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped

Edward Henry Palmer1880 But turn repentant unto your Lord, and resign yourselves to Him, before there comes on you torment! then ye shall not be helped

John Medows Rodwell1861 And return ye to your Lord, and to Him resign yourselves, ere the punishment come on you, for then ye shall not be helped

George Sale1734 And be turned unto your Lord, and resign yourselves unto Him, before the threatened punishment overtake you; for then ye shall not be helped

39:55 — the verse above

39:56

أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَٰحَسْرَتَىٰ عَلَىٰ مَا فَرَّطتُ فِى جَنۢبِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ ٱلسَّٰخِرِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)an taqoola nafsun yaa hasrataa 'alaa maa farrattu fee janbi llaahi wa'in kuntu lamina s-saakhireen

DIN 31635ʾan taqūla nafsun yā ḥasratā ʿalā mā farraṭtu fī ǧanbi llāhi waʾin kuntu lamina s-sāḫirīna

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 So that a soul may not say, "How sorry I am, for having neglected my duty to God, and for having been of the scoffers."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Lest any soul should say: Alas, my grief that I was unmindful of Allah, and I was indeed among the scoffers

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Lest a soul should say, 'O my sighing! for what I have neglected towards God! for, verily, I was amongst those who did jest

John Medows Rodwell1861 So that a soul say, "Oh misery! for my failures in duty towards God! and verily I was of those who scoffed

George Sale1734 and a soul say, alas! For that I have been negligent in my duty to God; verily I have been one of the scorners

39:57

أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)aw taqoola law anna llaaha hadaanee lakuntu mina l-muttaqeen

DIN 31635ʾaw taqūla law ʾanna llāha hadānī lakuntu mina l-muttaqīna

Talal Itani2012 Or say, "Had God guided me; I would have been of the pious."

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Or should say: If Allah had but guided me I should have been among the dutiful

Edward Henry Palmer1880 or lest it should say, 'If God had but guided me, I should surely have been of those who fear

John Medows Rodwell1861 Or say, "Had God guided me, I had surely been of those who feared Him

George Sale1734 Or say, if God had directed me, verily I had been one of the pious

17:47

Why this passage is in the study finding 03

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

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Easy-read (simplified)nahnu a'lamu bimaa yastami'oona bihi idh yastami'oona ilayka wa'idh hum najwaa idh yaqoolu z-zaalimoona in tattabi'oona illaa rajulan mashooraa

DIN 31635naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bimā yastamiʿūna bihi ʾiḏ yastamiʿūna ʾilayka waʾiḏ hum naǧwā ʾiḏ yaqūlu ẓ-ẓālimūna ʾin tattabiʿūna ʾillā raǧulan masḥūran

Talal Itani published 2012

We know well what they listen to, when they listen to you, as they conspire, when the wrongdoers say, "You only follow a man bewitched."

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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall published 1930

We are Best Aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to thee and when they take secret counsel, when the evil-doers say: Ye follow but a man bewitched

Edward Henry Palmer published 1880

We know best for what they listen when they listen to thee; and when they whisper apart - when the wrongdoers say, 'Ye only follow a man enchanted

John Medows Rodwell published 1861

We well know why they hearken, when they hearken unto thee, and when they whisper apart; when the wicked say, "Ye follow no other than a man enchanted

George Sale published 1734

We well know with what design they hearken, when they hearken unto thee, and when they privately discourse together: When the ungodly say, ye follow no other than a mad-man

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Other languages (18)
Shqip · Albanian

Ne e dimë mirë se çfarë dëshirojnë të dëgjojnë kur të dëgjojnë ty, dhe çfarë thonë kur bisedojnë në fshehtësi, kur zullumqarët thonë: "Ju jeni duke ndjekur vetëm një njeri të magjepsur."

Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

বাংলা · Bengali

যখন তারা তোমার প্রতি কান পেতে (কুরআন তিলাওয়াত) শোনে , তখন আমি জানি কেনো তারা কান পাতে এবং আমি এটাও জানি, যালিমরা যখন গোপন আলোচনায় মিলিত হয়ে বলে: ‘তোমরা তো কেবল এক যাদুগ্রস্ত লোকের অনুসরণ করছো।’

Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Dawah Association in Rabwah, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2

Bosanski · Bosnian

Mi dobro znamo šta oni žele čuti kad te dolaze prisluškivati, i o čemu se sašaptavaju kad nepravednici govore: “Vi slijedite samo opčinjena čovjeka!”

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4

Hrvatski · Croatian

Mi dobro znamo što oni žele čuti kad te dolaze prisluškivati, i o čemu se sašaptavaju kad nepravednici govore: “Vi slijedite samo opčinjena čovjeka!”

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1

Fulfulde · Fulani

Ko Minen ngnndi ko ɓe keɗotoo kon, tuma ɓe keɗotoo fa'ade e maaɗa [yo Nulaaɗo], e tuma ɓe cowndondirta=ndeeydata, tuma nde tooñooɓe ɓe mbi'ata: «On jokkaani si wonaa gorko mbilɗaaɗo=bilaaɗo».

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

ქართული · Georgian

ჩვენ უკეთ ვიცით, რასაც ისინი [მრავალღმერთიანების მმართველნი] ისმენენ, [რა მიზანი აქვთ] როცა შენ გისმენენ [ო, შუამავალო][ისინი მხოლოდ იმისთვის ისმენენ, რომ დაგცინონ], [ასევე ჩვენ ვიცით] და როცა ისინი საიდუმლოდ თათბირობენ, აჰა, ამბობენ უსამართლონი: «თქვენ მიჰყვებით მხოლოდ მონუსხულ კაცსო [ვისზეც ჯადომ მოახდინა ზემოქმედება და გონება შეერყა]!»

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7

Deutsch · German

Wir sind wissender über das, worauf sie hören, wenn sie dir zuhören und (auch) wenn sie sich in vertraulichen Gesprächen befinden, wenn die Ungerechten sagen: „Ihr folgt doch nur einem verzauberten Mann.“

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15

Ελληνικά · Greek

Εμείς γνωρίζουμε καλύτερα τι ακούν (και με ποιο τρόπο ακούν) όταν σε ακούν (να απαγγέλλεις το Κορ’άν, αλλά δεν αναζητούν την καθοδήγηση). Και (γνωρίζουμε) όταν συνομιλούν κατ' ιδίαν και λένε οι άδικοι (όπως ο Αλ-Ουαλείντ μπιν Αλ-Μουγείρα και οι σύντροφοί του στον οίκο Αν-Νάντουα σχετικά με σένα): «Δεν ακολουθείτε (ω, άνθρωποι), παρά έναν μαγεμένο άνδρα.»

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

हिन्दी · Hindi

हम उस उद्देश्य को भली-भाँति जानते हैं जिसके लिए वे इसे सुनते हैं, जब वे आपकी ओर कान लगाते हैं और जब वे आपस में कानाफूसी करते हैं, जब वे अत्याचारी कहते हैं कि तुम लोग तो बस एक जादू किए हुए व्यक्ति के पीछे चल रहे हो।[27]

Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5

Italiano · Italian

Noi sappiamo bene con che atteggiamento gli ingiusti lo ascoltano quando tu lo reciti e quando fanno conciliaboli, e dicono: «Voi seguite un uomo stregato.»

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Lietuvių · Lithuanian

47. Mes žinome geriausiai apie tai, ko jie klausosi, kai jie klausosi tavęs. Ir kai jie slapta tariasi, tada Zalimūn (daugiadieviai ir nusidėjėliai) sako: „Jūs sekate ne kuo kitu, o tik apkerėtu žmogumi.“

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8

Afaan Oromoo · Oromo

Nuti waan isaan isa dhageeffataniif ni beekna. yeroo isaan gara kee dhaggeeffatan, yeroo isaan maqoo (iccitii) hasaasan, yeroo miidhaa raawwattoonni jedhan “namticha sihriin tuqame malee waan biraa hin hordoftanu”(nibeeyna).

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0

Русский · Russian

Мы лучше знаем, что именно они слушают, когда слушают тебя; и вот они тайно совещаются, и вот несправедливые говорят: «Вы следуете не иначе как за околдованным человеком!»

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1

Српски · Serbian

Ми добро знамо шта они желе да чују када долазе да те прислушкују, и о чему се сашаптавају кад неправедници говоре: „Ви следите само опчињеног човека!“

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

Kiswahili · Swahili

Sisi tunajua vyema kabisa sababu wanayosikilizia wanapokusikiliza, na wanaponong'ona. Wanaposema hao madhalimu: Nyinyi hamumfuati isipokuwa mwanamume aliyerogwa.

Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5

Svenska · Swedish

Vi vet mycket väl vad de lyssnar efter när de lyssnar till dig och vad som sägs under deras hemliga möten då de orättfärdiga säger: ”Följ inte denna människa; han är förhäxad!”

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2

Türkçe · Turkish

Biz, onların seni dinlerken ne maksatla dinlediklerini ve gizli konuşmalarında zalimlerin; "Siz ancak büyülenmiş bir adama uyuyorsunuz.” dediklerini de çok iyi biliyoruz.

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.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4

اردو · Urdu

جس غرض سے وه لوگ اسے سنتے ہیں ان (کی نیتوں) سے ہم خوب آگاه ہیں، جب یہ آپ کی طرف کان لگائے ہوئے ہوتے ہیں تب بھی اور جب یہ مشوره کرتے ہیں تب بھی جب کہ یہ ﻇالم کہتے ہیں کہ تم اس کی تابعداری میں لگے ہوئے ہو جن پر جادو[1] کردیا گیا ہے.

Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.

From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3

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17:45

وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa qara'ta l-qur'aana ja'alnaa baynaka wabayna lladheena laa yu'minoona bil-'aakhirati hijaaban mastooraa

DIN 31635waʾiḏā qaraʾta l-qurʾāna ǧaʿalnā baynaka wabayna llaḏīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ʾāḫirati ḥiǧāban mastūran

Talal Itani2012 When you read the Quran, We place between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter an invisible barrier.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And when thou recitest the Qur'an we place between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter a hidden barrier

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And when thou readest the Qur'an we place between thee and those who believe not in the hereafter a covering veil

John Medows Rodwell1861 When thou recitest the Koran we place between thee and those who believe not in the life to come, a dark veil

George Sale1734 When thou readest the Koran, We place between thee and those who believe not in the life to come, a dark vail

17:46

وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًا

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Easy-read (simplified)waja'alnaa 'alaa quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee aadhaanihim waqran wa'idhaa dhakarta rabbaka fee l-qur'aani wahdahu wallaw 'alaa adbaarihim nufooraa

DIN 31635waǧaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim ʾakinnatan ʾan yafqahūhu wafī ʾāḏānihim waqran waʾiḏā ḏakarta rabbaka fī l-qurʾāni waḥdahu wallaw ʿalā ʾadbārihim nufūran

Talal Itani2012 And We drape veils over their hearts, preventing them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn their backs in aversion.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And We place upon their hearts veils lest they should understand it, and in their ears a deafness; and when thou makest mention of thy Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn their backs in aversion

Edward Henry Palmer1880 And we place covers upon their hearts, lest they should understand, and dulness in their ears. And when thou dost mention in the Qur'an thy Lord by Himself they turn their backs in aversion

John Medows Rodwell1861 And we put coverings over their hearts lest they should understand it, and in their ears a heaviness; And when in the Koran thou namest thy One Lord, they turn their backs in flight

George Sale1734 and we put coverings over their hearts, lest they should understand it, and in their ears thickness of hearing. And when thou makest mention, in repeating the Koran, of thy Lord only, they turn their backs, flying the doctrine of his unity

17:47 — the verse above

17:48

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

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Easy-read (simplified)unzur kayfa daraboo laka l-'amthaala fadalloo falaa yastatee'oona sabeelaa

DIN 31635unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka l-ʾamṯāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlan

The translators word this verse differently

Talal Itani2012 Note what they compared you to. They are lost, and unable to find a way.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 See what similitudes they coin for thee, and thus are all astray, and cannot find a road

Edward Henry Palmer1880 Behold, how they strike out for you parables, and err, and cannot find the way

John Medows Rodwell1861 See what likenesses they strike out for thee! But they are in error, neither can they find the path

George Sale1734 Behold! What epithets they bestow on thee. But they are deceived; neither can they find any just occasion to reproach thee

17:49

وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

Easy-read · not authoritative

Easy-read (simplified)waqaaloo a'idhaa kunnaa 'izaaman warufaatan a'innaa lamab'oothoona khalqan jadeedaa

DIN 31635waqālū ʾaʾiḏā kunnā ʿiẓāman warufātan ʾaʾinnā lamabʿūṯūna ḫalqan ǧadīdan

Talal Itani2012 And they say, "When we have become bones and fragments, shall we really be resurrected as a new creation?"

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And they say: When we are bones and fragments, shall we forsooth, be raised up as a new creation

Edward Henry Palmer1880 They say, 'What! when we have become bones and rubbish are we to be raised up a new creature

John Medows Rodwell1861 They also say, "After we shall have become bones and dust, shall we in sooth be raised a new creation

George Sale1734 They also say, after we shall have become bones and dust, shall we surely be raised a new creature

What this study rests on, and what it refusessigned with it3 of the 4 paragraphs signed with this study; the paragraph naming what it does not answer is at the top of the page

The selection above and this account of it are part of what was signed. Where the renderings disagree it says so; where the question runs past what has cleared the rights audit it says that too.

Read across the four public-domain translations - Sale 1734, Rodwell 1861, Palmer 1880, Pickthall 1930 - of 39:17-18, 39:55, 17:47, in full, and nothing else. This study consults no , no , no occasion of revelation and no biography, because none is yet available in an edition whose usage rights can be verified. Itani 2012, the fifth translation shown with these verses, was not consulted for this study.

How this set was arrived at. The verses were found by a word search of the four public-domain translations, using terms chosen by the editor and listed here as they were searched - follow + best + thereof; hearken + word + follow + best; listen + word + follow; give + ear + follow + best. The search was a way of finding passages, not a judgement about what they mean: that several translators chose the same English word is not evidence about the Arabic. A different choice of terms gives a different set.

Where the translations part company, named rather than resolved. How differently the translations word each verse is shown on that verse's page, and the study names the differences it turns on rather than choosing between them.

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Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com

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Published
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Updated
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hadith

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asbab al-nuzul

Accounts of the circumstances in which particular verses of the Qur'an are reported to have been revealed ("occasion of revelation").

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al-Tabari

A scholar who wrote Jami' al-bayan, a commentary on the Qur'an in Arabic; he died in 923 CE.

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Ibn Kathir

A scholar who wrote Tafsir al-Qur'an al-'Azim, a commentary on the Qur'an in Arabic; he died in 1373 CE.

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al-Qurtubi

A scholar who wrote al-Jami' li-ahkam al-Qur'an, a commentary on the Qur'an in Arabic; he died in 1273 CE.

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