قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟ أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَٰكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُم بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala lladheena stakbaroo lilladheena stud'ifoo anahnu sadadnaakum 'ani l-hudaa ba'da idh jaa'akum bal kuntum mujrimeen
DIN 31635qāla llaḏīna stakbarū lillaḏīna stuḍʿifū ʾanaḥnu ṣadadnākum ʿani l-hudā baʿda ʾiḏ ǧāʾakum bal kuntum muǧrimīna
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
The translators word this verse differently
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Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Was it us who turned you away from guidance when it came to you? No indeed, you yourselves were sinful."
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
Those who were proud say unto those who were despised: Did we drive you away from the guidance after it had come unto you? Nay, but ye were guilty
Translation 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
Those who were big with pride shall say to those who were thought weak, 'Was it we who turned you away from the guidance after it came to you? nay, ye were sinners
Translation 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
Then shall the mighty ones say to the weak, "What! was it we who turned you aside from the guidance which had reached you? Nay, but ye acted wickedly yourselves
Translation 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
They who behaved themselves arrogantly shall say unto those who were esteemed weak, did we turn you aside from the true direction, after it had come unto you? On the contrary, ye acted wickedly of your own free choice
Translation 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
Krerët mendjemëdhenj do t'u thonë të shtypurve: "Mos vallë, ne ju penguam nga udhëzimi pasi ju erdhi ai? Përkundrazi, ju vetë ishit keqbërës."
যারা (দুনিয়াতে সত্য গ্রহণে) অহংকারী ছিলো তারা দুর্বলদেরকে বলবে: ‘তোমাদের কাছে হিদায়াত আসার পর আমরা কি তোমাদেরকে তা থেকে বাধা দিয়েছিলাম? বরং তোমরাই ছিলে অপরাধী।’
“A zar smo vas mi od Pravog puta odvratili nakon što vam je bilo na njega ukazano? Ne, sami ste vi grešnici bili”, reći će oni koji su bili oholi onima koji su bili tlačeni.
“A zar smo vas mi od Pravog puta odvratili nakon što vam je bilo na njega ukazano? Ne, sami ste vi grešnici bili”, reći će oni koji su bili oholi onima koji su bili tlačeni.
Townitinooɓe ɓenmbi'ani lo'inanooɓe ɓen: "E ko minen palinoo on e peewal ɓaawo ngal arde e mon? Si ko woni, on ngoniino bonɓe".
ეტყვიან ამპარტავანნი დაჩაგრულთ: «ნუთუ ჩვენ გადაგახვევინეთ თქვენ სწორი გზიდან მას შემდეგ, რაც იგი თქვენთან მოვიდა? პირიქით, თქვენ თავად იყავით ცოდვილნი [ურწმუნონი]!»
Diejenigen, die sich hochmütig verhielten, sagen zu denjenigen, die unterdrückt wurden: „Sind wir es denn gewesen, die euch von der Rechtleitung abgehalten haben, nachdem sie zu euch gekommen war? Vielmehr wart ihr Übeltäter.“
Εκείνοι (οι αρχηγοί της πλάνης) που ήταν αλαζονικοί θα πουν σ' εκείνους (τους οπαδούς) που ήταν αδύναμοι: «Ήμασταν εμείς αυτοί που σας εμποδίσαμε από την καθοδήγηση αφού ήρθε σε εσάς; Όχι, αλλά εσείς ήσασταν ήδη κακοί.»
वे लोग जो घमंड करते (बड़े बनते) थे, उन लोगों से जो कमज़ोर समझे जाते थे, कहेंगे : क्या हमने तुम्हें मार्गदर्शन से रोका था, जब वह तुम्हारे पास आ गया था? बल्कि तुम (स्वयं ही) अपराधी थे।
Gli insuperbiti dissero alle vittime: «Vi abbiamo forse distolto noi dalla Retta Via, dopo che vi era stata rivelata? Ma siete stati voi stessi criminali.
32. O tie, kurie buvo išdidūs, sakys tiems, kurie buvo laikomi silpnais: „Argi mes sulaikėme jus nuo teisingo vedimo po to, kai jis jus pasiekė? Ne, tačiau jūs buvote Mudžrimūn (daugiadieviai, nusidėjėliai, netikintieji, nusikaltėliai).“
Isaan boonaa turanis isaan dadhaboo turaniin “sila nutu karaa qajeelaa irraa isin deebisee erga inni isinitti dhufee booda? Lakkisaa! Isinumatu yakkamtoota taatan” jedhuun.
Скажут те, которые превозносились, тем, которые были угнетены: «Неужели это мы отклонили вас от верного руководства после того, как оно пришло к вам? Нет, напротив, вы [сами] были преступными».
„А зар смо вас ми одвратили од Упуте након што вам је она дошла?! Не, сами сте ви били зли“, рећи ће охолници потлаченима.
Na wale waliotakabari watawaambia wanyonge, "Kwani sisi ndio tuliwazuia na uongofu baada ya huo kukujieni? Bali nyinyi wenyewe ni wahalifu."
De högmodiga ska då säga till de underkuvade: ”Hindrade vi er från att följa vägledningen när den nått er? Nej, ni valde själva att synda!”
Büyüklük taslayanlar da zayıflara: "Size, hidayet geldikten sonra biz mi engel olduk? Hayır, siz zaten günahkârlar idiniz." derler.
یہ بڑے لوگ ان کمزوروں کو جواب دیں گے کہ کیا تمہارے پاس ہدایت آچکنے کے بعد ہم نے تمہیں اس سے روکا تھا؟ (نہیں) بلکہ تم (خود) ہی مجرم تھے.[1]
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قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)qul lakum mee'aadu yawmin laa tasta'khiroona 'anhu saa'atan walaa tastaqdimoon
DIN 31635qul lakum mīʿādu yawmin lā tastaʾḫirūna ʿanhu sāʿatan walā tastaqdimūna
The translators word this verse differently
Say, "You are promised a Day, which you cannot postpone by one hour, nor bring forward."
Say (O Muhammad): Yours is the promise of a Day which ye cannot postpone nor hasten by an hour
say, 'For you is the appointment of a day of which ye shall not keep back an hour nor shall ye bring it on
SAY: Ye are menaced with a day, which not for an hour shall ye retard or hasten on
Answer, a threat is denounced unto you of a day which ye shall not retard one hour, neither shall ye hasten
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَلَا بِٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ٱلْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أَنتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lladheena kafaroo lan nu'mina bihaadhaa l-qur'aani walaa billadhee bayna yadayhi walaw taraa idhi z-zaalimoona mawqoofoona 'inda rabbihim yarji'u ba'duhum ilaa ba'din l-qawla yaqoolu lladheena stud'ifoo lilladheena stakbaroo lawlaa antum lakunnaa mu'mineen
DIN 31635waqāla llaḏīna kafarū lan nuʾmina bihāḏā l-qurʾāni walā billaḏī bayna yadayhi walaw tarā ʾiḏi ẓ-ẓālimūna mawqūfūna ʿinda rabbihim yarǧiʿu baʿḍuhum ʾilā baʿḍin l-qawla yaqūlu llaḏīna stuḍʿifū lillaḏīna stakbarū lawlā ʾantum lakunnā muʾminīna
Those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Quran, nor in what came before it." If you could only see the wrongdoers, captive before their Lord, throwing back allegations at one another. Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Were it not for you, we would have been believers."
And those who disbelieve say: We believe not in this Qur'an nor in that which was before it; but oh, if thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers are brought up before their Lord, how they cast the blame one to another; how those who were despised (in the earth) say unto those who were proud: But for you, we should have been believers
And those who misbelieve say, 'We will never believe in this Qur'an or in what is before it;' but couldst thou see when the unjust are set before their Lord, they shall rebut each other in speech. Those who were thought weak shall say to those who were big with pride, 'Had it not been for you we should have been believers
The unbelievers say, "We will not believe in this Koran, nor in the Books which preceded it." But couldst thou see when the wicked shall be set before their Lord! With reproaches will they answer one another. The weak shall say to the mighty ones, "But for you we had been believers
The unbelievers say, we will by no means believe in this Koran, nor in that which hath been revealed before it. But if thou couldest see when the unjust doers shall be set before their Lord! They will iterate discourse with one another: Those who were esteemed weak shall say unto those who behaved themselves arrogantly, had it not been for you, verily we had been true believers
34:32 — the verse above
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ بَلْ مَكْرُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادًا وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَغْلَٰلَ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lladheena stud'ifoo lilladheena stakbaroo bal makru llayli wan-nahaari idh ta'muroonanaa an nakfura billaahi wanaj'ala lahu andaadan wa'asarroo n-nadaamata lammaa ra'awu l-'adhaaba waja'alnaa l-'aghlaala fee a'naaqi lladheena kafaroo hal yujzawna illaa maa kaanoo ya'maloon
DIN 31635waqāla llaḏīna stuḍʿifū lillaḏīna stakbarū bal makru llayli wan-nahāri ʾiḏ taʾmurūnanā ʾan nakfura billāhi wanaǧʿala lahu ʾandādan waʾasarrū n-nadāmata lammā raʾawu l-ʿaḏāba waǧaʿalnā l-ʾaġlāla fī ʾaʿnāqi llaḏīna kafarū hal yuǧzawna ʾillā mā kānū yaʿmalūna
The translators word this verse differently
And those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "It was your scheming by night and day; as you instructed us to reject God, and to set up rivals to Him." They will hide their remorse when they see the retribution. We will put yokes around the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be repaid for anything other than what they used to do?
Those who were despised say unto those who were proud: Nay but (it was your) scheming night and day, when ye commanded us to disbelieve in Allah and set up rivals unto Him. And they are filled with remorse when they behold the doom; and We place carcans on the necks of those who disbelieved. Are they requited aught save what they used to do
And those who were thought weak shall say to those who were big with pride, 'Nay, but it was the plotting by night and day, when ye did bid us to disbelieve in God, and to make peers for Him!' and they shall display repentance when they see the torment; and we will put fetters on the necks of those who misbelieved. Shall they be rewarded except for that which they have done
And the weak shall say to the mighty ones, "Nay, but there was a plot by night and by day, when ye bad us believe not in God, and gave him peers." And they shall proclaim their repentance after they have seen the punishment! And yokes will we place on the necks of those who have not believed! Shall they be rewarded but as they have wrought
And they who were esteemed weak shall say unto those who behaved with arrogance, nay, but the crafty plot which ye devised by night and by day, occasioned our ruin; when ye commanded us that we should not believe in God, and that we should set up other gods as equals unto him. And they shall conceal their repentance, after they shall have seen the punishment prepared for them. And we will put yokes on the necks of those who shall have disbelieved: Shall they be rewarded any otherwise than according to what they shall have wrought
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa arsalnaa fee qaryatin min nadheerin illaa qaala mutrafoohaa innaa bimaa ursiltum bihi kaafiroon
DIN 31635wamā ʾarsalnā fī qaryatin min naḏīrin ʾillā qāla mutrafūhā ʾinnā bimā ʾursiltum bihi kāfirūna
The translators word this verse differently
We sent no warner to any town, without its affluent saying, "We reject what you are sent with."
And We sent not unto any township a warner, but its pampered ones declared: Lo! we are disbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent
We have not sent to any city a warner but the opulent thereof said, 'We, in what ye are sent with, disbelieve
And never have we sent a warner to any city whose opulent men did not say, "In sooth we disbelieve your message
We have sent no warner unto any city, but the inhabitants thereof who lived in affluence said, verily we believe not that with which ye are sent
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَاكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَاءَكُم بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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