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14. Surah • 13. Verse
Word Analysis
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
مِّنْ
min
of
أَوْ
aw
or
فِى
fī
to
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
to them
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
Those who disbelieved said to their messengers, "We will banish you from our land, unless you revert to our religion." Their Lord inspired them: "We will inevitably annihilate the transgressors.
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
Andthose who rejected said to their messengers: "We will expel you from our land, or you will return to our creed." It was then that their Lord inspired to them: "We will destroy the wicked."
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
Those who rejected said to their messengers: "We will drive you out of our land, or you will return to our creed." It was then that their Lord inspired to them: "We will destroy the wicked."
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
Then the unbelievers told their Messengers: "You will have to return to the fold of our faith[1] or else we shall banish you from our land." Thereupon their Lord revealed to them: "We will most certainly destroy these wrong-doers,
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It will be wrong to conclude from this demand of theirs that the Prophets professed the religion of their people before their appointment to the divine office. This only meant that their people thought so because before their appointment they led a quiet life and did not propagate a new religion nor refuted the religion in vogue at that time. That is why their people were under the wrong impression that the Prophets also professed the religion of their forefathers, and, therefore, accused them of apostasy. The fact, however, is that they had never followed the religion of their mushrik forefathers and were not guilty of apostasy.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
And those who disbelieved, said to their Messengers: "Surely, we shall drive you out of our land, or you shall return to our religion." So their Lord revealed to them: "Truly, We shall destroy the Zâlimûn (polytheists, disbelievers and wrong-doers).
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
The disbelievers said to their messengers, ‘We shall expel you from our land unless you return to our religion.’ But their Lord inspired the messengers: ‘We shall destroy the evildoers,
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
And those who disbelieved said unto their messengers: Verily we will drive you out from our land, unless ye return to our religion. Then their Lord inspired them, (saying): Verily we shall destroy the wrong-doers,
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
The disbelievers said to their prophets, "We shall certainly expel you from our land unless you come back to our faith." So, their Lord revealed to them, “We shall destroy the transgressors,
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
And the Unbelievers said to their messengers: "Be sure we shall drive you out of our land, or ye shall return to our religion." But their Lord inspired (this Message) to them: "Verily We shall cause the wrong-doers to perish!
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
The disbelievers then threatened their messengers, "We will certainly expel you from our land, unless you return to our faith." So their Lord revealed to them, “We will surely destroy the wrongdoers,
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
The disbelievers replied: "Enough is enough; if you do not join us, we will kick you our of our state. " The Lord then revealed to them: “It is time to destroy the disbelievers.”
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
The unbelievers said to their Messengers, 'We will assuredly expel you from our land, or you will surely return into our creed. ' Then did their Lord reveal unto them: 'We will surely destroy the evildoers,
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
Those who were kafir said to their Messengers, ‘We will drive you from our land unless you return to our religion. ’ Their Lord revealed to them, ‘We will destroy those who do wrong.
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
And the ones who disbelieved said to their Messengers, "Indeed we will definitely drive you out of our land or indeed you will definitely go back to our creed. " Then their Lord revealed to them, "Indeed We will definitely cause the unjust to perish.
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
And those who disbelieved said to their Messengers, "We will drive you forth from our land; or else you shall return to our faith!" Then their Lord inspired them, saying "We will surely destroy the unjust;
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
But the faithless said to their apostles, ‘Surely we will expel you from our land, or you should revert to our creed. ’ Thereat their Lord revealed to them: ‘We will surely destroy the wrongdoers,
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
And those who disbelieved, then said to their Messengers (of God), `We will, assuredly, turn you out of our country or you will have to return to our creed. ' Then did their Lord send (His) revelation to them (- the Messengers) saying, `We will invariably destroy these wrong doers.
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
And those who believed not, said unto their apostles, we will surely expel you out of our land; or ye shall return unto our religion. And their Lord spake unto them by revelation, saying, We will surely destroy the wicked doers;
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
And those who misbelieved said to their apostles, 'We will drive you forth from our land; or else ye shall return to our faith! ' And their Lord inspired them, 'We will surely destroy the unjust;
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
The unbelievers said to their apostles: "We shall drive you out of our land, or else you come back to our fold. " Their Lord then communicated to them: "We shall annihilate these wicked people,
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
But they who denied the truth spoke [thus] unto their apostles: "We shall most certainly expel you from our land, unless you return forthwith to our ways. Whereupon their Sustainer revealed this to His apostles: "Most certainly shall We destroy these evildoers,
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
And the infidels insolently and defiantly said to their Messengers: " We will most certainly oust you of your homes and drive you out of our land unless you reverse your course of action and return to our system of faith and worship". But Allah, their Creator, inspired to them confidence and assured them thus: "We will put the wrongful of actions to rout and bring unbearable and irretrievable disaster upon them".
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
The rejecters resorted to threatening the Messengers, "We will banish you from our land unless you join our religion. " Then their Lord revealed to them, "Verily, Our Law of Requital will bring low those who try to displace truth with falsehood and insist on running oppressive systems."
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
And those who disbelieved said to their messengers, "We will surely drive you out of our land, or you must return to our religion. " So their Lord inspired to them, "We will surely destroy the wrongdoers.
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
And those who rejected said to their messengers: "We will drive you out of our land, or you will return to our creed. " It was then that their Lord inspired to them: "We will destroy the wicked."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
And the disbelievers said to their messengers: "Be sure that we will drive you out of our land, or you will (have to) return to our religion. " But their Lord revealed (this message to) them: "Surely, We will destroy the wrongdoers!
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
And those who ignored warning said to their messengers: “We will turn you out of our land unless you return to our creed.” Then did their Lord reveal to them: “We will destroy the wrongdoers