Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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Muhammad Asad | | awaits those who choose the life of this world as the sole object of their love, preferring it to [all thought of] the life to come, and who turn others away from the path of God and try to make it appear crooked. Such as these have indeed gone far astray! | ⇨ |
M. M. Pickthall | | Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked: such are far astray. | ⇨ |
Shakir | | (To) those who love this world's life more than the hereafter, and turn away from Allah's path and desire to make it crooked; these are in a great error. | ⇨ |
Yusuf Ali | | Those who love the life of this world more than the Hereafter, who hinder (men) from the Path of Allah and seek therein something crooked: they are astray by a long distance. | ⇨ |
[Al-Muntakhab] | | Those worldly-minded who chose to go by the world below afore the Hereafter and did not seek Grace to guide their choice and stood in the way to prevent Allah's spirit of truth from guiding people into all truth making it their aim to pervert the truth and crook the path of righteousness to their own ends were born to be losers. These and their like are indeed lost in the maze of error. | ⇨ |
[Progressive Muslims] | | The ones who have preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter, and they repel away from the path of God, and they seek to make it crooked. Those are the ones who are in misguidance. | ⇨ |
Abdel Haleem | | those who prefer the life of this world over the life to come, who turn others from God’s way, trying to make it crooked: such people have gone far astray. | ⇨ |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Those who prefer the life of the world to the Hereafter, and hinder people from the way of Allah, and seek crookedness therein; these are in error far-off. | ⇨ |
Ahmed Ali | | Those who love/like (prefer) the life the present/worldly life over the end (other life), and they obstruct/prevent from God's way/path and they desire it (be) bent/crookedness , those are in distant/far misguidance. | ⇨ |
Aisha Bewley | | those who prefer the life of this world to the Next World, and bar access to the way of Allah, wanting to make it crooked; they are greatly misguided. | ⇨ |
Ali Ünal | | They choose the present, worldly life in preference to the Hereafter and bar (people) from God’s way, and seek to make it appear crooked – those have indeed gone far astray. | ⇨ |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | &mdashthose who prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter, and bar [others] from the way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked. They are in extreme error. | ⇨ |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | Such as prefer the present life to the Hereafter, and forsake the path of Allah and hinder (the people) from it, and try to paint it as crooked, seeking to undertake it by remaining crooked. It is these who have gone far off in error. | ⇨ |
Hamid S. Aziz | | Those who love the life of this world better than the Hereafter, and turn folks from the path of Allah, and crave to make it crooked; these are far astray. | ⇨ |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | The ones who (show) love for the present life (Literally: the lowly life, i.e., the life of this world) over the Hereafter, and bar from the way of Allah, and inequitably seek to make it crooked, those are in far error. | ⇨ |
Muhammad Sarwar | | It is they who have given preference to the worldly life over the life to come. They create obstacles in the way that leads to God and try to make it seem crooked. They are in manifest error. | ⇨ |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | to those who prefer the worldly life to the Hereafter and prevent (people) from the way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked. Those have gone too far in straying. | ⇨ |
Shabbir Ahmed | | They choose the life of this world as the sole object of their love, preferring it to the life to come, and debar people from the Path of Allah. (They oppose reform in order to protect their vested interests). They try to make the Straight Path crooked. They have indeed gone far astray! | ⇨ |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | Those who love the life of this world more than the Hereafter, and who try to stop (men) from the Path of Allah and try to find in there something crooked: They are out (of the Path) by a long distance. | ⇨ |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | The ones who prefer the worldly life over the Hereafter and avert [people] from the way of Allah , seeking to make it (seem) deviant. Those are in extreme error. | ⇨ |
Farook Malik | | awaits those who choose the life of this world as the sole object of their love,' preferring it to [all thought of] the life to come, and who turn others away from the path of God and try to make it appear crooked. Such as these have indeed gone far astray! | ⇨ |
