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al-Mu`minun 23:69 

Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
Arabic أَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُ مُنكِرُونَ zoom
Transliteration Am lam yaAArifoo rasoolahum fahum lahu munkiroona zoom

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad Or is it, perchance, that they have not recognized their Apostle, and so they disavow him? zoom
M. M. Pickthall Or know they not their messenger, and so reject him? zoom
Shakir Or is it that they have not recognized their Messenger, so that they deny him? zoom
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Or do they not recognise their Messenger, that they deny him? zoom
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Or do they not recognise their Apostle, that they deny him? zoom
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Or is it they recognize not their Messenger so that they are ones who reject him? zoom
Wahiduddin Khan Or do they not recognize their Messenger, and so deny him? zoom
T.B.Irving Or do they not recognize their Messenger and are disgusted with him? zoom
[Al-Muntakhab] Or do they not` recognize their Messenger Muhammad who is one of them and therefore do not avow him as one of their own. zoom
[Progressive Muslims] Or did they not know their messenger For they are in denial of him. zoom
Abdel Haleem Do they not recognize their Messenger? So why do they reject him? zoom
Abdul Majid Daryabadi Or, is it that they recognised not their apostle, and so of him they become deniers? zoom
Ahmed Ali Or did they not recognise their apostle, and rejected him? zoom
Aisha Bewley Or is it that they do not recognise their Messenger and therefore do not acknowledge him? zoom
Ali Ünal Or is it that they are unaware of their Messenger, and so they disavow him? zoom
Ali Quli Qara'i Is it that they do not recognize their apostle, and so they deny him? zoom
Amatul Rahman Omar Or do they deny their Messenger because they do not recognise him? zoom
Hamid S. Aziz Or know they not their messenger that they thus deny him? zoom
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Or did they not recognise their Messenger and so denied (Literally: (were) deniers (of his Message) him? zoom
Muhammad Sarwar Or did you not recognize your Messenger and, thus, denied him (Muhammad) zoom
Muhammad Taqi Usmani Or did they not recognize their messenger and therefore they denied him? zoom
Shabbir Ahmed Or do they not recognize their Messenger, that they deny him? (10:16). zoom
Syed Vickar Ahamed Or do they not recognize their Messenger (Muhammad) that they reject him? zoom
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging? zoom
Farook Malik Or is it because they do not recognize their Messenger, who is a member of their own community, that they deny him? zoom
Dr. Munir Munshey Or is it that they do not know the messenger and therefore they reject? zoom
Tahir-ul-Qadri Mohammad Or have they not recognized their Messenger and (so) they deny him? zoom
Dr. Kamal Omar Have they not recognised their Messenger that they are deniers thereof? zoom
Bilal Muhammad (2013 Edition) Or do they not recognize their messenger, so they reject him?  zoom
Maududi Or is it that they were unaware of their Messenger and were therefore repelled by him for he was a stranger to them? zoom

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian Do they deny My Messenger because they do not know him? zoom
Faridul Haque Or is it that they did not recognise their Noble Messenger, therefore they consider him alien? zoom
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah Or, is it because they do not recognize their Messenger that they denied him? zoom
Maulana Muhammad Ali Or do they not recognize their Messenger, that they deny him? zoom
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira Or they did not know (recognize) their messenger, so they are to him denying/ignoring? zoom
Sher Ali Or, do they not recognize their Messenger, that they deny him? zoom
Rashad Khalifa Have they failed to recognize their messenger? Is this why they are disregarding him? zoom
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Or is it that they did not recognise their Noble Messenger, therefore they consider him alien? zoom
Hilali & Khan Or is it that they did not recognize their Messenger (Muhammad SAW) so they deny him? zoom

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry Or did they not recognise their Messenger and so denied him? zoom
Edward Henry Palmer Or did they not know their apostle, that they thus deny him? zoom
George Sale Or do they not know their apostle; and therefore reject him? zoom
John Medows Rodwell Or do they not recognise their apostle; and therefore disavow him? zoom
N J Dawood (draft) Or is it because they do not know their apostle that they deny him? zoom

Partial Translations, or works in progress
Sayyid Qutb Or do they not recognize their Messenger, and so they deny him? zoom

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