Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
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Arabic | | وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ ۖ وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ إِلَّا أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ |  | Transliteration | | Wahum yanhawna AAanhu wayan-awna AAanhu wa-in yuhlikoona illa anfusahum wama yashAAuroona | |
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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Muhammad Asad | | And they bar others therefrom. and go far away from it: but they destroy none but themselves, and perceive it not. | | | M. M. Pickthall | | And they forbid (men) from it and avoid it, and they ruin none save themselves, though they perceive not. | | Shakir | | And they prohibit (others) from it and go far away from it, and they only bring destruction upon their own souls while they do not perceive. | | Yusuf Ali | | Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep away; but they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not. | | | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | And they prohibit others from it. And they withdraw aside from it. And they cause to perish, no doubt, none but themselves, but they are not aware. | | Wahiduddin Khan | | and they bar others from believing and themselves keep away. But they ruin no one but themselves, though they fail to realize this. | | T.B.Irving | | They try to refute it and remain aloof from it; yet they only destroy their own souls while they do not even notice it! | | [Al-Muntakhab] | | And they incite people to reject the Quran and decline to accept it, and they themselves have nothing to do with it. They only bring irretrievable disaster upon themselves and they do not have the wisdom to perceive this fact. | | [Progressive Muslims] | | And they are deterring others from it, and keeping away themselves; but they will only destroy themselves, yet they do not notice. | | Abdel Haleem | | and tell others not to listen [to the Quran], while they themselves keep away from it. But they ruin no one but themselves, though they fail to realize this. | | Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | And they prohibit others therefrom, and they withdraw therefrom, and they destroy not but their own souls while they perceive not. | | Ahmed Ali | | And they forbid/prevent from it, and they go far from it, and that they truly destroy (non) except themselves, and they do not feel/know. | | Aisha Bewley | | They keep others from it and avoid it themselves. They are only destroying themselves but they are not aware of it. | | Ali Ünal | | They bar others from it (the Qur’an), as they themselves keep afar from it; and in doing so, they destroy only their own selves, though they do not perceive it. | | Ali Quli Qara'i | | They dissuade [others] from [following] him, and [themselves] avoid him; yet they destroy no one except themselves, but they are not aware. | | Amatul Rahman Omar | | They deter (others) from (believing in) this (Qur'an) and (themselves too) keep away from it, yet it is their own ruin that they bring about (by such things), only they do not perceive (it). | | Hamid S. Aziz | | They forbid it and they avoid it; but they destroy none but their own souls, though they perceive not. | | Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | And they forbid (i.e., the Qur'an) it, and retire aside of it, (i.e., keep away from it) and decidedly it is only themselves they cause to perish, and in no way are they aware of (it). | | Muhammad Sarwar | | They keep away from the faith and forbid others to accept it. They destroy no one except themselves, yet they do not realize it. | | Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | From it (the Qur‘an) they prevent others, and from it they keep themselves away. They ruin none but their own selves, while they do not realize it. | | Shabbir Ahmed | | They repel others from the Qur'an and deprive themselves of it. They hurt their own "Self" without even knowing it. | | Syed Vickar Ahamed | | And they forbid others from him (the Prophet), and they themselves they keep away from him (the Prophet); But they only destroy themselves, and they do not realize it. | | Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | And they prevent [others] from him and are [themselves] remote from him. And they do not destroy except themselves, but they perceive [it] not. | | Farook Malik | | They themselves have turned away from the truth and also forbid other people to believe in it. With such a behavior they harm none but their own souls but they do not perceive it. | | | Dr. Munir Munshey | | They keep others from the truth and they stay away from it themselves. (By these actions) who else can they hurt (if not themselves)? But (of course) they do not realize. | | Tahir-ul-Qadri Mohammad | | And they hinder (others from following) this (Messenger and the Qur´an) and (also themselves) flee far away from it. They ruin but their own souls and have no awareness (of this destruction at all). | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | Then they forbid the others from [approaching to the Qur'an] and distant themselves from the belief. They do not realize that by doing so, they are destroying their own soul. | | | Faridul Haque | | And they stop (others) from it and run away from it; and they ruin none except themselves, and they do not have sense. | | | Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | They forbid from it (the Koran) and keep away from it. They destroy none except themselves, though they do not sense it. | | Maulana Muhammad Ali | | And they forbid (others) from it, and they keep away from it; and they ruin none but their own souls while they perceive not. | | | Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | And they forbid others from (believing in) it, and themselves keep away from it. But they ruin none but themselves, and do not understand. | | Sher Ali | | And they forbid others to believe in it and themselves too they keep away from it. And they ruin none but their ownselves; only they perceive not. | | Yusuf Ali (org.) | | Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep away; but they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not. | | Rashad Khalifa | | They repel others from this (Quran), as they themselves stay away from it, and thus, they only destroy themselves without perceiving. | | | Dr. Kamal Omar | | And they prevent (others) from it, while (themselves) they keep away from it. And they destroy not but their ownselves, yet they perceive (it) not. | | Hilali & Khan | | And they prevent others from him (from following Prophet Muhammad SAW) and they themselves keep away from him, and (by doing so) they destroy not but their ownselves, yet they perceive (it) not. | | Maududi | | As for others, they prevent them from embracing the Truth; and themselves, they flee from it (so as to harm you). But they court their own ruin, although they do not realize it. | |
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
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Arthur John Arberry | | And they forbid it, and keep afar from it, and it is only themselves they destroy, but they are not aware. | | Edward Henry Palmer | | They forbid it and they avoid it;- but they destroy none but themselves; yet they do not perceive. | | George Sale | | And they forbid others to believe in it and themselves too they keep away from it. And they ruin none but their ownselves; only they perceive not. | | John Medows Rodwell | | And they will forbid it, and depart from it: - but they are only the authors of their own perdition, and know it not. | |
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