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al-An`am 6:4 

Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
Arabic وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ آيَةٍ مِّنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ zoom
Transliteration Wama ta/teehim min ayatin min ayati rabbihim illa kanoo AAanha muAArideena zoom

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad Yet whenever any of their Sustainer's messages comes unto them, they [who are bent on denying the truth] turn their backs upon it: zoom
M. M. Pickthall Never came there unto them a revelation of the revelations of Allah but they did turn away from it. zoom
Shakir And there does not come to them any communication of the communications of their Lord but they turn aside from it zoom
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) But never did a single one of the signs of their Lord reach them, but they turned away therefrom. zoom
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) But never did a single one of the signs of their Lord reach them, but they turned away therefrom. zoom
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar And a sign not approaches for them from the signs of their Lord but they would be ones who turn aside from it. zoom
Wahiduddin Khan yet every time a sign comes to them from their Lord, they turn away from it. zoom
T.B.Irving Not one of their Lord´s signs ever reaches them except they shun it. zoom
[Al-Muntakhab] Yet no revelation, sign or event betokening Allah's Omnipotence and authority and evinces both His Oneness and exclusive power to control fate and destiny, but they refuse to pay heed to it and they turn a deaf ear. zoom
[Progressive Muslims] And every sign that came to them from their Lord, they turned away from it. zoom
Abdel Haleem but every time revelation comes to them from their Lord, they turn their backs on it. zoom
Abdul Majid Daryabadi And not a sign cometh unto them of the signs of their Lord but that therefore they have been backsliders. zoom
Ahmed Ali Yet no sign of their Lord comes to them but they turn away from it. zoom
Aisha Bewley Not one of their Lord´s Signs comes to them without their turning away from it. zoom
Ali Ünal Yet whenever any of their Lord’s signs and Revelations comes to them, they turn away from it in aversion. zoom
Ali Quli Qara'i There did not come to them any sign from among the signs of their Lord, but that they used to disregard it. zoom
Amatul Rahman Omar (And as for the people) there comes to them no Message of the Messages of there Lord but they turn away from it. zoom
Hamid S. Aziz There came to them none of revelations of their Lord, but they turned away. zoom
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali And in no way is there even a sign of the signs of their Lord that comes up to them except that they are veering away from it. zoom
Muhammad Sarwar (The unbelievers) have always turned away from the revelations and the evidence (of the Truth) that has been sent to them from time to time. zoom
Muhammad Taqi Usmani Yet whenever a sign from the signs of their Lord comes to them, they do nothing but turn away from it. zoom
Shabbir Ahmed Yet whenever a Message from the Revelations of their Sustainer came to them, they turned away from it. zoom
Syed Vickar Ahamed But never did even one Sign (verse) from the (many) Signs (verses) of their Lord reach those (who reject Faith), but they turned away from them (the Signs of their Lord). zoom
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they turn away therefrom. zoom
Farook Malik Yet the reaction of the people has been that whenever a revelation came to them from their Lord, they neglected it. zoom
Dr. Munir Munshey Whenever a sign among so many (of His) signs reaches them, they react by turning away from it. zoom
Tahir-ul-Qadri Mohammad And there comes to them no Sign of the Signs of their Lord but (that) they turn away from it. zoom
Dr. Kamal Omar And does not come to them a Verse from the Verses of their Nourisher-Sustainer but they became to it, those who turn away. zoom
Bilal Muhammad (2013 Edition) But never did even one of the signs of their Lord reach them, except that they turned away from it.  zoom
Maududi Yet every time a sign of their Lord comes to them, they turn away from it, zoom

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian In spite of his Greatness and omni-presence, the disbelievers turn away from each and every commandment of His. zoom
Faridul Haque And never does a sign come to them from among the signs of Allah, except that they * turn away from it. (* The disbelievers) zoom
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah Yet every time a sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord, they turn away from it. zoom
Maulana Muhammad Ali And there comes not to them any message of the messages of their Lord but they turn away from it. zoom
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira And no verse/evidence from their Lord's verses/evidences comes to them except they were from it objecting/opposing. zoom
Sher Ali And there comes not to them any Sign of the Signs of their Lord, but they turn away from it. zoom
Rashad Khalifa No matter what kind of proof comes to them from their Lord, they turn away from it, in aversion. zoom
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) And never does a sign come to them from among the signs of Allah, except that they* turn away from it. (* The disbelievers) zoom
Hilali & Khan And never an Ayah (sign) comes to them from the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their Lord, but that they have been turning away from it. zoom

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry Not a sign of their Lord comes to them, but they turn away from it. zoom
Edward Henry Palmer There came not to them any sign of the signs of their Lord, but they turned away; zoom
George Sale And there comes not to them any Sign of the Signs of their Lord, but they turn away from it. zoom
John Medows Rodwell Never did one single sign from among the signs of their Lord come to them, but they turned away from it; zoom
N J Dawood (draft) Yet every time a revelation comes to them from their Lord, they pay no need to it. zoom

Partial Translations, or works in progress
Sayyid Qutb Whenever a revelation comes to them from their Lord, they [who are unbelievers] turn their back upon it. zoom

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