Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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Muhammad Asad | | Yea, everyone of them claims that he [himself] ought to have been given revelations unfolded! |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah). | |
Shakir | | Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out; | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out! | |
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) | | Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out! | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | Nay! Every man among them wants to be given unrolled scrolls. | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | Indeed, everyone of them desires to have sheets of revelations unfolded before them | |
| T.B.Irving | | Yet every last man among them wants to be handed scriptures all spread out! | |
[Al-Muntakhab] | | Ironically every one of these infidels wants a Scripture to be revealed to him and alone. | |
[Progressive Muslims] | | Alas, every one of them wants to be given separate scriptures. | |
Abdel Haleem | | Each one of them demands that a scripture be sent down to him and unrolled before his very eyes- | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Aye! every one of them desireth that: he should be vouchsafed scrolls expanded. | |
Ahmed Ali | | In fact every one of them wants to be given open books (like the prophets). | |
Aisha Bewley | | In fact each one of them wants to be given an unfurled scroll. | |
Ali Ünal | | Indeed, every one of them desires that he should be given a Book (particular to him) opened out. | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | Rather everyone of them desires to be given unrolled scriptures [from Allah]. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | The fact is that everyone of them desires that he should (individually) be given open Scripture (direct from heaven). | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out (or open); | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | No indeed, every person of them would like scrolls spread open to be brought him. | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | Is it that everyone of them wants to receive a heavenly book addressed to him personally? | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | Rather, every one of them wishes that he should be given unrolled (divine) scriptures. | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | Nay, each of them wants to be given the scrolls of Revelation personally, unfolded (and spoon-fed). | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | No doubt, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of Revelation from Allah) spread out! | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about. | |
Farook Malik | | Nay, each of them wants a scripture of his own to be unrolled before them. | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | In fact, each one of them wants to be handed over his (very own customized) scriptures all spread out. | |
Tahir-ul-Qadri Mohammad | | In fact everyone of them desires that he should be given (directly) open scrolls of (heavenly) Scriptures. | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | Nay! Every man of them desires that he may be given Suhuf (booklets) Munashsharah (spread out). | |
| Bilal Muhammad (2013 Edition) | | Still each one of them wants to be given scrolls spread out. | |
Maududi | | No indeed; each one of them desires that open letters be sent to each of them. | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | Do they expect a personalized letter of invitation for each of them? | |
| Faridul Haque | | Rather each one of them desires that he should be given open Books. | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | Indeed, each one of them desires to be given unrolled scrolls. | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | Nay, every one of them desires that he should be given pages spread out -- | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | But every/each human from them wants/intends that he be given/brought written sheets/pages (books/scriptures) spread/publicized . | |
Sher Ali | | Nay, every man among them desires to be given an open Book. | |
Rashad Khalifa | | Does each one of them want to receive the scripture personally? | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | Rather each one of them desires that he should be given open Books. | |
Hilali & Khan | | Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out (coming from Allah with a writing that Islam is the right religion, and Muhammad SAW has come with the truth from Allah the Lord of the heavens and earth, etc.). | |
