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Muhammad Asad   
Verily, he that hates thee has indeed been cut off [from all that is good]
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Only the one who hates you is truly cut off ˹from any goodness˺.
Safi Kaskas   
Your enemy is the one who is cut off.

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Arabic   
إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلۡأَبۡتَرُ ۝٣
Transliteration (2021)   
inna shāni-aka huwa l-abtar
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Indeed, your enemy - he (is) the one cut off.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Verily, he that hates thee has indeed been cut off [from all that is good]
M. M. Pickthall   
Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
For he who hateth thee, he will be cut off (from Future Hope)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Only the one who hates you is truly cut off ˹from any goodness˺.
Safi Kaskas   
Your enemy is the one who is cut off.
Wahiduddin Khan   
It is the one who hates you who has been cut off
Shakir   
Surely your enemy is the one who shall be without posterity
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Truly, the one who detests thee, he is the one who is cut off.
T.B.Irving   
since your opponent is the one who will be lopped off.
Abdul Hye   
Surely, he who hates you (O Muhammad), he will be cut off (from good of both worlds).
The Study Quran   
Truly thine enemy shall be the one without posterity
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
He who hates you, he will be cut off.
Talal Itani (2012)   
He who hates you is the loser
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Surely, the enemy charged with hatred towards you: he (is) put to rout, (and is) made extinct. [See article – 'The detailed format of the Scripture (Rabt-e-Suwar)' in Prolegomenon for discussion on Nahr]
M. Farook Malik   
Surely your enemy is the one who will be cut off from the root
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Surely your antagonist is he who is without offspring (Literally: curtailed)
Muhammad Sarwar   
Whoever hates you will himself remain childless
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Surely it is your enemy whose traces are cut off
Shabbir Ahmed   
Verily, it is your opponent that will be cutting himself off from the Abundant Good
Dr. Munir Munshey   
For anyone who hates you, will be cut off (from your Lord´s mercy)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Because he who hates you— He will be cut off (from the hope of the future)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Indeed your rival will be the loser
Abdel Haleem   
it is the one who hates you who has been cut off
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Verily it is thy traducer who shall be tail-less
Ahmed Ali   
It is surely your opponents whose line will come to end
Aisha Bewley   
It is the one who hates you who is cut off without an heir.
Ali Ünal   
Surely it is the one who offends you who is cut off (from unceasing good, including posterity)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Indeed it is your enemy who is without posterity
Hamid S. Aziz   
Verily, he who insults you shall be issueless (cut off)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Indeed your hater, he is cut off (and is childless).
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
For he who hates you, he will be cut off
Musharraf Hussain   
Your enemy will be finished, cut off
Maududi   
Verily your enemy alone has been cut off from the roots
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Indeed your rival will be the loser.
Mohammad Shafi   
Your enemy is the one to be cut off.

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Undoubtedly, one who is your enemy, he is cut of from every good.
Rashad Khalifa   
Your opponent will be the loser
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Surely, he who hates you, he is the most severed
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Surely thy enemy is cut off (from good)
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
That truly your hater and enemy, he is the mean and despised/of no good
Bijan Moeinian   
Surely your enemy will soon be “cut off” (humiliated.
Faridul Haque   
Indeed it is your enemy who is bereft of all goodness
Sher Ali   
Surely, it is thy enemy who shall be without issue
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Indeed, your enemy will remain childless and his race will be cut off
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Surely, it is your enemy who is cut off entirely (from all good and prosperity and is deprived of Spiritual issues)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
For he who makes you angry (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)), - he will be cut off (from every good thing in this world and in the Hereafter)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Surely he that hates thee, he is the one cut off
George Sale   
verily he who hateth thee shall be childless
Edward Henry Palmer   
Verily, he who hates thee shall be childless
John Medows Rodwell   
Verily whose hateth thee shall be childless
N J Dawood (2014)   
He that hates you shall remain childless

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Truly your hater, he is the one who will be deprived of posterity.
Munir Mezyed   
Verily it is your enemy who is the severed one.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
For your adversary is bereft.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Truly, your enemy will be cut off.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Indeed, it is the one who hates yousg who has been cut off.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
since your opponent is the one who will be lopped off.
Samy Mahdy   
Surely your hater is the amputee (from all goodness).
Sayyid Qutb   
Surely, he who hates you is the one cut off
Ahmed Hulusi   
Indeed, it is the one who resents you that is cut off (whose progeny has been made discontinuous)!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"Surely it is he who insults you (Mu?ammad, and not you) who will leave behind no one to remember him."
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
As to your enemy who bore malice to you; it is he and not you who shall he cut off all hope and posterity and drown in shame. He will be denied the praise of his name to fame
Mir Aneesuddin   
The one who hates you, he is certainly without posterity .

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
For he who hateth thee, he will be cut off (from Future Hope)
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Indeed, your enemy - he (is) the one cut off
OLD Transliteration   
Inna shani-aka huwa al-abtaru