Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
“Must you, of all people, [lustfully] approach men
M. M. Pickthall
What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Why do you ˹men˺ lust after fellow men,
Safi Kaskas
Why do you get intimate with men
Wahiduddin Khan
Do you, of all people, approach males
Shakir
What! do you come to the males from among the creature
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
You approach males among worldly beings
T.B.Irving
Do you approach males among [everyone in] the Universe,
Abdul Hye
And will you go into the males (to fornicate) of the mankind,
The Study Quran
Among all creatures do you come unto males
Dr. Kamal Omar
Do you approach males (to satisfy your appetite) out of (the people in) the worlds
Will you fornicate with males from among the creatures of the world
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
Do you approach the males of the world
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Do you come up to (stout) males of the worlds
Muhammad Sarwar
Do you, in the world, want to have carnal relations with male
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Do you go to the males (for having sex) out of the whole universe
Shabbir Ahmed
Of all the creatures in the Worlds, you approach males
Dr. Munir Munshey
"Do you commit (the sexual act) with the males in this world?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"Will you run after males, of all creation (made) in the worlds
Do you approach males among the world
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"Do you approach the males of the worlds"
Abdel Haleem
Must you, unlike [other] people, lust after male
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Go ye in, of all creatures, unto the males
Ahmed Ali
Why do you go for males unlike all other creature
Aisha Bewley
Of all beings, do you lie with males,
Ali Ünal
"What! Do you, of all the world’s people, approach men (with lust)
Ali Quli Qara'i
What! Of all people do you come to males
Hamid S. Aziz
"Do you approach the males of all creatures of the world
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Do you approach the males among humankind
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“Of all the creatures in the world, will you approach males
Musharraf Hussain
Why , of all the people of the world do you approach males lustfully,
Maududi
What, of all creation will you go to (fornicate with) the males
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"Do you approach the males of the worlds?
Mohammad Shafi
"Do you, of all the creatures, indulge in homosexuality?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Do you commit unnatural offence with males from among the creatures.
"Do you have sex with the males, of all the people?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
What, do you come to the males of the world
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Do you come to the males from among the creatures
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Do you come/commit (sexually to) the males from the creations all together/(universes)
Bijan Moeinian
“What is the matter with that, out of all creatures in the world, you are the only one who have adopted homosexuality? (even animals do not do that.)”
Faridul Haque
“What! Among all the creatures, you commit the immoral acts with men?”
Sher Ali
`Do you, of all creatures, come to males
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Do you approach only males (to satisfy your sexual desire) from amongst the people of the world
Amatul Rahman Omar
`(Is it not true that) of all people you alone approach males (for sexual satisfaction)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
"Go you in unto the males of the Alameen (mankind)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“Will you [men] go to other men of the world [for sex]?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Do you approach males among [everyone in] the Universe,
Sayyid Qutb
Of all the creatures in the world, will you lustfully approach males,
Ahmed Hulusi
“Do you wish to (leave the females and) sleep with men (instead)?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Of all the creatures in the world, do you come to the males
"Do you realize what you are doing"! he added "of all intellectual created beings, you gratify your sexual appetite by copulating the males"
Mir Aneesuddin
What! of all creatures you approach males,