Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and when they become aware of a [divine] message, they turn it to ridicule
M. M. Pickthall
And seek to scoff when they behold a portent
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And, when they see a Sign, turn it to mockery
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And whenever they see a sign, they make fun of it,
Safi Kaskas
and when they see a sign, they ridicule it, [:
Wahiduddin Khan
and whenever they see some sign, they ridicule it
Shakir
And when they see a sign they incite one another to scoff
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And when they saw a sign, they scoff at it.
T.B.Irving
Whenever they see some sign, they make fun of it
Abdul Hye
and when they see a Verse (from Allah), they mock at it
The Study Quran
And when they see a sign, they seek to scoff
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When they see a sign, they mock.
Talal Itani (2012)
And when they see a sign, they ridicule
Dr. Kamal Omar
And when they saw Aayatan (‘A Verse’ in Al-Kitab ), they mock (at the Message)
and when they see a sign, they mock at i
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And when they see a sign, they turn it to scoffing
Muhammad Sarwar
and when they see a miracle, they moc
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And when they see a sign, they make fun of it
Shabbir Ahmed
And they turn to mockery every Wonder that they see
Dr. Munir Munshey
When shown the sign, they scoff and laugh it off
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And when they see a Sign (from Allah), they mock at it
And when they see a sign, they ridicul
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And when they see a sign, they make fun of it
Abdel Haleem
and resort to ridicule when they see a sign
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And when they behold a sign, they turn to scoffing
Ahmed Ali
When they see a sign, they laugh at it
Aisha Bewley
When they see a Sign they only laugh with scorn.
Ali Ünal
When they see an extraordinary evidence (of the truth, a miracle), they take it in mockery (and call others to do the same)
Ali Quli Qara'i
and when they see a sign they make it an object of ridicule
Hamid S. Aziz
And when they see a sign they incite one another to scoff
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And when they see a sign they ridicule,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And when they see a sign, they turn it into mockery
Musharraf Hussain
when they see a sign they poke fun at it,
Maududi
and if they see any Sign, they laugh it awa
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And when they see a sign, they make fun of it.
Mohammad Shafi
And when they see a (miraculous) sign (like Moses' staff turning into serpent), they mock at it
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And when they see any sign, they ridicule it.
When they see proof, they ridicule it.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
When they are shown a sign, they scoff at i
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And when they see a sign, they seek to scoff
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And if they saw/understood an evidence/sign/verse, they humiliate/mock/ridicule/undermine
Bijan Moeinian
When the disbelievers are warned, they take it lightly
Faridul Haque
And whenever they see a sign, they mock at it
Sher Ali
And when they see a Sign, they mock at it
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And when they see some sign, they mock it
Amatul Rahman Omar
And when they see a sign they seek to scoff (at it)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And when they see an Ayah (a sign, a proof, or an evidence) from Allah, they mock at it
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And when they see a sign, they continue to mock.
Munir Mezyed
And when they see a Sign, they make it an object of ridicule,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And when they see a sign they belittle it.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
When they see a sign, they mock it.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And when they see a sign, they exaggerate in ridiculing
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Whenever they see some sign, they make fun of it
Samy Mahdy
And when they saw a verse, they were ridiculed.
Sayyid Qutb
and when they see a sign, they resort to ridicule;
Ahmed Hulusi
When they see a sign, they ridicule it.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And when they see a sign (miracle) they invite one another to scuff,
And when they see a sign attesting to these attributes they look at it as an occasion of derision
Mir Aneesuddin
And when they see a sign they seek to mock.