Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
They will answer: "We were not among those who prayed
M. M. Pickthall
They will answer: We were not of those who praye
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They will reply, “We were not of those who prayed,
Wahiduddin Khan
and they shall reply, We were not among those who prayed
Safi Kaskas
They will say, "We were not among those who prayed,
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They would say: We be not among the ones who formally pray
T.B.Irving
They will say: "We were not among the prayerful
Shakir
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed
Abdul Hye
They will say: “We were not of those who used to offer prayers,
The Study Quran
They say, “We were not among those who prayed
Talal Itani (2012)
They will say, 'We were not of those who prayed
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They will reply, “We weren’t among those who prayed.
Dr. Kamal Omar
They said : “We were not of those who offer Prayers regularly
Dr. Munir Munshey
They would reply, "We were not among those who established the ´salat´."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They will say: "We were not from those who prayed
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed
They will answer: "We did not use to offer the Salah (prayers)
Muhammad Sarwar
They will reply, "We did not pray
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They will say, .We were not among those who offered Salah , (obligatory prayer
Shabbir Ahmed
They will reply, "We were not of the Musalleen."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They will say, "We were not of the ones who prayed
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "We were not of those who reached out."
Abdel Haleem
and they will answer, ‘We did not pray
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They will say. 'we have not been of those who prayed
Ahmed Ali
They will answer: "We did not fulfil our devotional obligations
Aisha Bewley
They will say, ´We were not among those who did salat
Ali Ünal
They will reply: "We were not of those who prayed (who turn to God in sincere worship)
Ali Quli Qara'i
They will answer, ‘We were not among those who prayed
Hamid S. Aziz
They shall say, "We were not of those who prayed
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They will say, “We were not of those who prayed
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They say: “We were not the performers of mandatory prayers
Musharraf Hussain
They will answer, “We neither worshipped,
Maududi
They will answer: "We were not among those who observed Prayer
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "We were not as those who made the contact prayer."
Mohammad Shafi
They will say, "We were not among those who prayed;"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, We used not to offer prayer.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They will reply: 'We were not among those who praye
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They will say: We were not of those who prayed
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "We were not from praying."
Bijan Moeinian
“We did not worship the Lord.”
Faridul Haque
They said, “We never used to offer the prayer.”
They will say, "We did not observe the contact prayers (Salat).
Sher Ali
They will say, `We were not of those who offered Prayer
Amatul Rahman Omar
They will reply, `We were not of those who offered Prayers
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They will say: ‘We were not of those who used to offer Prayers
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer their Salat (prayers
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They said, “We were not among those who were dutiful in their prayers
Munir Mezyed
They will say: "We were not among those who used to pray,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They will say: we were not of those who pray,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They will say, “We were not among those who prayed.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, “We were not of those who prayed,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They will say: "We were not among the prayerful
Samy Mahdy
They said, “We were not among those who prayed.
Ahmed Hulusi
They say, “We were not of those who established (actively experienced) salat!”
Mir Aneesuddin
They will say, “We were not of those who offered worship (salat)
" We were not among those who engaged in worship. " they will admit
The Wise Quran
They said, 'We were not of those who prayed,