Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Man’s other self’ will say: “O our Sustainer! It was not I that led his conscious mind into evil [nay,] but it had gone far astray [of its own accord]
Arthur John Arberry
And his comrade shall say, 'Our Lord, I made him not insolent, but he was in far error.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
His Companion will say: "Our Lord! I did not make him transgress, but he was (himself) far astray."
Arabic
۞ قَالَ قَرِینُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَاۤ أَطۡغَیۡتُهُۥ وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ فِی ضَلَـٰلِۭ بَعِیدࣲ ٢٧
Transliteration (2021)
qāla qarīnuhu rabbanā mā aṭghaytuhu walākin kāna fī ḍalālin baʿīdi