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Muhammad Asad Buy
him didst thou disregard
Arthur John Arberry Buy
to him thou payest no heed
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Buy
Of him wast thou unmindful
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Transliteration Buy
faanta ʿanhu talahhā
Transliteration-3
fa-anta ʿanhu talahhā
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so you were inattentive to him 
Word by Word (2021)
But you from him (are) distracted.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad Buy
him didst thou disregard
Marmaduke Pickthall Buy
From him thou art distracted
Yusuf Ali Buy
Of him wast thou unmindful
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Buy
Of him wast thou unmindful
Wahiduddin Khan Buy
you pay him no heed
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Buy
then, thou hast paid no heed to him?
T.B.Irving Buy
you act so distracted!
Mustafa Khattab 2018 Buy
you were inattentive to him.
Shakir Buy
From him will you divert yourself
Safi Kaskas 2025 Buy
from him you are distracted.
Saeed Malik Buy
So, concerning him you are inattentive.
Abdul Hye Buy
you were unmindful from him.
The Study Quran Buy
from him thou art diverted
Talal Itani (2012) Buy
To him you were inattentive
Talal Itani & AI (2025) Buy
From him you are distracted.
The Monotheist Group (2017) Buy
You were too occupied for him.
Dr. Kamal Omar
then you regarding him: you show neglect
Dr. Munir Munshey
You divert your attention away
Syed Vickar Ahamed Buy
Were you (O Prophet!) unmindful in shifting your attention to another
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) Buy
From him you are distracted
M. Farook Malik Buy
you gave no heed
Muhammad Sarwar Buy
you ignore him
Muhammad Taqi Usmani Buy
to him you pay no heed
Shabbir Ahmed Buy
Him did you disregard
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Buy
Then of him you were being unmindful
Hamid S. Aziz Buy
From him were you unmindful (or distracted)
Abdel Haleem Buy
you allow yourself to be distracted
Abdul Majid Daryabadi Buy
Him thou neglectest
Ahmed Ali Buy
You neglect
Aisha Bewley Buy
from him you are distracted.
Ali Unal Buy
You divert your attention from him (to the other)
Ali Quli Qara'i Buy
you are neglectful of him
Bilal Muhammad 2018 Buy
Of him were you unmindful
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
then you pay no attention to him!
Musharraf Hussain Buy
you ignored him.
Maududi Buy
you pay no heed to him
Mohammad Shafi Buy
By him then are you distracted!
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Buy
Then you become busy with others leaving him.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
of him you were unmindful
Faridul Haque Buy
So you leave him, and are engrossed elsewhere
Bijan Moeinian Buy
the who is mindful of his Lord
Maulana Muhammad Ali Buy
To him thou payest no regard
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
So you are from him distracted/preoccupied
Rashad Khalifa Buy
You ignored him
Sher Ali Buy
Him shouldst thou neglect
Edip Yüksel Buy
You were too preoccupied for him.
Amatul Rahman Omar Buy
But you neglect him and pay him no regard
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Buy
But you are not focusing your attention on him
Hilali – Khan Buy
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood 2014 Buy
you paid no heed
Arthur John Arberry Buy
to him thou payest no heed
Edward Henry Palmer Buy
from him thou art diverted
George Sale Buy
dost thou neglect
John Medows Rodwell Buy
Him dost thou neglect
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi Buy
thus (Fa) you (s) (Anta) were heedless (Talahha) of him (Än'hu).
Fode Drame Buy
Then you distracted yourself away from him.
Munir Mezyed (2023) Buy
You ignored him.
Mustaqim
You pay no attention to him,
Linda "iLham" Barto Buy
…you were too preoccupied.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation Buy
to him you are inattentive.
Irving/Hegab Buy
you act so distracted!
Samy Mahdy Buy
So you are distracted from him.
Sayyid Qutb Buy
him you ignore.
Qarai Buy
you are neglectful of him.
Ahmed Hulusi Buy
Yet you do not give your attention to him!
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri Buy
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another.
A. S. Mohamed Buy
you did not give him your attention!
Torres Al Haneef Buy
"from him, you are distracted."
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli Buy
Of him wast thou unmindful
Mir Aneesuddin
from him you are distracted .
[Al-Muntakhab]
you are unmindful of him and you give him little attention."
The Wise Quran Project
So you are diverted from him.
Newest Translations 2026
Zulfiquar Ali Bhotto
So you [blamed] he distracted on himself.
Verbatim Quran - Mahmoud K
Then from him you are leisured.
Obsolete and/or older editions
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) Buy
You were too occupied for him.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) Buy
You were too pre-occupied for him
OLD Word by Word
But you from (are) distracted
Old Transliteration Buy
Faanta AAanhu talahha