Quran Ayah as-Saffat (Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers) 37:161 - 70+ Translation Comparison

Popular and/or Featured Works

Muhammad Asad

for, verily, neither you [blasphemers] nor the objects of your worship

Arthur John Arberry

But as for you, and that you serve

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

For, verily, neither ye nor those ye worship

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Arabic

فَإِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ۝١٦١

Transliteration (2021)

fa-innakum wamā taʿbudūn

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

So indeed, you and what you worship,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

for, verily, neither you [blasphemers] nor the objects of your worship

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

For, verily, neither ye nor those ye worship

M. M. Pickthall

Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Surely you ˹pagans˺ and whatever ˹idols˺ you worship

Wahiduddin Khan

neither you nor what you worship

Safi Kaskas

So you [who deny the truth] and whatever you worship,

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So, truly, you and those whom you worship

T.B.Irving

You and anything you serve

Shakir

So surely you and what you worship

Abdul Hye

So, neither you nor those whom you worship (idols)

Saeed Malik

So, [let the purveyors of falsehood know], "You and that which you worship--

The Study Quran

For truly neither you nor that which you worship

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

You and what you worship,

Talal Itani (2012)

Surely, you and what you serve

M. Farook Malik

Therefore neither you nor those whom you worship

Dr. Kamal Omar

So verily, you (disbelievers) and what you worship —

Dr. Munir Munshey

"Of course you and those (false gods) you worship,"

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So surely, neither you nor those you worship—

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

So indeed, you [disbelievers] and whatever you worship

Muhammad Sarwar

You and whatever you worship

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

So, you and those whom you worship

Shabbir Ahmed

Verily, neither you nor what you worship

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Yet surely you and whatever you worship

Hamid S. Aziz

So surely you and what you worship

Abdel Haleem

and neither you nor what you worship

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Wherefore verily neither ye nor that which ye worship

Ahmed Ali

So neither you nor those you worship

Aisha Bewley

You and those you worship:

Ali Ünal

For sure you and those that you worship

Ali Quli Qara'i

Indeed you and what you worship

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

As for you and what you worship.

Musharraf Hussain

Neither you nor what you worship

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Indeed neither you nor those you worship

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

So indeed, you and what you serve,

Maududi

So you and your deities

Mohammad Shafi

So you indeed and what you worship

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then neither you nor what you worship.

Rashad Khalifa

Indeed, you and what you worship.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

But as for you, and that you worship

Faridul Haque

Therefore you and all what you worship. (The disbelievers and their deities.

Bijan Moeinian

Indeed the disbelievers (and whatever they worship) …

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So surely you and that which you serve

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So you truly are, and what you worship

Sher Ali

Verily, you and what you worship

Edip Yuksel

As for you and what you serve.

Amatul Rahman Omar

(Disbelievers!) neither you of course, nor the things you worship

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

So you and (the idols) which you worship

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

So, verily you (pagans) and those whom you worship (idols)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

Neither you nor your idol

Arthur John Arberry

But as for you, and that you serve

Edward Henry Palmer

'Verily, ye and what ye worship

George Sale

Moreover ye and that which ye worship

John Medows Rodwell

Moreover, ye and what ye worship

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Fa) indeed, you (p) (Innakum') together with (Wa) what (Maa) you worship (Ta'buduuna),

Fode Drame

And truly you and all that you worship,

Munir Mezyed

Surely you and whatever you worship

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

For you and what you served,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Truly, neither you nor those you worship…

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

Thus surely, you^pl and what you worship

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

You and anything you serve

Samy Mahdy

So surely you and what you are worshiping.

Sayyid Qutb

Neither you nor what you worship

Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed you and what you worship

Ahmed Hulusi

Indeed, neither you nor what you worship,

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

So, verily you and those whom you worship

A. S. Mohamed

For indeed, you and what you worship

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

So verily you and what you worship,

Mir Aneesuddin

So you and that which you serve (worship),

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

And you -infidels- together with those you revere and adore besides Allah

The Wise Quran Project

So indeed, you and what you serve,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

For, verily, neither ye nor those ye worship

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

"As for you and what you worship.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

As for you and what you worship

OLD Literal Word for Word

So indeed, you and what you worship

OLD Transliteration

Fa-innakum wama taAAbudoona

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