Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration Arabic وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِهَٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَالْغَوْا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُون Transliteration Waqa la allath eena kafaroo la tasmaAAoo lihatha alqur-a ni wai lghaw feehi laAAallakum taghliboona Transliteration-2 waqāla alladhīna kafarū lā tasmaʿū lihādhā l-qur'āni wal-ghaw fīhi laʿallakum taghlibūn Word for Word And said those who disbelieve, "(Do) not listen to this Quran, and make noise therein, so that you may overcome."
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning Muhammad Asad NOW THOSE who are bent on denying the truth say [unto one another]: “Do not listen to this Qur’an, but rather talk frivolously about it, so that you might gain the upper hand!&rdquo M. M. Pickthall Those who disbelieve say: Heed not this Qur'an, and drown the hearing of it; haply ye may conquer Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) The Unbelievers say: "Listen not to this Qur'an, but talk at random in the midst of its (reading), that ye may gain the upper hand!" Shakir And those who disbelieve say: Do not listen to this Quran and make noise therein, perhaps you may overcome Wahiduddin Khan Those who deny the truth say, Do not listen to this Quran. Drown it out with noise, so that you may gain the upper hand Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar And those who are ungrateful said: Hear not this, the Quran, but talk idly about it while it is being recited so that perhaps you will prevail. T.B.Irving Those who disbelieve will say: "Do not listen to this Reading, and chatter away while it is [being recited), so you will drown it out." The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab The disbelievers advised ˹one another˺, “Do not listen to this Quran but drown it out so that you may prevail.” Safi Kaskas The unbelievers say, "Do not listen to this Qur'an but talk over it, so that you may prevail." Abdul Hye Those who disbelieve say: “Don’t listen to this Qur’an and make noise in it (during recitation) so that you may gain the upper hand.” The Study Quran And those who disbelieve will say, “Listen not to this Quran, but speak dismissively of it, that haply you might prevail. [The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) And those who rejected said: "Do not listen to this Quran and talk over it that you may succeed." Abdel Haleem The disbelievers say, ‘Do not listen to this Quran; drown it in frivolous talk: you may gain the upper hand.&rsquo Abdul Majid Daryabadi And those who disbelieve say: hearken not Unto this Qur'an and babble therein, haply ye may overcome Ahmed Ali The disbelievers say: "Do not listen to this Qur'an, and shout away (its reading); you may haply prevail." Aisha Bewley Those who are kafir say, ´Do not listen to this Qur´an. Drown it out so that hopefully you will gain the upper hand.´ Ali Ünal Those who disbelieve say: "Do not listen to this Qur’an, and speak random noise (during its recitation) so that you may prevail over it." Ali Quli Qara'i The faithless say, ‘Do not listen to this Qur’an and hoot it down so that you may prevail [over the Apostle].&rsquo Hamid S. Aziz And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Quran and do make a noise in the midst of its reading that you may overcome it." Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali And the ones who have disbelieved say, "Do not give ear to this Qur'an, and talk idly about it, that possibly you would overcome." Muhammad Sarwar The disbelievers say, "Do not listen to this Quran but make a lot of unnecessary noise while it is being read so that perhaps you will defeat it" Muhammad Taqi Usmani And said those who disbelieved, .Do not listen to this Qur‘an, and make noise during its recitation, so that you may overcome Shabbir Ahmed Now those who adamantly deny the Truth, say, "Listen not to this Qur'an, but drown it in uproar so that you might dominate." Syed Vickar Ahamed And the unbelievers say: "Do not listen to the Quran; But (instead) talk randomly (to disturb) in the middle of its (reading), so that you may gain the upper hand!" Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur'an and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome." Farook Malik The disbelievers say: "Do not listen to this Qur’an and make noise when it is recited so that you may gain the upper hand." Dr. Munir Munshey The unbelievers say to each other, "Do not listen to this Qur´an, and during its recital create a disturbance. (That way), perhaps you would dominate (the scene)." Dr. Kamal Omar And those who have disbelieved (in Al-Kitab ) said: “Do not listen to this Al-Quran and make disturbance therein, so that you may prevail ” Talal A. Itani (new translation) Those who disbelieve say, 'Do not listen to this Quran, and talk over it, so that you may prevail.' Maududi The deniers of the Truth say: "Do not give ear to the Qur´an and cause interruption when it is recited; thus perhaps you will gain the upper hand." Ali Bakhtiari Nejad And those who disbelieved said: do not listen to this Quran, and talk nonsense in it (when it is read) so that you may win A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) The unbelievers say, “Do not listen to this Quran, but talk at random in the middle of its reading, that you may gain the upper hand. Musharraf Hussain The disbelievers shouted, “Don’t listen to this Quran; you can drown it out with noisy laughter so you would prevail.” [The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) And those who rejected said: "Do not listen to this Qur'an and make noise over it that you may succeed. Mohammad Shafi And those that suppress the Truth say, "Do not listen to this Qur'an, and insert frivolities in it, so that you may prevail over the believers."
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works Bijan Moeinian The disbelievers say: “Do not listen to Qur’an and whenever it is being recited, make noise so that you overcome the Muslims.&rdquo Faridul Haque And the disbelievers said, “Do not listen to this Qur’an and engulf it in noise - perhaps you may be victorious this way.&rdquo Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah The unbelievers say: 'Do not listen to this Koran, and talk idly about it so that you might be overcome. Maulana Muhammad Ali And those who disbelieve say: Listen not to this Qur’an but make noise therein, perhaps you may overcome Muhammad Ahmed - Samira And those who disbelieved said: "Do not hear/listen to that the Koran , and cancel/abolish/nullify in it, maybe/perhaps you defeat/conquer ." Sher Ali And those who disbelieve say, `Listen not to this Qur'an, but make noise during its recital that you may have the upper hand. Rashad Khalifa Those who disbelieved said, "Do not listen to this Quran and distort it, that you may win." Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) And the infidels said, 'listen not to this Quran and make absurd noise therein, haply you may over come. Amatul Rahman Omar And those who took to disbelief say, `Do not listen to this Qur'an, but (when it is recited) interrupt it by making noise so that you may gain the upper hand. Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri And the disbelievers say: ‘Do not listen to this Qur’an, but make noises in (its recitation sessions), so that you may overwhelm (their recitation from the Qur’an). Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali And those who disbelieve say: "Listen not to this Quran, and make noise in the midst of its (recitation) that you may overcome."
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works Arthur John Arberry The unbelievers say, 'Do not give ear to this Koran, and talk idly about it; haply you will overcome Edward Henry Palmer Those who misbelieve say, 'Listen not to this Qur'an, but talk foolishly about it, haply ye may gain the upper hand. George Sale The unbelievers say, hearken not unto this Koran: But use vain discourse during the reading thereof; that ye may overcome the voice of the reader by your scoffs and laughter John Medows Rodwell Yet the unbelievers say, "Hearken not to this Koran, but keep up a talking, that ye may overpower the voice of the reader." N J Dawood (2014) The unbelievers say: ‘Do not listen to this Koran. Cut short its recital with frivolous chatter, so that you may gain the upper hand.&lsquo
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress Linda “iLHam” Barto The unbelievers say, “Do not listen to this Qur’an, but interrupt it with noise so you can overpower it.” Ahmed Hulusi Those who denied the knowledge of the reality said (to those who listened to the Rasul of Allah), “Do not listen to the Quran, talk baseless things in regards to it, perhaps you will overpower it!” Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim And insolently did the infidels say to each other: "Do not listen to this Quran and, when recited, contrive and contradict the provisions of its edicts loudly as to make it nearly nugatory; perhaps you will gain the upper hand." Mir Aneesuddin And those who do not believe say, “Do not listen to this Quran and make noise when it is , perhaps you may be victorious.”
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