Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | “And then - why have no golden armlets been bestowed on him? or why have no angels come together with him?&rdquo |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | Why, then, have armlets of gold not been set upon him, or angels sent along with him | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | "Then why are not gold bracelets bestowed on him, or (why) come (not) with him angels accompanying him in procession?" | |
Shakir | | But why have not bracelets of gold been put upon him, or why have there not come with him angels as companions | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | and why have not armlets of gold been bestowed on him and why is there not a train of angels accompanying him | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | Why were bracelets of gold not cast down on him or the angels drawn near to him as ones who are connected with one another? | |
| T.B.Irving | | If he were only presented with gold bracelets or some angels came along hitched up with him!´ | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | Why then have no golden bracelets ˹of kingship˺ been granted to him or angels come with him as escorts!” | |
| Safi Kaskas | | Why then are not golden bracelets placed on him, or the angels are accompanying him?" | |
| Abdul Hye | | (If he is true Messenger) why then bracelets of gold are not bestowed on him, or angels sent along with him? | |
| The Study Quran | | Why, then, have armlets of gold not been cast upon him, and why do angels not accompany him? | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | "Why then are not golden bracelets bestowed on him, or the Angels are accompanying him" | |
Abdel Haleem | | Why has he not been given any gold bracelets? Why have no angels come to accompany him?&rsquo | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Wherefore, then, have bracelets of gold not been set upon him, and wherefore have not angels come with him accompanyin | |
Ahmed Ali | | Why were then no bracelets of gold shed upon him from above, or angels sent down as a retinue with him?" | |
Aisha Bewley | | Why have gold bracelets not been put upon his arms and why is there not a train of angels accompanying him?´ | |
Ali Ünal | | "(If he is true in his claim) why are bracelets of gold not dropped upon him (from the sky), or why do there not come with him angels (to support him in his cause)?" | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | Why have no bracelets of gold been cast upon him, nor have the angels come with him as escorts?&rsquo | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | "But why have not bracelets of gold been put upon him, or why have there not come with him angels as companions?" | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | So, had armlets of gold been cast (i.e., bestoned on him) on him, or Angels had come with him in comradeship!" | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | Why have bracelets of gold not been given to him and why have some angels not accompanied him?" | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | So why were the bracelets of gold not sent down to him, or (why) did the angels not come along with him as companions? | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | And then, why have no golden armlets been bestowed on him? Or why have no angels come along escorting him?" ('Aswirah' = Armlets of gold, which were considered a sign of honor, stature and royalty in many civilizations) | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | "Then why are not gold bracelets given to him, or (why do the) angels (not) come with him in procession (and groups)?" | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?" | |
Farook Malik | | Why have no gold bracelets been given to him, or angels sent down to accompany him?" | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | "Why was He not granted gold bracelets, (and other riches)? Why did angels not accompany him as associates?" | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | Then why have not been bestowed unto him bracelets of gold; or (why have not) come, along with him, angels — marching as guards of honour?” | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | Why are bracelets of gold not dropped on him, or they angels came with him in procession?' | |
Maududi | | Why were bracelets of gold not bestowed upon him? Why did a retinue of angels not accompany him as attendants?" | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | So why bracelets of gold were not given to him or the angels did not come accompanying him | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | “Then why are not gold bracelets bestowed on him, or why do there not come with him angels accompanying him? | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | Why hasn’t he been given golden bracelets? Why are there no angels sent down with him?” | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | "Why then are not golden bracelets bestowed on him, or the angels are accompanying him? | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | "Then why are not gold bracelets bestowed upon him, or the angels accompanying him?" | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | “How come he does not own the golden bracelet of nobility or an army of angles as his bodyguards?&rdquo | |
| Faridul Haque | | “So why was he not bestowed with armlets of gold? Or angels should have come with him staying at his side!&rdquo | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | Why have no armlets of gold been given him, or angels sent down successively with him? | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | Why, then, have bracelets of gold not been bestowed on him, or angels come along with him in procession | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | So if only bracelets from gold were thrown on him, or the angels came with him accompanying/joining | |
Sher Ali | | `And why have not bracelets of gold bestowed on him, or angels accompanied him in serried ranks? | |
Rashad Khalifa | | "How come he does not possess a treasure of gold; how come the angels do not accompany him?" | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | Why, then, bracelets of gold have been bestowed on him or angels come along with him that they may remain with him? | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | `(If he be a specially favoured one of God) why have not then bracelets of gold been bestowed on him (and thus a chiefdom conferred on him), or (rather why have no) angels accompanied him following him in procession formed in serried ranks? | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | Then (if he is a truthful Messenger,) why are the bracelets of gold not sent upon him, or why do the angels not come with him in ranks (in succession)? | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | "Why then are not golden bracelets bestowed on him, or angels sent along with him?" | |
