Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Said he: “Indeed, you and your forefathers have obviously gone astray!”
M. M. Pickthall
He said: Verily ye and your fathers were in plain error
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He said, "Indeed ye have been in manifest error - ye and your fathers."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
He responded, “Indeed, you and your forefathers have been clearly astray.”
Safi Kaskas
He said, “You and your fathers have gone astray.”
Wahiduddin Khan
Abraham said, Indeed, you and your fathers have been clearly misguided
Shakir
He said: Certainly you have been, (both) you and your fathers, in manifest error
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He said: Certainly, you and your fathers had been in a clear wandering astray.
T.B.Irving
He said: "You and your forefathers have been in such obvious error."
Abdul Hye
He said: “Indeed you and your forefathers have been in clear error.”
The Study Quran
He said, “Certainly you and your fathers have been in manifest error.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He stated, “You and your ancestors have been in manifest error.”
Talal Itani (2012)
He said, 'You and your parents are in evident error.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
(Ibrahim) said: “Surely, indeed, you people are: you as well as your fathers in manifest error.”
He said "Then certainly both you and your forefathers have been in manifest error."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He said, "Indeed you were already, you and your fathers, in evident error."
Muhammad Sarwar
He said, "Both you and your fathers have certainly been in error."
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He said, .Surely you and your fathers have been in open error
Shabbir Ahmed
He said, "Indeed you are in plain error as your ancestors were."
Dr. Munir Munshey
Said, "Surely, you and your forefathers were gravely misguided!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
He said: "Indeed, you have been clearly in error— You and your fathers."
He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He said: "You and your fathers have been clearly misguided."
Abdel Haleem
He said, ‘You and your fathers have clearly gone astray.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He said: assuredlY ye, ye and your fathers, have been in error manifest
Ahmed Ali
He said: "You and your fathers were in clear error."
Aisha Bewley
He said, ´You and your fathers are clearly misguided.´
Ali Ünal
"So, it is certain that," said he, "both of you, you and your forefathers, have been in obvious error."
Ali Quli Qara'i
He said, ‘Certainly you and your fathers have been in manifest error.’
Hamid S. Aziz
Said he, "Verily, both you and your fathers have been in obvious error."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He said: “You and your fathers have certainly been in an obvious error.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
He said, “Indeed you have been in manifest error, you and your fathers.
Musharraf Hussain
He said, “You and your forefathers are obviously wrong.”
Maududi
He said: "Certainly you and your fathers have all been in manifest error."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He said: "You and your fathers have been clearly misguided."
Mohammad Shafi
Abraham said, "Certainly you had — you and your fathers — gone far astray."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He said, 'undoubtedly, you and your fathers are in manifest error'.
He said, "Indeed, you and your parents have gone totally astray."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He said: 'Truly, you and your fathers are in clear error.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: Certainly you have been, you and your fathers, in manifest error
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
He said: "You had been, you and your fathers in clear/evident misguidance."
Bijan Moeinian
Abraham said: “You and your fathers have been wrong.”
Faridul Haque
He said, "Indeed you all - you and your forefathers - were in open error."
Sher Ali
He said, `Then, you, as well as your fathers, have indeed been in manifest error.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Ibrahim (Abraham) said: ‘Surely, you and your fathers (all) were in manifest error.
Amatul Rahman Omar
He said, `Surely, you yourselves and your fathers have been plainly mistaken.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
He said: "Indeed you and your fathers have been in manifest error."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He said, “Then you and your fathers were indeed in a manifest error.”
Munir Mezyed
He said: ‘Then indeed you and your fathers have been in manifest deception’.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He said: you and your fathers were in clear error.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He said, “You and your parents are truly in obvious sin.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He said, “Youpl and your forefathers have been in evident misguidance.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He said: "You and your forefathers have been in such obvious astray."
Samy Mahdy
He said, “You and your parents are already in obvious astray.”
Sayyid Qutb
Said he: 'Indeed, you and your forefathers have been in evident error.'
Ahmed Hulusi
(Abraham) said, “Indeed, you and your fathers have been clearly misguided!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
He said: �Indeed you and your fathers have been in manifest error�
"But you and your fathers", said Ibrahim, "were erroneous indeed in your system of faith and worship"
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "We found our fathers worshipping them."
The Wise Quran
He said, 'Surely, certainly you and your forefathers have been in clear error.'