Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
So then, [if it be true that] we have caused you to err grievously - behold, we ourselves had been lost in grievous error!”
M. M. Pickthall
Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"We led you astray: for truly we were ourselves astray."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
We caused you to deviate, for we ourselves were deviant.”
Safi Kaskas
We misled you, and we were ourselves misled."
Wahiduddin Khan
We led you astray as we were ourselves astray
Shakir
So we led you astray, for we ourselves were erring
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
So we led you into error. Truly, we had been ones who are in error.
T.B.Irving
We lured you on, we were seducers."
Abdul Hye
So we led you astray because we were ourselves astray.”
The Study Quran
We caused you to err for truly we were errant.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
We seduced you; we were seducers.”
Talal Itani (2012)
We seduced you. We were seducers.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
So we led you astray, since indeed we ourselves used to be astray.”
We misled you, for we ourselves were astray."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
So we have misguided you; surely we were (ourselves) misguided."
Muhammad Sarwar
We mislead you and we ourselves had also gone astray."
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
We did misguide you, (because) we were ourselves erroneous
Shabbir Ahmed
So then, if we misled you, behold, we ourselves were astray."
Dr. Munir Munshey
"We led you astray, but we too, were (lost and) on the wrong path."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"We led you astray: Because, truly we were ourselves astray."
And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"We misled you, because we were astray."
Abdel Haleem
We led you astray as we ourselves were astray.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
We seduced you astray; verily we were ourselves the seduced ones
Ahmed Ali
For we had led you astray. In fact we ourselves were astray."
Aisha Bewley
We misled you and we were ourselves misled.´
Ali Ünal
"So then, (though without power to compel, if) we did mislead you (and cause you to rebel), for surely we ourselves had been lost in error."
Ali Quli Qara'i
So we perverted you, for we were perverse [ourselves].’
Hamid S. Aziz
"We led you astray, for we were ourselves erring."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
So, we misled you, as we were indeed misled.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“We led you astray, for indeed we were ourselves astray.
Musharraf Hussain
We misguided you since we were misguided.”
Maududi
So we led you astray; we ourselves were strayed."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"We misled you, because we were astray."
Mohammad Shafi
"We led you astray, for we ourselves had gone astray."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And we misled you for we ourselves had gone astray.
"We misled you, only because we were astray."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
we perverted you, indeed, we were perverts.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
We led you astray, for we ourselves were erring
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So we misguided/lured you , that we were misguiding
Bijan Moeinian
“We offered you the disbelief for the simple reason that we had chosen the disbelief ourselves.”
Faridul Haque
“We therefore led you astray, for we ourselves were astray!”
Sher Ali
`And we caused you to go astray for we ourselves had gone astray.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So we led you astray. Surely, we ourselves had gone astray.
Amatul Rahman Omar
`So (it is) we (who) led you astray, for we ourselves had indeed gone astray.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
"So we led you astray because we were ourselves astray."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
We ourselves were gone on a narrow way so we led you to a narrow way.
Munir Mezyed
Apparently, we have seduced you away (from Faith) only because we are seducers”.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And we led you astray for we were astray.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“We led you astray because, truly, we were astray ourselves.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
for we deluded youpl ; indeed, we were deluded.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
We lured you on, we were seducers."
Samy Mahdy
So we lured you. Surely, we are lurers.”
Sayyid Qutb
If we led you astray, we ourselves were astray.'
Ahmed Hulusi
“We led you astray, but indeed we were astray!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
So we misled you, for verily we were ourselves astray.
And they will say in addition: "We made you depart from the path of righteousness for we ourselves were holders of mistaken and false beliefs"
Mir Aneesuddin
we led you astray because we were ourselves astray.”
The Wise Quran
And we caused you to err; indeed, we were erring.'