Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and would say, “Shall we, then, give up our deities at the bidding of a mad poet?”
M. M. Pickthall
And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And say: "What! shall we give up our gods for the sake of a Poet possessed?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and argued, “Should we really abandon our gods for a mad poet?”
Safi Kaskas
and would say, “Are we to give up our gods for a mad poet?"
Wahiduddin Khan
and replied, Shall we then give up our deities at the bidding of a mad poet
Shakir
And to say: What! shall we indeed give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And they said: Are we ones who leave our gods for a possessed poet?
T.B.Irving
and they were saying: ´Should we abandon our gods for a crazy poet?"
Abdul Hye
and say: “Are we going to abandon our one worthy of worship for the sake of a mad poet?”
The Study Quran
saying, “Are we to forsake our gods for a poet possessed?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And they said, “Shall we leave our gods for a mad poet?”
Talal Itani (2012)
And said, 'Are we to abandon our gods for a mad poet?'
Dr. Kamal Omar
And they say: “Whether surely we become those who indeed will abandon our aaliha (gods) for the sake of a fanatic poet?”
and say: "What! Should we give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And they said, "Shall we surely be leaving indeed our gods for a mad poet?"
Muhammad Sarwar
and said, "Should we give up our idols for the sake of an insane poet"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and used to say, .Are we really to leave our gods because of an insane poet?
Shabbir Ahmed
And used to say, "Shall we give up our gods for a mad poet?"
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "Should we give up our gods for the sake of an obsessed poet?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And they said: "What! Shall we give up our gods for the sake of a poet possessed?" (Referring to Prophet
And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And they would Say: "Shall we leave our gods because of a crazy poet"
Abdel Haleem
and said, ‘Are we to forsake our gods for a mad poet?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And they said: are we going to abandon our gods on account of a Poet distracted
Ahmed Ali
And said: "Should we abandon our gods for the sake of an insane poet?"
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´Are we to forsake our gods for a mad poet?´
Ali Ünal
And they would say, "Are we to give up our deities for the sake of a mad poet?"
Ali Quli Qara'i
and [they would] say, ‘Shall we abandon our gods for a crazy poet?’
Hamid S. Aziz
And said, "What! Shall we indeed give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And they would say: “Should we give up our gods for a mad poet?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And say, “What, will we give up our gods for the sake of a poet possessed?
Musharraf Hussain
said, “Should we give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?”
Maududi
and said: "Shall we forsake our deities for the sake of a distracted poet?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And they would say: "Shall we leave our gods because of a crazy poet?"
Mohammad Shafi
And they had said, "Shall we abandon our gods for the sake of a mad poet?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And they used to say, shall we indeed leave our gods, because of the saying of a mad poet?
They said, "Shall we leave our gods for the sake of a crazy poet?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and said: 'Are we to renounce our gods for the sake of a mad poet?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And said: Shall we give up our gods for a mad poet
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And they say: "Are we to leave our gods to a mad/insane poet?"
Bijan Moeinian
They used to say: “Shall we give up our gods for the sake of a crazy poet [as they referred to Mohammad.]”
Faridul Haque
And they used to say, “Shall we forsake our gods upon the sayings of a mad poet?”
Sher Ali
And said, `Shall we give up our gods for a mad poet?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And used to say: ‘Are we going to forsake our gods for the sake of an insane poet?
Amatul Rahman Omar
And they used to say, `Are we to forsake our gods for the sake of a mad poet?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And (they) said: "Are we going to abandon our aliha (gods) for the sake of a mad poet
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And they used to say, “What? Are we indeed going to abandon our deities for the sake of a poet who is possessed?”
Munir Mezyed
And said: "Are we going to forsake our gods for the sake of a demented poet"
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And they say: are we going to abandon our gods for a possessed poet?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They would say, “Should we give up our gods for the sake of a crazy poet?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and say, “Are we really to abandon our gods for a mad poet?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
and they were saying: 'Should we abandon our gods for a crazy poet?"
Samy Mahdy
And they said, “Do we quit our gods for a mad poet?”
Sayyid Qutb
and would say: 'Are we to forsake our deities for the sake of a mad poet?'
Ahmed Hulusi
Saying, “Shall we leave our gods for a poet possessed?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And said: Shall we give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?
And they expressed their thoughts in words, thus: "shall we" they said, "forsake our gods on account of what has been said by whom we hold certainly a demoniac!"
Mir Aneesuddin
And they say, “Shall we give up our gods for the sake of a poet under the influence of the jinn?”
The Wise Quran
And they say, 'Shall we leave our gods for a mad poet?'