Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
- [and then,] "Nay, but we have been rendered destitute!"
M. M. Pickthall
Nay, but we are desolate
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
In fact, we have been deprived ˹of our livelihood˺.”
Safi Kaskas
Rather, we have been ruined.
Wahiduddin Khan
Indeed, we are utterly ruined
Shakir
Nay! we are made to suffer privation
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Nay! We are ones who are deprived.
T.B.Irving
In fact, we feel destitute."
Abdul Hye
(then they said): Nay! Indeed we have been deprived (of the fruits)!”
The Study Quran
Nay! we are deprived!
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
We are deprived!”
Talal Itani (2012)
We are now deprived.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
Nay! We are those who stand deprived (of our own produce).”
Nay, we have become destitute."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
No indeed, (but) we are dispossessed!"
Muhammad Sarwar
(No, we are not lost.) In fact, we have been deprived of everything"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
(Then, once they realized that the garden is the same, but it has been destroyed, they said,) .No, but we are deprived (of the fruits)
Shabbir Ahmed
(Then they realized), "Ah! Now we are destitute."
Dr. Munir Munshey
"No! Rather, we have been deprived!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"Nay! Indeed we are denied (of the fruits of our labor)!"
Rather, we have been deprived."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"Now, we have nothing!"
Abdel Haleem
No- we are ruined!’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Aye! it is we who are deprived
Ahmed Ali
No. In fact we have been deprived of it."
Aisha Bewley
No, the truth is we are destitute!´
Ali Ünal
(Then when they realized that it was indeed their garden:) "No, rather we are made destitute!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
‘No, we are deprived!’
Hamid S. Aziz
"Nay! We are made to suffer privation."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
no, but we are deprived.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“Indeed we are shut out.
Musharraf Hussain
rather we are prevented from picking the fruit!
Maududi
rather, we are utterly ruined."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"Now, we have nothing!"
Mohammad Shafi
"But, [no], utterly deprived are we!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Nay, rather we have been deprived of every thing.
"Now, we have nothing!"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
No, rather, we have been prevented!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nay, we are made to suffer privation
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
But we are deprived
Bijan Moeinian
We have lost everything
Faridul Haque
“In fact, we are unfortunate.”
Sher Ali
`Nay we have been deprived of all our fruits.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(But when they saw it cautiously, they cried: ‘Oh no!) We have been deprived indeed.
Amatul Rahman Omar
`Rather we have been deprived (of all the fruit of our labour), Indeed we have lost every thing.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
(Then they said): "Nay! Indeed we are deprived of (the fruits)!"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Nay! Indeed we are the ones bereft [of our crop].”
Munir Mezyed
No, but the fact is we are deprived.”
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
No, we are destitute.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“No, we are deprived.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
rather, we are deprived.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
In fact, we feel destitute."
Samy Mahdy
Nay, but we are deprived.”
Ahmed Hulusi
“No (this is the right place), but we have incurred loss!”
Mir Aneesuddin
no, we are those who have been deprived (of receiving the benefit of our labour).”
But having recognized the calamity, they said : "We have suffered a big loss; we will get no return for our labour and effort, and our expectant waiting has come to a moist mirage in desert eyes"
The Wise Quran
Nay, we are denied.'