The Quran

سورة طٰه

Surah Tâ Hâ 20:16

Perfect Man! be at rest · Verse 16 of 135

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَنْ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`So do not allow the person who does not believe in it but pursues his (own) low desires, turn you away from (believing) it, lest you perish.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Therefore let not such as believe not therein but follow their own lusts, divert thee therefrom, lest thou perish!..

Ahmed Ali

So do not let those who do not believe in it and follow their vain desires, turn you away from it.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

"So do not let anyone who does not believe in it and (instead) follows his own desire and caprice, turn you from (believing in and preaching the truth about) it, lest you then perish!

Daryabadi

So let not him who believeth not therein and followeth his own desire keep thee away therefrom lest thou perish.

Faridul Haque

"Therefore never let one, who does not accept faith in it and follows his own desires, prevent you from accepting this, so then you become ruined."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So let not him, who believes not in it and follows his low desire, turn thee away from it, lest thou perish.

Maulvi Sher Ali

`So let not him, who believes not therein and follows his own low desires, turn thee away therefrom, lest thou perish;

Muhammad Asad

Hence, let not anyone who does not believe in its coming and follows [but] his own desires divert thee from [belief in] it, lest thou perish!

Muhammad Musin Khan

Therefore, let not the one who believes not therein (i.e. in the Day of Resurrection, Reckoning, Paradise and Hell, etc.), but follows his own lusts, divert you therefrom, lest you perish.

Muhammad Pickthall

Therefor, let not him turn thee aside from (the thought of) it who believeth not therein but followeth his own desire, lest thou perish.

Muhammad Sarwar

Let not the unbelievers who follow their vain desires make you forget the Day of Judgment, lest you will perish."

Muhammed ali Shakir

Therefore let not him who believes not in it and follows his low desires turn you away from it so that you should perish;

Rashad Khalifa

Do not be diverted therefrom by those who do not believe in it - those who pursue their own opinions - lest you fall.

Shabbir Ahmed

Let not such people who lack conviction and follow their own desires divert you from your mission and hurt you.”