The Quran

سورة الفُرقان

Surah Al-Furqân 25:8

The Standard of Truth and Falsehood · Verse 8 of 77

أَوْ يُلْقَىٰ إِلَيْهِ كَنْزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَقَالَ الظَّالِمُونَ إِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَسْحُورًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

`Or a treasure should have been sent to him or there should have been a garden from which he might eat.´ Not only that, these unjust people say, `You follow none but a (mere) man who is given food.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or (Why) has not a treasure been bestowed on him, or why has he (not) a garden for enjoyment? The wicked say: "Ye follow none other than a man bewitched.

Ahmed Ali

Or a treasure should have been given to him, or he should have had an orchard from which he could eat." And these wicked people say: "You only follow a man ensorcelled."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Or: "Why is a treasure not cast down upon him from the heaven (so that he should no longer need to go about in market-places to earn a living)?" Or: "Why does he not have a garden (granted to him miraculously) to obtain his food from?" And so these wrongdoers say (to the believers): "You are following only a man bewitched!"

Daryabadi

Or, whereforeis not there cast down unto him a treasure or he has a garden whereof he may eat! And the wrong-doeray: ye follow only a man bewitched.

Faridul Haque

“Or that he should have obtained a hidden treasure, or should have had a garden from which to eat”; and the unjust said, “You do not follow but a man under a magic spell.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or a treasure given to him, or a garden from which to eat? And the evildoers say: You follow but a man bewitched!

Maulvi Sher Ali

`Or a treasure should have been sent down to him, or he should have had a garden to eat therefrom.' And the wrongdoers say, `You follow but a man bewitched.'

Muhammad Asad

Or: "(Why has not] a treasure been granted to him (by God)?" Or: "He should (at least] have a (bountiful] garden, so that he could eat thereof [without effort]!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

Or (why) has not a treasure been granted to him, or why has he not a garden whereof he may eat? And the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong- doers, etc.) say: "You follow none but a man bewitched."

Muhammad Pickthall

Or (why is not) treasure thrown down unto him, or why hath he not a paradise from whence to eat? And the evil-doers say: Ye are but following a man bewitched.

Muhammad Sarwar

Why has a treasure not been laid out for him or a garden from which he could eat been given to him." The unjust ones say, "You are merely following a bewitched person".

Muhammed ali Shakir

Or (why is not) a treasure sent down to him, or he is made to have a garden from which he should eat? And the unjust say: You do not follow any but a man deprived of reason.

Rashad Khalifa

Or, "If only a treasure could be given to him!" Or, "If only he could possess an orchard from which he eats!" The transgressors also said, "You are following a bewitched man."

Shabbir Ahmed

“Or why has not a treasure been bestowed on him, or why has he not a garden for enjoyment?” The wicked say, “You are but following a man bewitched!”