The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:112

The Poets · Verse 112 of 227

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

He said, `I have no knowledge what (good) deeds they did (in the past that now they have the honour to accept the truth).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He said: "And what do I know as to what they do?

Ahmed Ali

He said: "It is not for me to know what they were doing.

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Ali Unal

(Noah) said: "What knowledge could I have about what they were engaged in doing (before they became believers)?

Daryabadi

He said: I have no knowledge of that which they have been Working.

Faridul Haque

He said, “What do I know what their deeds are?”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He said: And what knowledge have I of what they did?

Maulvi Sher Ali

He said, `And what knowledge have I as to what they have been doing?

Muhammad Asad

Said he: "And what knowledge could I have as to what they were doing [before they came to me]?

Muhammad Musin Khan

He said: "And what knowledge have I of what they used to do?

Muhammad Pickthall

He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?

Muhammad Sarwar

(Noah) said, "I have no knowledge of their deeds.

Muhammed ali Shakir

He said: And what knowledge have I of what they do?

Rashad Khalifa

He said, "How do I know what they did?

Shabbir Ahmed

He said, “I am not concerned with their jobs and what they have been doing before.