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Surah Al-Sâffât 37:36

Those Ranging in Ranks · Verse 36 of 182

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُو آلِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَجْنُونٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And they used to say, `Are we to forsake our gods for the sake of a mad poet?´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And say: "What! shall we give up our gods for the sake of a Poet possessed?

Ahmed Ali

And said: "Should we abandon our gods for the sake of an insane poet?"

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Ali Unal

And they would say, "Are we to give up our deities for the sake of a mad poet?"

Daryabadi

And they said: are we going to abandon our gods on account of a Poet distracted?

Faridul Haque

And they used to say, “Shall we forsake our Gods upon the sayings of a mad poet?”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And said: Shall we give up our gods for a mad poet?

Maulvi Sher Ali

And said, `Shall we give up our gods for a mad poet?'

Muhammad Asad

and would say, "Shall we, then, give up our deities at the bidding of a mad poet?"

Muhammad Musin Khan

And (they) said: "Are we going to abandon our aliha (gods) for the sake of a mad poet?

Muhammad Pickthall

And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?

Muhammad Sarwar

and said, "Should we give up our idols for the sake of an insane poet".

Muhammed ali Shakir

And to say: What! shall we indeed give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "Shall we leave our gods for the sake of a crazy poet?"

Shabbir Ahmed

And they used to say, “Shall we give up our gods for a mad poet?”