The Quran

سورة النِّسَاء

Surah Al-Nisâ’ 4:44

The Women · Verse 44 of 176

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا نَصِيبًا مِنَ الْكِتَابِ يَشْتَرُونَ الضَّلَالَةَ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَضِلُّوا السَّبِيلَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Have you not considered (the case of) those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They prefer to go astray and desire that you too should go astray from the right path.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of the Book? they traffic in error, and wish that ye should lose the right path.

Ahmed Ali

Have you not seen the people who were given a share of the Book, but who purchased only error, and wish that you also go astray?

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Ali Unal

Do you not see and reflect upon those who were given a portion from the Book? They are occupied with buying straying, and desire that you too should stray from the (right) way.

Daryabadi

Observest thou not those unto whom was vouchsafed a portion of the book purchasing error, and desiring that ye would err as regards the way!

Faridul Haque

Did you not see those who received a portion of the Book, that they purchase error and wish that you too go astray from the right path?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Seest thou not those to whom a portion of the Book was given? They buy error and desire to make you err from the (right) way.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Hast thou not seen those who were given a portion of the Book? They buy error and desire that you too may lose the way.

Muhammad Asad

ART THOU NOT aware of those who, having been granted their share of the divine writ, now barter it away for error, and want you [too] to lose your way?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the book (the Jews), purchasing the wrong path, and wish that you should go astray from the Right Path.

Muhammad Pickthall

Seest thou not those unto whom a portion of the Scripture hath been given, how they purchase error, and seek to make you (Muslims) err from the right way?

Muhammad Sarwar

Have you seen those who had received a portion of the Book trade misguidance and try to make you, too, go astray?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Have you not considered those to whom a portion of the Book has been given? They buy error and desire that you should go astray from the way.

Rashad Khalifa

Have you noted those who received a portion of the scripture, and how they choose to stray, and wish that you stray from the path?

Shabbir Ahmed

Have you noted those who were given a portion of the scripture but they purchased error for petty gains. (They fell for manmade books). They desire that you do the same and thus stray from the right path.