The Quran

سورة محَمَّد

Surah Muhammad 47:14

Muhammad · Verse 14 of 38

أَفَمَنْ كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِ كَمَنْ زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءُ عَمَلِهِ وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Can those people who take their stand upon a clear proof from their Lord, be compared to those to whom the evils of their deeds are made to seem attractive and who follow their low desires?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Is then one who is on a clear (Path) from his Lord, no better than one to whom the evil of his conduct seems pleasing, and such as follow their own lusts?

Ahmed Ali

Can one who stands on a clear proof from his Lord, be like one enamoured of his evil deeds and follows his inane desires?

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Ali Unal

Is, then, the one who is (standing) upon a clear evidence from his Lord like him whose evil deeds are decked out to be appealing to him, and (those who) follow their lusts and fancies?

Daryabadi

Is he then who standeth,on an evidence from his Lord like Unto him whose evil of work is made fair-seeming for him and those who follow their lusts?

Faridul Haque

So will one who is upon on a clear proof from his Lord, ever be like any of those whose evil deeds are made to appear good to them and they follow their own desires?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is then he who has a clear argument from his Lord like him to whom his evil conduct is made fairseeming; and they follow their low desires.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Then, is he who takes his stand upon a clear proof from his Lord like those to whom the evil of their deeds is made to look attractive and who follow their low desires?

Muhammad Asad

CAN, THEN, he who takes his stand on a clear evidence from his Sustainer be likened unto one to whom the evil of his own doings [always] seems goodly, and unto such as would follow but their own lusts?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Is he who is on a clear proof from his Lord, like those for whom their evil deeds that they do are beautified for them, while they follow their own lusts (evil desires)?

Muhammad Pickthall

Is he who relieth on a clear proof from his Lord like those for whom the evil that they do is beautified while they follow their own lusts?

Muhammad Sarwar

Can the one who follows the authority of his Lord be considered equal to the one whose evil deeds are made to seem attractive to him and who follows his own desires?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

What! is he who has a clear argument from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work is made fairseeming: and they follow their low desires.

Rashad Khalifa

Are those enlightened by their Lord the same as those whose evil works are adorned in their eyes, and they follow their own opinions?

Shabbir Ahmed

Is he, then, who lives by self-evident truth from his Lord like the one to whom his disruptive behavior seems pleasing, while such people are only following their own desires?