The Quran

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Surah Al-Dhâriyât 51:53

The Scatterers · Verse 53 of 60

أَتَوَاصَوْا بِهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Have they bequeathed this (way of saying things) to one another. The fact is they themselves are a people who transgress limits.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!

Ahmed Ali

Is this the legacy they have passed down from one to the other? In fact, they are a rebellious people.

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Ali Unal

Have they bequeathed this to one another (by way of response)? They were indeed a rebellious people.

Daryabadi

Have they bequeathed its Unto each other! Nay! they are a people contumacious.

Faridul Haque

What! Have they willed this utterance to one another? In fact they are a rebellious people.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Have they charged each other with this? Nay, they are an inordinate people.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Have they bequeathed this attitude to one another? Nay, they are all a rebellious people.

Muhammad Asad

Have they, perchance, handed down this [way of thinking] as a legacy unto one another?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Have they (the people of the past) transmitted this saying to these (Quraish pagans)? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds (in disbelief)!

Muhammad Pickthall

Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.

Muhammad Sarwar

Have they inherited such dealings with the Prophets from their predecessors or are they a rebellious people?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.

Rashad Khalifa

Did they make an agreement with each other? Indeed, they are transgressors.

Shabbir Ahmed

Have they handed down this (behavior) as a last will from one to another? Nay, but they have been people who wished to live without moral bounds.