The Quran

سورة القَلَم

Surah Al-Qalam 68:51

The Pen · Verse 51 of 52

وَإِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Those who disbelieve would fain have dislodged you (from your God-given mission) with their (angry) looks when they heard the Reminder full of admonition (- the Qur´ân, but you were firm and steadfast). And they say, `He is certainly a mad man.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!î

Ahmed Ali

But the unbelievers would like to stare you out of balance when they hear the warning, and say: "Surely he is possessed;"

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Those who disbelieve would (if they could) strike you down with their looks because of hatred and enmity, when they hear the Reminder, and they say: "Surely he is a madman."

Daryabadi

And those who disbelieve well-nigh cause thee to stumble with their looks when they hear the Admonition, and they say: verily he is mad.

Faridul Haque

And indeed the disbelievers seem as if they would topple you with their evil gaze when they hear the Qur’an, and they say, “He is indeed insane.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those who disbelieve would almost smite thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Surely he is mad!

Maulvi Sher Ali

And those who disbelieve would fain have dislodged thee from thy God-given station with their angry looks when they heard the Reminder; and they keep saying, `He is, certainly, mad.'

Muhammad Asad

Hence, [be patient,] even though they who are bent on denying the truth would all but kill thee with their eyes whenever they hear this reminder, and [though] they say, "[As for Mubammad,] behold, most surely he is a madman!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

And verily, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes through hatredness when they hear the Reminder (the Qur'an), and they say: "Verily, he (Muhammad SAW) is a madman!"

Muhammad Pickthall

And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;

Muhammad Sarwar

When the disbelievers listen to you reciting the Quran they almost try to destroy you with their piercing eyes. Then they say, "He is certainly insane".

Muhammed ali Shakir

And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is mad.

Rashad Khalifa

Those who disbelieved show their ridicule in their eyes when they hear the message and say, "He is crazy!"

Shabbir Ahmed

Those who deny the truth, attack you (O Prophet) with their eyes when they hear the Reminder. And they say, "He is a madman."