The Quran

سورة الجنّ

Surah Al-Jinn 72:11

The Jinn · Verse 11 of 28

وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

"And some of us are righteous and some of us are otherwise. We follow different ways.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths.

Ahmed Ali

For some of us are upright and some otherwise: Surely we follow different ways.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

‘There are among us such as are righteous (in conduct and apt to believe) and there are those who are otherwise. We have been sects with divergent paths.

Daryabadi

And of us there are some righteous, and of us are some otherwise; we have been following very diverse.

Faridul Haque

‘And among us some are virtuous and some are the other type; we are split into several branches.’

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And some of us are good and others of us are below that -- we are sects following different ways:

Maulvi Sher Ali

`And some of us are righteous and some of us are otherwise - we are sects following different paths,

Muhammad Asad

Just as [we do not know how it happens] that some from among us are righteous, while some of us are [far] below that: we have always followed widely divergent paths.

Muhammad Musin Khan

'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary; we are groups each having a different way (religious sect, etc.).

Muhammad Pickthall

And among us there are righteous folk and among us there are far from that. We are sects having different rules.

Muhammad Sarwar

As for us, some of us are righteous and others are not. We have all followed different ways.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And that some of us are good and others of us are below that: we are sects following different ways:

Rashad Khalifa

`Some of us are righteous, and some are less than righteous; we follow various paths.

Shabbir Ahmed

(The nomads continued their conversation), “And some of us are righteous and others are far from that, and we follow varying paths.