The Quran

سورة المدَّثِّر

Surah Al-Muddaththir 74:37

One Endowed with Excellent Capabilities · Verse 37 of 56

لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Yet whosoever of you wants to go ahead (may do so), or whoever of you wants to lag behind (may do so, for warning avails only those who are really keen to be guided aright).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;-

Ahmed Ali

Whoever of you desires to progress or lag behind.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

For everyone of you, whether he goes forward (by choosing faith and good deeds) or hangs back (because his choice of unbelief and sin pulls him away from the Straight Path).

Daryabadi

A warning Unto him of you who shall go forward or who chooseth to lag behind.

Faridul Haque

For the one among you who wishes to come forward or stay back.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

To him among you who will go forward or will remain behind.

Maulvi Sher Ali

To him among you who wishes to advance in virtue or hang back.

Muhammad Asad

to everyone of you, whether he chooses to come forward or to hang back!

Muhammad Musin Khan

To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by commiting sins),

Muhammad Pickthall

Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

Muhammad Sarwar

whether one steps forward to embrace the faith or one turns away from it.

Muhammed ali Shakir

To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

Rashad Khalifa

For those among you who wish to advance, or regress.

Shabbir Ahmed

To every one of you, whether he chooses to advance or to lag behind.