Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 2:100
16 scholarly English translations of verse 100 from Surah Al-Baqarah, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf AliIs it not (the case) that every time they make a covenant, some party among them throw it aside?- Nay, Most of them are faithless.
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanIs it not (the case) that every time they make a covenant, some party among them throw it aside? Nay! the truth is most of them believe not.
And every time they made a pledge some of them pushed it aside, and many of them do not believe.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanAnd is it that whenever they make a covenant, only a group of them throws it aside? In fact, most of them do not have faith.
Why, whensoever they have made a covenant, does a party of them reject it? Nay, but the most of them are unbelievers.
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiIs it that whenever they enter into a covenant some party among them cast it aside? Aye! most of them even believe not.
Is it not that whenever they make a covenant, some of them toss it aside? In fact, most of them do not believe.
Has it not always been so that every time they made a covenant, some of them set it aside? Nay, most of them never believe in it sincerely.
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriIs it not (the case) that every time they make a covenant, some party among them throw it aside Nay! (the truth is:) most of them believe not.
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs it ever so that when they make a covenant a party of them set it aside? The truth is, most of them believe not.
Is it not that whenever they made a covenant, a part of them would cast it away? Rather, the majority of them do not have faith.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishWhy, whenever they make a promise do some of them cast it aside! Most of them do not believe.
Why is it that every time they (the Jews) make a covenant, some of them abandon it. Most of them do not even believe.
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirWhat! whenever they make a covenant, a party of them cast it aside? Nay, most of them do not believe.
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanWhy is it that, whenever they make a covenant, some of them cast it aside? Most of them do not believe.