Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 2:15
16 scholarly English translations of verse 15 from Surah Al-Baqarah, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf AliAllah will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in their trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (To and fro).
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanAllah mocks at them and gives them increase in their wrong-doings to wander blindly.
But God will turn the joke against them and allow them to sink deeper into evil and wander perplexed in their wickedness.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanAllah (befitting His Majesty) mocks them, leaving them to wander blindly in their rebellion.
God shall mock them, and shall lead them on blindly wandering in their insolence.
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiAllah mocketh back at them, and letteth them in their exorbitance wander bewildered.
It is God who ridicules them, and leaves them bewildered in their transgression.
(Little do they realize that) Allah is mocking at them. He gives them rope enough, and they wander on and on blindly in their mischief and rebellion.
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriAllah mocks at them and leaves them increasing in their deviation to wander blindly.
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAllah (Himself) doth mock them, leaving them to wander blindly on in their contumacy.
It is Allah who derides them, and leaves them bewildered in their rebellion.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishAllah will mock at them and prolong them in sin, blundering blindly.
God mocks them and gives them time to continue blindly in their transgressions.
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirAllah shall pay them back their mockery, and He leaves them alone in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanGod will requite them for their mockery, and draw them on, for a while, to wander blindly in their insolence.