Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 2:176
16 scholarly English translations of verse 176 from Surah Al-Baqarah, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali(Their doom is) because Allah sent down the Book in truth but those who seek causes of dispute in the Book are in a schism Far (from the purpose).
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanThat is because Allah has sent down the Book (the Quran) in truth. And verily, those who disputed as regards the Book are far away in opposition.
That is because God has revealed the Book containing the truth; but those who are at variance about it have gone astray in their contrariness.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanThis is because Allah has sent down the Book with the truth; and indeed those who caused disagreement in the Book are, surely, disputants in the extreme.
That, because God has sent down the Book with the truth; and those that are at variance regarding the Book are in wide schism.
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiThis shall be because Allah hath verily sent down the Book with truth: and verily those who differ respecting the Book. are surely in cleavage wide.
That is because God has revealed the Book in truth; and those who differ about the Book are in deep discord.
This was inspite of the fact that Allah had sent down the Book with the Truth but the people who sought differences in the Book swerved far away from the Truth in their disputes.
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriThat is because Allah has sent down the Book (the Qur'an) in truth. And verily, those who disputed as regards the Book are far away in opposition.
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat is because Allah hath revealed the Scripture with the truth. Lo! those who find (a cause of) disagreement in the Scripture are in open schism.
That is so because Allah has sent down the Book with the truth, and those who differ about the Book are surely in extreme defiance.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishThat is because Allah has sent down the Book with the truth; those who disagree about it are in extreme dissension.
God has revealed the Book in all Truth and those who dispute it are filled with malice which has taken them far away from the truth.
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirThis is because Allah has revealed the Book with the truth; and surely those who go against the Book are in a great opposition.
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanThat is because God has sent down the Book with the truth. And those who pursue differences in the Scriptures go much too far in dissension.