Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 2:64
16 scholarly English translations of verse 64 from Surah Al-Baqarah, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf AliBut ye turned back thereafter: Had it not been for the Grace and Mercy of Allah to you, ye had surely been among the lost.
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanThen after that you turned away. Had it not been for the Grace and Mercy of Allah upon you, indeed you would have been among the losers.
But you went back (on your word), and but for the mercy and grace of God you were lost.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanThen after that, you turned away; and were it not for the munificence of Allah and His mercy, you would be among the losers.
Then you turned away thereafter, and but for the bounty and mercy of God towards you, you had been of the losers.
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiThen ye turned away there after; so had not the grace of Allah been unto you and His mercy, ye had surely become of the losers.
But after that you turned away. Were it not for God’s grace and mercy towards you, you would have been among the losers.
But even after that you forsook the Covenant: nevertheless Allah did not withhold His grace and mercy from you; otherwise you would have been utterly ruined long before this.
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriThen after that you turned away. Had it not been for the grace and mercy of Allah upon you, indeed you would have been among the losers.
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen, even after that, ye turned away, and if it had not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers.
Again you turned away after that; and were it not for Allah’s grace on you and His mercy, you would have surely been among the losers.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwishyet after that you turned away, but for the Grace of Allah and His Mercy you would have surely been among the losers.
Again you turned away. Had God's Grace and His Mercy not existed in your favor, you would certainly have been lost.
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirThen you turned back after that; so were it not for the grace of Allah and His mercy on you, you would certainly have been among the losers.
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanYet after that you turned away, and but for God's grace and mercy, you would have surely been among the losers.