Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 2:7
16 scholarly English translations of verse 7 from Surah Al-Baqarah, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf AliAllah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur).
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanAllah has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearings, (i.e. they are closed from accepting Allah's Guidance), and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will be a great torment.
God has sealed their hearts and ears, and veiled their eyes. For them is great deprivation.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanAllah has sealed their hearts and their ears, and on their eyes is a covering; and for them is a terrible punishment.
God has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a covering, and there awaits them a mighty chastisement.
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiAllah hath set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their sights is a covering; and unto them shall be a torment mighty.
God has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. They will have a severe torment.
Allah has sealed up their hearts and ears and a covering has fallen over their eyes, and they have incurred the severest punishment.
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriAllah has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will be a great torment.
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAllah hath sealed their hearing and their hearts, and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will be an awful doom.
Allah has set a seal on their hearts and their hearing, and there is a blindfold on their sight, and there is a great punishment for them.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishAllah has set a seal upon their hearts and ears; their sight is dimmed and for them is a great punishment.
God has sealed their hearts and hearing and their vision is veiled; a great punishment awaits them.
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirAllah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing and there is a covering over their eyes, and there is a great punishment for them.
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanGod has sealed their hearts and their ears, and over their eyes there is a covering. They will have a terrible punishment.