Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 2:92
16 scholarly English translations of verse 92 from Surah Al-Baqarah, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf AliThere came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshipped the calf (Even) after that, and ye did behave wrongfully.
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanAnd indeed Musa (Moses) came to you with clear proofs, yet you worshipped the calf after he left, and you were Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).
Although Moses had come to you with evidence of the truth, you chose the calf in his absence, and you transgressed.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanAnd indeed Moosa came to you with clear signs, and after it you worshipped the calf – and you were unjust.
And Moses came to you with the clear signs, then you took to yourselves the Calf after him and you were evildoers.
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiAnd assuredly Musa came unto you with evidence, then ye betook the calf after him, and ye were wrong-doers.
Moses came to you with clear proofs, yet you adopted the calf in his absence, and you were in the wrong.
(More than that:) Moses came to you with clear Signs, yet no sooner was he away from you than you transgressed and took the calf for worship.
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriAnd indeed Musa came to you with clear proofs, yet you worshipped the calf after he left, and you were Zalimun.
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Moses came unto you with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), yet, while he was away, ye chose the calf (for worship) and ye were wrong-doers.
Certainly Moses brought you manifest proofs, but then you took up the Calf in his absence and you were wrongdoers.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishMoses came to you with clear signs, then you took to yourselves the calf after him and you were harmdoers'
(Moses) brought you certain miracles. Not very long after, you began worshipping the calf which was nothing but senseless cruelty to yourselves.
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirAnd most certainly Musa came to you with clear arguments, then you took the calf (for a god) in his absence and you were unjust.
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanMoses came to you with clear signs, but in his absence you worshipped the calf and became wrongdoers."