Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 2:94
16 scholarly English translations of verse 94 from Surah Al-Baqarah, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf AliSay: "If the last Home, with Allah, be for you specially, and not for anyone else, then seek ye for death, if ye are sincere."
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanSay to (them): "If the home of the Hereafter with Allah is indeed for you specially and not for others, of mankind, then long for death if you are truthful."
Tell them: "If you think you alone will abide with God to the exclusion of the rest of Mankind, in the mansions of the world to come, then wish for death if what you say is true."
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanSay (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), “If the abode of the Hereafter in the sight of Allah is for you alone and none else, then long for death if you are truthful!”
Say: 'If the Last Abode with God is yours exclusively, and not for other people, then long for death -- if you speak truly.'
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiSay thou: if for you alone is the abode of the Hereafter with Allah to the exclusion of mankind, then wish for death if ye say sooth.
Say, “If the Final Home with God is yours alone, to the exclusion of all other people, then wish for death if you are sincere.”
Say to them, "If the abode of the Hereafter with Allah is exclusively reserved for you and not for the rest of mankind, then you should long for death, if you arc sincere in your claim."
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriSay to (them): "If the abode of the Hereafter with Allah is indeed for you especially and not for others of mankind, then long for death if you are truthful."
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSay (unto them): If the abode of the Hereafter in the providence of Allah is indeed for you alone and not for others of mankind (as ye pretend), then long for death (for ye must long for death) if ye are truthful.
Say, ‘If the abode of the Hereafter were exclusively for you with Allah, and not for other people, then long for death, should you be truthful.’
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishSay: 'If the abode of the Everlasting Life is with Allah for you especially, to the exclusion of all other people, then long for death if you are truthful'
(Muhammad), tell them, "If your claim is true that the home with God in the everlasting life hereafter is for you alone, you should have a longing for death".
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirSay: If the future abode with Allah is specially for you to the exclusion of the people, then invoke death if you are truthful.
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanSay, "If God's abode of the Hereafter is for you alone, to the exclusion of all others, then wish for death, if you are truthful."