Al-Qur'an Surah Ash-Shu'ara Verse 5

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Never a new message comes to them from the RaHmān (the All-Merciful Allah), but they become averse to it.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Whatever new reminder comes to them from the Most Compassionate, they always turn away from it.

Ruwwad Translation Center

No new reminder comes to them from the Most Compassionate except that they turn away from it.

A. J. Arberry

But never fresh remembrance comes to them from the All-merciful, except they turn away from it.

Abdul Haleem

Whenever they are brought a new revelation from the Lord of Mercy, they turn away:

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And there cometh not unto them any fresh admonition from the Compassionate but they are wont to be there from backsliders.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But there comes not to them a newly-revealed Message from (Allah) Most Gracious, but they turn away therefrom.

Abul Ala Maududi

Never does there come to them an admonition from the Merciful Lord but they turn away from it.

Ahmed Ali

Never does a new reminder come to them from Ar-Rahman but they turn away from it.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And never does a new advice come to them from the Most Gracious, but they turn away from it.

Ali Quli Qarai

There does not come to them any new reminder from the All-beneficent but that they disregard it.

Ali Ünal

Whenever a new Revelation comes to them from the All-Merciful (to warn and enlighten them), they but turn away from it in aversion.

Amatul Rahman Omar

There never comes to them a fresh Reminder (in a new form and with new details) from the Most Gracious (God) but they turn away from it.

English Literal

And none from a reminder initiated/originated from the merciful comes to them except they were from it objecting/opposing .

Faridul Haque

And never does a new advice come to them from the Most Gracious, but they turn away from it.

Hamid S. Aziz

If We will, We can send down upon them from heaven a sign which would bend their necks in humility.

Hilali & Khan

And never comes there unto them a Reminder as a recent revelation from the Most Beneficent (Allah), but they turn away therefrom.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

If We please, We could send down on them a sign from heaven, so that their necks would bend before it.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And there does not come to them a new reminder from the Beneficent Allah but they turn aside from it.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.

Muhammad Sarwar

Whenever a new message comes to them from the Beneficent God, they turn away from it.

Qaribullah & Darwish

A fresh remembrance has never come to them from the Merciful, except they turn away from it.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And never comes there unto them a Reminder as a recent revelation from the Most Gracious, but they turn away therefrom.

Wahiduddin Khan

Whenever there comes to them any fresh warning from the Merciful, they always turn their backs on it:

Talal Itani

No fresh reminder comes to them from the Most Merciful, but they turn their backs at it.

Tafsir jalalayn

And there would never come to them from the Compassionate One any remembrance, any [revelation from the] Qur'n, that is new (muhdathin, is an explicative adjective) but that they used to disregard it.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And never comes there unto them a Reminder as a recent revelation from the Most Gracious, but they turn away therefrom.

meaning, every time a Scripture comes from heaven to them, most of the people turn away from it.

As Allah says;

وَمَأ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُوْمِنِينَ

And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly. (12;103)

يحَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ


Alas for mankind! There never came a Messenger to them but they used to mock at him. (36;30)

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَى كُلَّ مَا جَأءَ أُمَّةً رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ

Then We sent Our Messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation their Messenger, they denied him... (23;44)
Allah says here;

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنبَاء مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِيُون