Al-Qur'an Surah An-Nisa Verse 156

Mufti Taqi Usmani

- and for their disbelief and for what they said against Maryam as a grim imputation,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and for their denial and outrageous accusation against Mary,[[ i.e., they slandered Mary by claiming that she conceived Jesus through an illegal relationship. ]]

Ruwwad Translation Center

and for their disbelief and for their monstrous allegation against Mary,

A. J. Arberry

and for their unbelief, and their uttering against Mary a mighty calumny,

Abdul Haleem

and because they disbelieved and uttered a terrible slander against Mary,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And for their blasphemy and for their speaking against Maryam a mighty calumny.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That they rejected Faith; that they uttered against Mary a grave false charge;

Abul Ala Maududi

and for their going so far in unbelief as uttering against Mary a mighty calumny,

Ahmed Ali

And because they denied and spoke dreadful calumnies of Mary;

Ahmed Raza Khan

And because they disbelieved and slandered Maryam with a tremendous accusation.

Ali Quli Qarai

And for their faithlessness, and their uttering a monstrous calumny against Mary,

Ali Ünal

And because of their (persistence in) unbelief and speaking against Mary a tremendous calumny;

Amatul Rahman Omar

And (The Lord has done this) because of their denying (Jesus) and because of their uttering a great calumny against Mary,

English Literal

And with their disbelief, and their saying on Mary great falsehood/slander.

Faridul Haque

And because they disbelieved and slandered Maryam with a tremendous accusation.

Hamid S. Aziz

Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; for Allah is ever Mighty and Wise!

Hilali & Khan

And because of their (Jews) disbelief and uttering against Maryam (Mary) a grave false charge (that she has committed illegal sexual intercourse);

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Then for their breaking their covenant and their disbelief in the messages of Allah and their killing the prophets wrongfully and their saying, Our hearts are covered; nay, Allah has sealed them owing to their disbelief, so they believe not but a little:

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And for their unbelief and for their having uttered against Marium a grievous calumny.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And because of their disbelief and of their speaking against Mary a tremendous calumny;

Muhammad Sarwar

Their hearts were also sealed because of their lack of faith, their gravely slanderous accusation against Mary,

Qaribullah & Darwish

Also for their disbelief and their saying about Mary a great calumny,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And because of their disbelief and uttering against Maryam a grave false charge.

Wahiduddin Khan

They denied the truth and uttered a monstrous slander against Mary.

Talal Itani

And for their faithlessness, and their saying against Mary a monstrous slander.

Tafsir jalalayn

And for their disbelief, a second time, in Jesus (the b' [of bi-kufrihim, `for their disbelief'] is repeated in order to separate it [`their disbelief' in Jesus] from what is supplemented to it [`their utterance against Mary']) and their uttering against Mary a tremendous calumny, when they accused her of fornication.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And because of their (Jews) disbelief and uttering against Maryam a grave false charge.

Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn Abbas stated that;

the Jews accused Maryam of fornication.

This is also the saying of As-Suddi, Juwaybir, Muhammad bin Ishaq and several others.

This meaning is also apparent in the Ayah, as the Jews accused Maryam and her son of grave accusations;They accused her of fornication and claimed that `Isa was an illegitimate son. Some of them even claimed that she was menstruating while fornicating. May Allah's continued curse be upon them until the Day of Resurrection.

The Jews also said