Al-Qur'an Surah Ghafir Verse 58

Mufti Taqi Usmani

The blind one and the sighted one are not equal, and those who believed and did good deeds and the evil ones are not (equal) either. Little you heed to the advice!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Those blind ˹to the truth˺ and those who can see are not equal, nor are those who believe and do good ˹equal˺ to those who do evil. Yet you are hardly mindful.

Ruwwad Translation Center

The blind and the seeing are not equal, nor are those who believe and do righteous deeds [equal] to those who do evil. Little do you take heed!

A. J. Arberry

Not equal are the blind and the seeing man, those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, and the wrong-doer. Little do you reflect.

Abdul Haleem

The blind and the sighted are not equal, just as those who believe and do good works and those who do evil are not equal: how seldom you reflect!

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Not equal are the blind and the seeing; nor those who believed and Work righteous works and the evil-doer. Little are ye admonished!

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Not equal are the blind and those who (clearly) see; Nor are (equal) those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and those who do evil. Little do ye learn by admonition!

Abul Ala Maududi

Never can the blind and the seeing be equal; nor those that believe and act righteously and those that do evil. Little do you understand.

Ahmed Ali

The blind and the seeing are surely not alike, nor those who believe and act rightly and those who do evil. Little do you reflect!

Ahmed Raza Khan

And the blind and the sighted are not equal – and neither are the believers who perform good deeds and the wicked equal; how very little do you ponder!

Ali Quli Qarai

The blind one and the seer are not equal, neither are the evildoers and those who have faith and do righteous deeds. Little is the admonition that you take!

Ali Ünal

Not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor (are equal) those who believe and do good, righteous deeds, and the doers of evil. Little do you reflect and be mindful!

Amatul Rahman Omar

The blind and the seeing are not alike, nor are those who believe and do deeds of righteousness (like) the evil doers; yet little is the heed you give.

English Literal

And the blind, and the seeing do not become equal, and those who believed, and made/did the correct/righteous deeds, and nor the sinner/criminal, little (is) what you mention/remember .

Faridul Haque

And the blind and the sighted are not equal - and neither are the believers who perform good deeds and the wicked equal; how very little do you ponder!

Hamid S. Aziz

And the blind and the seeing are not alike, nor those who believe and do good and the evildoer; little is it that you reflect.

Hilali & Khan

And not equal are the blind and those who see, nor are (equal) those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous good deeds, and those who do evil. Little do you remember!

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of men; but most people know not.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And the blind and the seeing are not alike, nor those who believe and do good and the evil-doer; little is it that you are mindful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And the blind man and the seer are not equal, neither are those who believe and do good works (equal with) the evil-doer. Little do ye reflect!

Muhammad Sarwar

Just as the blind and the seeing are not equal, so are the righteously striving believers and the sinners are not equal. How little to this you pay attention.

Qaribullah & Darwish

The blind and the seeing are not equal, nor are those who believe and do good works, and the wrongdoer yet you seldom reflect.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And not equal are the blind and those who see; nor those who believe, and do righteous good deeds, and those who do evil. Little do you remember!

Wahiduddin Khan

The blind and the sighted are not equal, just as those who believe and do good works and those who do evil are not equal: how seldom you reflect!

Talal Itani

Not equal are the blind and the seeing. Nor are those who believe and work righteousness equal to the sinners. How little you reflect.

Tafsir jalalayn

And the blind one and the seer are not equal; nor are [they equal] those who believe and perform righteous deeds -- such a person being the virtuous one -- and the evildoer (wa-l'l-mus'u; l here is extra). Little do they reflect, [little] are they admonished (read yatadhakkarna, or [second person plural] tatadhakkarna, `do you reflect'), in other words, their reflections are very few.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And not equal are the blind and those who see; nor are those who believe, and do righteous good deeds, and those who do evil. Little do you remember!

The blind man who cannot see anything is not the same as the sighted man who can see everything as far as his eyesight reaches -- there is a huge difference between them. By the same token, the righteous believers and the immoral disbelievers are not equal.

قَلِيلً مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ
(Little do you remember!),

means, most of the people remember little