Al-Qur'an Surah Al-An'am Verse 4

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Yet whenever a sign from the signs of their Lord comes to them, they do nothing but turn away from it.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Whenever a sign comes to them from their Lord, they turn away from it.

Ruwwad Translation Center

No sign ever comes to them from the their Lord except that they turn away from it.

A. J. Arberry

Not a sign of their Lord comes to them, but they turn away from it.

Abdul Haleem

but every time revelation comes to them from their Lord, they turn their backs on it.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And not a sign cometh unto them of the signs of their Lord but that therefore they have been backsliders.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But never did a single one of the signs of their Lord reach them, but they turned away therefrom.

Abul Ala Maududi

Yet every time a sign of their Lord comes to them, they turn away from it,

Ahmed Ali

Yet no sign of their Lord comes to them but they turn away from it.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And never does a sign come to them from among the signs of Allah, except that they* turn away from it. (* The disbelievers)

Ali Quli Qarai

There did not come to them any sign from among the signs of their Lord, but that they used to disregard it.

Ali Ünal

Yet whenever any of their Lord’s signs and Revelations comes to them, they turn away from it in aversion.

Amatul Rahman Omar

(And as for the people) there comes to them no Message of the Messages of there Lord but they turn away from it.

English Literal

And no verse/evidence from their Lord`s verses/evidences comes to them except they were from it objecting/opposing.

Faridul Haque

And never does a sign come to them from among the signs of Allah, except that they * turn away from it. (* The disbelievers)

Hamid S. Aziz

6:5.And now they reject the truth that has come to them, but soon shall come to them a message (They shall learn the truth) about that at which they mocked.

Hilali & Khan

And never an Ayah (sign) comes to them from the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their Lord, but that they have been turning away from it.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth. He knows your secret (thoughts) and your open (words), and He knows what you earn.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And there does not come to them any communication of the communications of their Lord but they turn aside from it

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Never came there unto them a revelation of the revelations of Allah but they did turn away from it.

Muhammad Sarwar

(The unbelievers) have always turned away from the revelations and the evidence (of the Truth) that has been sent to them from time to time.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Yet every time a sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord, they turn away from it.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And never an Ayah comes to them from the Ayat of their Lord, but that they have been turning away from it.

Wahiduddin Khan

yet every time a sign comes to them from their Lord, they turn away from it.

Talal Itani

Not one of their Lord’s signs comes to them, but they turn away from it.

Tafsir jalalayn

Not a verse (min ya; min introduces a relative clause) of the verses of their Lord, in the Qur'n, comes to them, that is, [to] the Meccans, but they turn away from it.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Threatening the Idolators for their Stubbornness

Allah says;

وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ايَةٍ مِّنْ ايَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلاَّ كَانُواْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ



And never an Ayah comes to them from the Ayat of their Lord, but that they have been turning away from it.

Allah states that the rebellious, stubborn polytheists will turn away from every Ayah, meaning, sign, miracle and proof that is evidence of Allah's Uniqueness and the truth of His honorable Messengers. They will not contemplate about these Ayat or care about them.

Allah said,

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُواْ بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنبَاء مَا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِوُونَ