Al-Qur'an Surah Al-A'raf Verse 45

Mufti Taqi Usmani

who used to turn themselves away from the way of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, while they were the deniers of the Hereafter.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

those who hindered ˹others˺ from Allah’s Way, strived to make it ˹appear˺ crooked, and disbelieved in the Hereafter.”

Ruwwad Translation Center

those who prevent [people] from the way of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, and who disbelieve in the Hereafter.”

A. J. Arberry

who bar from God's way, desiring to make it crooked, disbelieving in the world to come.

Abdul Haleem

those who turned others away from God’s path and tried to make it crooked, those who denied the Hereafter.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Those who turned away from the way of Allah and would seek to render it crooked and in the Herafter they were disbelievers.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would seek in it something crooked; they were those who denied the Hereafter."

Abul Ala Maududi

upon those who hinder men from the path of Allah and seek to make it crooked; and disbelieve in the Hereafter.'

Ahmed Ali

"Who obstruct those who follow the path of God and try to make it oblique, who do not believe in the life to come."

Ahmed Raza Khan

“Those who prevent from the path of Allah and wish to distort it; and who disbelieve in the Hereafter.”

Ali Quli Qarai

—Those who bar [others] from the way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked, and disbelieve in the Hereafter.

Ali Ünal

(The wrongdoers are) those who bar people from God’s way and seek to make it crooked; and they are persistent unbelievers in the Hereafter.

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Who hinder (the people) from Allâh´s way and seek to make it (look as) crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter.´

English Literal

Those who prevent/obstruct from God`s way/path and they desire it (be) bent/crookedness , and they are with the end (other life) disbelieving.

Faridul Haque

"Those who prevent from the path of Allah and wish to distort it; and who disbelieve in the Hereafter."

Hamid S. Aziz

"Who turn (or hinder) from the way of Allah and crave to make it crooked, and disbelieved in the Last Day (or the Hereafter)."

Hilali & Khan

Those who hindered (men) from the Path of Allah, and would seek to make it crooked, and they were disbelievers in the Hereafter.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And the owners of the Garden call out to the companions of the Fire: We have found that which our Lord promised us to be true; have you, too, found that which your Lord promised to be true? They will say: Yes. Then a crier will cry out among them: The curse of Allah is on the wrongdoers.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Who hinder (people) from Allah's way and seek to make it crooked, and they are disbelievers in the hereafter.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Who debar (men) from the path of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Last Day.

Muhammad Sarwar

who prevented others from the way of God, sought to make (the path) appear crooked, and had no belief in the Day of Judgment."

Qaribullah & Darwish

who have barred others from the Path of Allah and sought to make it crooked, and who had no belief in the Everlasting Life.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Those who hindered (men) from the path of Allah, and would seek to make it crooked, and they were disbelievers in the Hereafter.

Wahiduddin Khan

who turned people away from the path of God and sought to make it appear crooked, and who denied the Hereafter."

Talal Itani

“Those who hinder from the path of God, and seek to distort it, and who deny the Hereafter.”

Tafsir jalalayn

who bar, people, from God's way, [from] His religion, desiring it, that is, they seek the way that is, crooked, disbelieving in the Hereafter'.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

الَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا

Those who hindered (men) from the path of Allah, and would seek to make it crooked,

meaning, they hindered the people from following Allah's path, His Law, and what the Prophets brought. They sought to make Allah's path appear crooked and winding, so that no one would follow it.

Allah said,

وَهُم بِالاخِرَةِ كَافِرُونَ



and they were disbelievers in the Hereafter.

They disbelieved in the Meeting with Allah in the Hereafter, They used to deny this will ever occur, not accepting it nor believing in it. This is why they used to discount the seriousness of the evil deeds and statements that they committed, because they did not fear any reckoning or punishment. Therefore, they were and are indeed the worst people in statement and action