Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Mutaffifin Verse 32

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and when they saw them, they said, “Surely these are the ones who have gone astray”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And when they saw the faithful, they would say, “These ˹people˺ are truly astray,”

Ruwwad Translation Center

When they saw the believers, they would say, “These people are truly misguided,”

A. J. Arberry

and when they saw them they said, 'Lo, these men are astray!'

Abdul Haleem

and say, when they saw them, ‘These people are misguided,’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And when they saw them, they said: verily these are the strayed ones.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"

Abul Ala Maududi

and when they saw the believers, they said: “Lo! These are the erring ones”;

Ahmed Ali

And when they saw them, they said: "They have indeed gone astray."

Ahmed Raza Khan

And upon seeing the Muslims, they used to say, “Indeed they have gone astray.”

Ali Quli Qarai

and when they saw them they would say, ‘Indeed those are the astray!’

Ali Ünal

When they saw those (who believed), they would say: "Look: those have indeed gone astray."

Amatul Rahman Omar

And when they saw these (Muslims) they said, `These are surely the straying ones!´

English Literal

And when/if they saw them they said: "That truly, those are misguided (E)."

Faridul Haque

And upon seeing the Muslims, they used to say, “Indeed they have gone astray.”

Hamid S. Aziz

And when they saw them, they said, "Most surely these are truly astray".

Hilali & Khan

And when they saw them, they said: "Verily! These have indeed gone astray!"

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And they were not sent as keepers over them.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And when they saw them, they said: Most surely these are in error;

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.

Muhammad Sarwar

On seeing the believers, they would say, "These people have gone astray".

Qaribullah & Darwish

and when they saw them said: 'These are they who are astray'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And when they saw them, they said: "Verily, these have indeed gone astray!"

Wahiduddin Khan

and when they saw them, they said [scornfully], "These men have surely gone astray,"

Talal Itani

And if they saw them, they would say, “These people are lost.”

Tafsir jalalayn

and when they see them, that is, the believers, they say, `Lo! these [men] are astray!', on account of their belief in Muhammad (s).

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And when they saw them, they said;"Verily, these have indeed gone astray!"

meaning, `because they are upon a religion other than their own religion.'

Allah then says,

وَمَا أُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَافِظِينَ