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يَٓا اُخْتَ هٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ اَبُوكِ امْرَاَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ اُمُّكِ بَغِياًّۚ

Ya okhta haroona ma kanaabooki imraa saw-in wama kanat ommuki baghiyya

Sister of Harun, your father was not an evil man nor was your mother an unchaste woman!’

  • Progressive Muslims

    "O sister of Aaron, your father was not a bad man, and your mother was never unchaste!"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    "O Sister of Aaron! Your father was not a bad man, nor was your mother a loose woman, nor did she ever oppose the system. "

  • Sam Gerrans

    “O sister of Aaron: thy father was not an evil man, and thy mother was not unchaste.”

  • The Monotheist Group

    "O sister of Aaron, your father was not a wicked man, and your mother has never been unchaste!"

  • Edip-Layth

    "O sister of Aaron, your father was not a bad man, and your mother was never unchaste!"

  • Aisha Bewley

    Sister of Harun, your father was not an evil man nor was your mother an unchaste woman!’

  • Rashad Khalifa

    "O descendant of Aaron, your father was not a bad man, nor was your mother unchaste."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    O sister of Aaron, your father was not a wicked person, nor your mother sinful!"

  • Sahih International

    O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste. "

  • Muhammad Asad

    O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother a loose woman!"

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    "O Maryam", they added, "sister of Har?n (Aaron) -in priesthood - never was your father a man of evil nor was your mother immoral !"

  • Bijan Moeinian

    "How could sister of Aaron (who enjoyed a good reputation in piety) do that? Neither your father was an evil person nor your mother an unchaste woman. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "O sister (i.e. the like) of Hârûn (Aaron)[1]! Your father was not a man who used to commit adultery, nor your mother was an unchaste woman."

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"

  • Mustafa Khattab

    O  sister of Aaron![1] Your father was not an indecent man, nor was your mother unchaste."

  • Taqi Usmani

    O sister of Hārūn, neither your father was a man of evil nor was your mother unchaste."

  • Abdul Haleem

    Sister of Aaron! Your father was not an evil man; your mother was not unchaste!’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Sister of Aaron, thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother a woman unchaste. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    O sister of Aaron! thy father was not a bad man, nor was thy mother a harlot!'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Then she brought him (her son) to her people, carrying it. Said they, "O Mary! You have done an amazing (abominable) thing!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    O sister of Harûn, (Aaron) in no way was your father a woeful person, and in no way was your mother a prostitute. "

  • George Sale

    O sister of Aaron, thy father was not a bad man, neither was thy mother a harlot.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "O sister of Haroon (Aaron)! Your father was not an evil (adulterous) man, and your mother was not an immoral woman!"

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `O sister of Aaron! your father was not a bad man, nor was your mother unchaste. '

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    O sister of Aaron[’s lineage]! Your father was not an evil man, nor was your mother unchaste. ’