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وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْاَعْمٰى وَالْبَص۪يرُۙ

Wama yastawee al-aAAma walbaseer

The blind and seeing are not the same

  • Progressive Muslims

    The blind and the seer are not equal.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    The blind of reason and the seeing are not equal.

  • Sam Gerrans

    And not equal are the blind and the seeing,

  • The Monotheist Group

    The blind and the seer are not equal.

  • Edip-Layth

    The blind and the seer are not equal.

  • Aisha Bewley

    The blind and seeing are not the same

  • Rashad Khalifa

    The blind and the seer are not equal.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Equal are not the blind and those who can see,

  • Sahih International

    Not equal are the blind and the seeing,

  • Muhammad Asad

    For [thus it is:] the blind and the seeing are not equal;

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    The blind man is not equal with the seer;

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    They are not esteemed alike: those who lack intellectual, moral and spiritual perception and those who perceive mentally and apprehend the truth by thought

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The blind [the one who closes himself to the truth] and the one who sees are not alike.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Not alike are the blind (disbelievers in Islâmic Monotheism) and the seeing (believers in Islâmic Monotheism).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    The blind and the seeing are not alike;

  • Mustafa Khattab

    Those blind ˹to the truth˺ and those who can see are not equal,

  • Taqi Usmani

    The blind and the sighted are not equal,

  • Abdul Haleem

    The blind and the seeing are not alike,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Not equal are the blind and the seeing man,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    The blind is not equal with him who sees,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And no burdened soul can bear the burden of another and if one weighed down by burden should cry (for help) to another, not aught of it shall be lifted, even though he be near of kin. You warn only those who fear their Lord in secret and keep up prayer; and whoever purifies himself, he purifies himself only for (the good of) his own soul; and to Allah is the journeying.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And in no way are the blind and the ever-beholding equal.

  • George Sale

    The blind and the seeing shall not be held equal;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Not the same are the blind and the seeing;

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    The blind person and the person who sees are not alike;

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    The blind one and the seer are not equal,