41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 26
وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِهٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ وَالْغَوْا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ
Waqala allatheena kafaroo latasmaAAoo lihatha alqur-ani walghaw feehilaAAallakum taghliboon
Those who are kafir say, ‘Do not listen to this Qur’an. Drown it out so that hopefully you will gain the upper hand.’
- Progressive Muslims
And those who rejected said: "Do not listen to this Quran and talk over it that you may succeed. "
- Shabbir Ahmed
Now those who adamantly deny the Truth, say, "Listen not to this Qur'an, but drown it in uproar so that you might dominate. "
- Sam Gerrans
And those who ignore warning say: “Listen not to this Qur’an, and speak nonsense about it, that you might be victorious.”
- The Monotheist Group
And those who rejected said: "Do not listen to this Qur'an and make noise over it that you may succeed."
- Edip-Layth
Those who rejected said, "Do not listen to this Quran and talk over it that you may succeed."
- Aisha Bewley
Those who are kafir say, ‘Do not listen to this Qur’an. Drown it out so that hopefully you will gain the upper hand.’
- Rashad Khalifa
Those who disbelieved said, "Do not listen to this Quran and distort it, that you may win."
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
The disbelievers say: "Do not listen to this Qur'an, and shout away (its reading); you may haply prevail. "
- Sahih International
And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur'an and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome. "
- Muhammad Asad
NOW THOSE who are bent on denying the truth say [unto one another]: "Do not listen to this Qur’an, but rather talk frivolously about it, so that you might gain the upper hand!"
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Those who disbelieve say: Heed not this Qur'an, and drown the hearing of it; haply ye may conquer.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And insolently did the infidels say to each other: "Do not listen to this Quran and, when recited, contrive and contradict the provisions of its edicts loudly as to make it nearly nugatory; perhaps you will gain the upper hand. "
- Bijan Moeinian
The disbelievers say: "Do not listen to Qur’an and whenever it is being recited, make noise so that you overcome the Muslims. "
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And those who disbelieve say: "Listen not to this Qur’ân, and make noise in the midst of its (recitation) that you may overcome."
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
The Unbelievers say: "Listen not to this Qur'an, but talk at random in the midst of its (reading), that ye may gain the upper hand!"
- Mustafa Khattab
The disbelievers advised ˹one another˺, "Do not listen to this Quran but drown it out so that you may prevail."
- Taqi Usmani
And said those who disbelieved, "Do not listen to this Qur’ān, and make noise during its recitation, so that you may overcome."
- Abdul Haleem
The disbelievers say, ‘Do not listen to this Quran; drown it in frivolous talk: you may gain the upper hand.’
- Arthur John Arberry
The unbelievers say, 'Do not give ear to this Koran, and talk idly about it; haply you will overcome.
- E. Henry Palmer
Those who misbelieve say, 'Listen not to this Qur'an, but talk foolishly about it, haply ye may gain the upper hand. '
- Hamid S. Aziz
And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Quran and do make a noise in the midst of its reading that you may overcome it. "
- Mahmoud Ghali
And the ones who have disbelieved say, "Do not give ear to this Qur'an, and talk idly about it, that possibly you would overcome. "
- George Sale
The unbelievers say, hearken not unto this Koran: But use vain discourse during the reading thereof; that ye may overcome the voice of the reader by your scoffs and laughter.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And the unbelievers say: "Do not listen to the Quran; But (instead) talk randomly (to disturb) in the middle of its (reading), so that you may gain the upper hand!"
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And those who took to disbelief say, `Do not listen to this Qur'ân, but (when it is recited) interrupt it by making noise so that you may gain the upper hand. '
- Ali Quli Qarai
The faithless say, ‘Do not listen to this Qur’ān and hoot it down so that you may prevail [over the Apostle]. ’