51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 53

Have they passed down this saying to each other Indeed, they are a wicked people.

Have they handed down this (behavior) as a last will from one to another? Nay, but they have been folk who wished to live without moral bounds.

Have they passed it down? The truth is, they are a people transgressing all bounds.

Have they passed down this saying to each other? Indeed, they are a wicked people.

Have they passed down this saying to each other? Indeed, they are a wicked people.

Did they bequeathe this to one another? Indeed they are an unbridled people.

Did they make an agreement with each other? Indeed, they are transgressors.

Is this the legacy they have passed down from one to the other? In fact, they are a rebellious people.

Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

Have they, perchance, handed down this [way of thinking] as a legacy unto one another? Nay, they are people filled with overweening ar­rogance!

Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.

Is this the legacy of thought they legated one generation to another ! But they are indeed a people given to disobedience, and heaven has laid their transgression to their charge.

Is it because they have arrived to such after a rational debate? Indeed not. The fact of the matter is that such accusations are the natural reactions of rebellious people.

Have they (the people of the past) transmitted this saying to these (Quraish pagans)? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds (in disbelief)!

Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!

Have they passed this ˹cliché˺ down to one another? In fact, they have ˹all˺ been a transgressing people.

Have they handed down (this saying) to each other as a legacy? Rather they are a rebellious people.

Did they tell one another to do this? No! They are a people who exceed all bounds,

What, have they bequeathed it one to another? Nay, but they are an insolent people.

Do they bequeath it to each other? Yea, they are an outrageous people!

Is this the legacy (or tradition) they have transmitted to each other? Nay! They are a people extravagant (transgressing beyond bounds).

Have they enjoined (this saying) one to another? No indeed, (but) they are an inordinate people.

Have they bequeathed this behaviour successively the one to the other? Yea; they are a people who enormously transgress.

Is this the teaching they have transmitted, one to another? No! They are themselves a people breaking beyond (their) bounds!

Have they bequeathed this (way of saying things) to one another. The fact is they themselves are a people who transgress limits.

Did they enjoin this upon one another?! Rather they were a rebellious lot.