90. Surah Al-Balad, Verse 11
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَۘ
Fala iqtahama alAAaqaba
But he has not braved the steep ascent.
- Progressive Muslims
He should choose the difficult path.
- Shabbir Ahmed
But he hardly tries the uphill road, the Ascent.
- Sam Gerrans
But he has not attempted the steep path.
- The Monotheist Group
He should choose the better path.
- Edip-Layth
He should choose the better path.
- Aisha Bewley
But he has not braved the steep ascent.
- Rashad Khalifa
He should choose the difficult path.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
But he could not scale the steep ascent.
- Sahih International
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
- Muhammad Asad
But he would not try to ascend the steep uphill road. ..
- Marmaduke Pickthall
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Yet he has not been eager to challenge his way through the path of virtue and attempt the difficult path of overcoming self-interest,
- Bijan Moeinian
What a shame that man does not chose the path which is going upward to Heaven.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
- Mustafa Khattab
If only they had attempted the challenging path ˹of goodness instead˺!
- Taqi Usmani
Yet he did not make his way through the steep course,- -
- Abdul Haleem
Yet he has not attempted the steep path.
- Arthur John Arberry
Yet he has not assaulted the steep;
- E. Henry Palmer
but he will not attempt the steep!
- Hamid S. Aziz
But he has not attempted the ascent!
- Mahmoud Ghali
Yet he has not rushed along the uneven (Or: steep) track.
- George Sale
Yet he attempteth not the cliff.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
But he has made no haste for the path that is hard,
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Yet he would not attempt the uphill path of steep and difficult ascent.
- Ali Quli Qarai
Yet he has not embarked upon the uphill task.