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Muhammad Asad Buy
They answered: "By God! Thou art indeed still lost in thy old aberration!"
Arthur John Arberry Buy
They said, 'By God, thou art certainly in thy ancient error
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Buy
They said: "By Allah! truly thou art in thine old wandering mind."
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Transliteration-2 Buy
qālū tal-lahi innaka lafī ḍalālika l-qadīm
Word by Word (2021)
They said, "By Allah indeed, you surely (are) in your error old."
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad Buy
They answered: "By God! Thou art indeed still lost in thy old aberration!"
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Buy
They said: "By Allah! truly thou art in thine old wandering mind."
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall Buy
(Those around him) said: By Allah, lo! thou art in thine old aberration
Mustafa Khattab 2018 Buy
They replied, “By Allah! You are definitely still in your old delusion.”
Wahiduddin Khan Buy
They said, By God, you still persist in your illusions
Safi Kaskas 2025 Buy
They answered, “By God, you are still lost in that old illusion of yours.”
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Buy
They said: By God! Truly, thou art long possessed by thy wandering astray.
T.B.Irving Buy
They said: "By God, you are still in your old error!"
Shakir Buy
They said: By Allah, you are most surely in your old error
Abdul Hye Buy
They said: “By Allah! Certainly, you are in your old error.”
Saeed Malik Buy
They said, “By Allah, you are indeed back in your time-ripened error.”
The Study Quran Buy
They said, “By God! Truly thou art astray as of old.
Talal Itani & AI (2025) Buy
They said, "By God, you are still lost in your old delusion."
Talal Itani (2012) Buy
They said, 'By God, you are still in your old confusion.'
M. Farook Malik Buy
The people, who heard him, said: "By Allah! You are still suffering from your old illusion."
Dr. Kamal Omar
(People around) said: “By Allah, surely you are indeed in your persistent error.”
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "By Allah, you are still obsessed by that same old thing!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed Buy
They said: "By Allah! Truly, you are in your old wandering mind."
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) Buy
They said, "By Allah , indeed you are in your [same] old error."
Muhammad Sarwar Buy
His people said, "By God, you are still making the same old error"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani Buy
They said, .By God, you are still in your old fallacy!
Shabbir Ahmed Buy
The skeptics said, "By God! You are still in your old confusion."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Buy
They said, "By Allah, surely you are indeed in your old error."
Hamid S. Aziz Buy
Those around him said, "By Allah! You are in your old meandering mind."
Abdel Haleem Buy
but [people] said, ‘By God! You are still lost in that old illusion of yours!’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi Buy
They said: by Allah! verily thou art in thine old-time error
Ahmed Ali Buy
They said: "By God, you are still persisting in your old delusion."
Aisha Bewley Buy
They said, ´By Allah! Your mind is still astray.´
Ali Ünal Buy
"By God," they said, "you are indeed still lost in your old error."
Ali Quli Qara'i Buy
They said, ‘By God, you persist in your inveterate error.’
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition) Buy
They said: "By God, you are back to your old misguidance."
Musharraf Hussain Buy
Those around him said, “By Allah, you are back to your old love again.”
Bilal Muhammad 2018 Buy
They said, “By God, truly you are in your old wandering mind.
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “By God, indeed you are in your old error.”
Maududi Buy
They said: "Surely you are still in your same old craze."
Mohammad Shafi Buy
Those who were there with him said, "By Allah, you are indeed in your old error."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Buy
The sons said, 'By Allah, you are infatuated with the same old love.
Rashad Khalifa Buy
They said, "By GOD, you are still in your old confusion."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
'By Allah, ' they said, 'this is but your old illusion.
Faridul Haque Buy
They said, "By Allah, you are still deeply engrossed in the same old love of yours."
Bijan Moeinian Buy
His folk replied: “You are still living in the past!”
Maulana Muhammad Ali Buy
They said: By Allah! thou art surely in thy old error
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
They said: "By God, that you are in your misguidance the old/old time."
Sher Ali Buy
They replied, `By ALLAH, thou art assuredly still in thy old error.
Edip Yuksel Buy
People said, "By God, you are back to your old misguidance."
Amatul Rahman Omar Buy
They (- people of Joseph's household) said, `By Allah! you are (still) suffering from your old delusion.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Buy
They said: ‘By Allah, you are certainly in the (same) ecstasy of your (old) love.
Hilali - Khan Buy
They said: "By Allah! Certainly, you are in your old error."
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood 2014 Buy
‘By the Lord,‘ they said, ‘you are surely under your old illusion.‘
Arthur John Arberry Buy
They said, 'By God, thou art certainly in thy ancient error
Edward Henry Palmer Buy
They said, 'By God! thou art in thy old error.
George Sale Buy
They answered, by God, thou art in thy old mistake
John Medows Rodwell Buy
They said, "By God, it is thy old mistake."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi Buy
They (the brothers) said (Qaalu'), "By GOD (Ta'llahi), you are indeed (Innaka) in (Lafii) your (-ka) ancient(El'Qadiim) error (Dolaali-)."
Fode Drame Buy
They said, “By Allah! You truly are still in your old error.”
MunirMezyed2023 Buy
They said: ‘By Allâh! You are indeed living in your old deception’.
Mustaqim
They said: by Allah, you are in your old aberration.
Linda "iLham" Barto Buy
(Members of the household) said, “Consider Allah! You are truly confused in your old age.”
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation Buy
They said, “(We swear) by Allah, yousg are surely in your old misguidance.”
Irving/Hegab Buy
They said: "By Allah (God), you are still in your old illusion!"
Samy Mahdy Buy
They said, “By Allah, you are still in your old astray.”
Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress) Buy
They replied: 'By God! You are still lost in your old illusions.'
Qarai Buy
They said, ‘By God, you persist in your inveterate error.’
Ahmed Hulusi Buy
They said, “By Allah! Indeed, you are repeating your same old error.”
Mubarakpuri Buy
They said: "By Allah! Certainly, you are in your old Dalal (error)."
A. S. Mohamed Buy
They said, "By God, you are still in your old delusion."
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli Buy
They said: 'By Allah! you are in your ancient error'.
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, “By Allah, you are certainly in your old error.”
[Al-Muntakhab]
But those who were around him said to him: "By Allah, you still live in your old perplexity and confused state of mind!"
The Wise Quran Project
They said, 'By God, indeed, you are surely in your old error.'
Newest Translations 2026
Zulfiquar Ali Bhotto
They said, "By Allah, indeed you are indeed in your old astray."
Verbatim Quran - Mahmoud K
They said, 'By Allah, you are surely in your decrepit delusion.'
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Buy
They said: "By God! truly thou art in thine old wandering mind."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) Buy
They said: "By God, you are back to your old misguidance."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) Buy
They said: "By God, you are back to your old misguidance."
OLD Word by Word
They said, "By Allah indeed, you surely (are) in your error old.
Transliteration Buy
Qaloo taAllahi innaka lafee dalalika alqadeemi