Ayah al-Mu`minun (The Believers) 23:69

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Muhammad Asad

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Or do they not recognize their messenger? Is that why they do not acknowledge him?

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أَمۡ لَمۡ یَعۡرِفُوا۟ رَسُولَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ۝٦٩

Transliteration (2021)

am lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fahum lahu munkirūn

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Or (do) not they recognize their Messenger, so they him (are) rejecting?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

Or is it, perchance, that they have not recognized their Apostle, and so they disavow him

M. M. Pickthall

Or know they not their messenger, and so reject him

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Or do they not recognise their Messenger, that they deny him

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Or ˹because˺ they failed to recognize their Messenger, and so they denied him?

Safi Kaskas

Or do they not recognize their messenger? Is that why they do not acknowledge him?

Wahiduddin Khan

Or do they not recognize their Messenger, and so deny him

Shakir

Or is it that they have not recognized their Messenger, so that they deny him

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Or is it they recognize not their Messenger so that they are ones who reject him?

T.B.Irving

Or do they not recognize their Messenger and are disgusted with him?

Abdul Hye

Or is it that they don’t recognize their Messenger (Muhammad) so they deny him?

The Study Quran

Or do they not know their Messenger, and so deny him

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Or did they fail to recognize their Messenger, and thus, they deny him?

Talal Itani (2012)

Or is it that they did not recognize their messenger, so they are denying him

Dr. Kamal Omar

Have they not recognised their Messenger that they are deniers thereof

M. Farook Malik

Or is it because they do not recognize their Messenger, who is a member of their own community, that they deny him

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Or did they not recognise their Messenger and so denied (Literally: (were) deniers (of his Message) him

Muhammad Sarwar

Or did you not recognize your Messenger and, thus, denied him (Muhammad

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Or did they not recognize their messenger and therefore they denied him

Shabbir Ahmed

Or do they not recognize their Messenger, that they deny him? (10:16)

Dr. Munir Munshey

Or is it that they do not know the messenger and therefore they reject

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Or do they not recognize their Messenger (Muhammad) that they reject him

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Or did they not know their messenger? So they are in denial of him.

Abdel Haleem

Do they not recognize their Messenger? So why do they reject him

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Or, is it that they recognised not their apostle, and so of him they become deniers

Ahmed Ali

Or did they not recognise their apostle, and rejected him

Aisha Bewley

Or is it that they do not recognise their Messenger and therefore do not acknowledge him?

Ali Ünal

Or is it that they are unaware of their Messenger, and so they disavow him

Ali Quli Qara'i

Is it that they do not recognize their apostle, and so they deny him

Hamid S. Aziz

Or know they not their messenger that they thus deny him

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

Or do they not recognize their messenger, so they reject him?

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Or do they not recognize their messenger, so they reject him

Musharraf Hussain

Or is it that they don’t recognise their messenger, and so they reject him?

Maududi

Or is it that they were unaware of their Messenger and were therefore repelled by him for he was a stranger to them

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Or did they not know their messenger? For they are in denial of him

Mohammad Shafi

Or, are they not acquainted with their Messenger, and so they deny him?h

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Or did they not recognize their Messenger, therefore they are taking him as stranger?

Rashad Khalifa

Have they failed to recognize their messenger? Is this why they are disregarding him?

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Or, is it because they do not recognize their Messenger that they denied him

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or do they not recognize their Messenger, that they deny him

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

Or they did not know (recognize) their messenger, so they are to him denying/ignoring

Bijan Moeinian

Do they deny My Messenger because they do not know him

Faridul Haque

Or is it that they did not recognise their Noble Messenger, therefore they consider him alien

Sher Ali

Or, do they not recognize their Messenger, that they deny him

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Or have they not recognized their Messenger and (so) they deny him

Amatul Rahman Omar

Or do they deny their Messenger because they do not recognise him

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Or is it that they did not recognize their Messenger (Muhammad SAW) so they deny him

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

Or did they not recognise their Messenger and so denied him

George Sale

Or do they not know their apostle; and therefore reject him

Edward Henry Palmer

Or did they not know their apostle, that they thus deny him

John Medows Rodwell

Or do they not recognise their apostle; and therefore disavow him

N J Dawood (2014)

Or is it because they do not know their apostle that they deny him

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Fode Drame

Or is it that they have not recognized their messenger so they are in denial of him?

Munir Mezyed

Or did they fail to recognize their Messenger and so they denied him?

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Or don´t they know their messenger and dislike him?

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Do they not recognize their messenger so that they deny him?

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

Or is it that they did not recognize their messenger so they disacknowledge him?

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

Or do they not recognize their Messenger and are rejecting him?

Samy Mahdy

Or is it that they did not recognize their messenger, so they are denying him?

Sayyid Qutb

Or do they not recognize their Messenger, and so they deny him?

Ahmed Hulusi

Or do they not recognize the Rasul and (hence) they deny him?

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

Or do they not recognize their Messenger, that they reject him

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

Or do they not` recognize their Messenger Muhammad who is one of them and therefore do not avow him as one of their own

Mir Aneesuddin

Do they not reflect on the word or has there come to them (something) which had not come to their ancient forefathers?

The Wise Quran

Or did they not recognise their messenger, so they deny him?

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Or do they not recognise their Apostle, that they deny him

OLD Literal Word for Word

Or (do) not they recognize their Messenger, so they (are) rejecting him

OLD Transliteration

Am lam yaAArifoo rasoolahum fahum lahu munkiroona

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