Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
to be a herald of glad tidings as well as a warning. And yet, [whenever this divine writ is offered to men,] most of them turn away, so that they cannot hear [its message]
Arthur John Arberry
good tidings to bear, and warning, but most of them have turned away, and do not give ear
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Giving good news and admonition: yet most of them turn away, and so they hear not
Arabic
بَشِیرࣰا وَنَذِیرࣰا فَأَعۡرَضَ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا یَسۡمَعُونَ ٤
Transliteration (2021)
bashīran wanadhīran fa-aʿraḍa aktharuhum fahum lā yasmaʿūn