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Muhammad Asad   
WHAT, THEN, is amiss with them that they turn away from all admonitio
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Then what is it with them that they are veering away from the Reminder
Safi Kaskas   
Why then are they turning away from this reminder

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Arabic   
فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِینَ ۝٤٩
Transliteration (2021)   
famā lahum ʿani l-tadhkirati muʿ'riḍīn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Then what (is) for them, (that) from the Reminder they (are) turning away

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
WHAT, THEN, is amiss with them that they turn away from all admonitio
M. M. Pickthall   
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Now, what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the reminder,
Safi Kaskas   
Why then are they turning away from this reminder
Wahiduddin Khan   
Then what is wrong with them that they turn away from admonition
Shakir   
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonitio
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Then, what is the matter with them that they are ones who turn aside from the admonition,
T.B.Irving   
What is wrong with them that they avoid remembering [God]
Abdul Hye   
Then what is wrong with them (disbelievers) that they turn away from receiving the admonition?
The Study Quran   
So what ails them that they turn away from the Reminder
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
So, why are they turning away from the Reminder?
Talal Itani (2012)   
Why are they turning away from the Reminder
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Then what (is wrong) with them — from At-Tazkirah (‘The Admonition’.) they are those who remain at a distance
M. Farook Malik   
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from this admonition
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Then what is it with them that they are veering away from the Reminder
Muhammad Sarwar   
If such will be the Day of Judgment, what is the matter with them? Why do they run away from guidance
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
So what has happened to them that they are turning away from the Reminder
Shabbir Ahmed   
What, then, is the matter with them that they are turning away from a clear Advisory
Dr. Munir Munshey   
What is the matter with them? They are turning away from the reminder
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from plain warning—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning awa
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Why did they turn away from being reminded?
Abdel Haleem   
What is the matter with them? Why do they turn away from the warning
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
What aileth them, therefore, that they are from the Admonition turning away
Ahmed Ali   
Why then do they turn away from the admonitio
Aisha Bewley   
What is the matter with them that they run from the Reminder
Ali Ünal   
What, then, is the matter with them that they turn away in aversion from the Reminder (the Qur’an)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
What is the matter with them that they evade the Reminde
Hamid S. Aziz   
What is then the matter with them that they turn away from the admonition
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
So, what is with them that they turn away from the reminder (Quran),
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from advice
Musharraf Hussain   
So what’s the matter with them, they turn away from the Reminder?
Maududi   
What is the matter with people that they are turning away from this Exhortation
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Why did they turn away from being reminded?
Mohammad Shafi   
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from the divine Counsel [Qur'aan

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Now what happened to them that they turn their faces from admonition.
Rashad Khalifa   
Why are they so averse to this reminder?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
What is the matter with them that they turn away from this Reminder
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the Reminder
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
So what (is) for them (they are) from the reminder opposing/objecting
Bijan Moeinian   
What is wrong with these people…
Faridul Haque   
So what is the matter with them that they turn away from the advice
Sher Ali   
Now what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the Exhortation
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Then what is the matter with these (disbelievers that even then) they turn away from the Reminder
Amatul Rahman Omar   
What is the wrong with them, then, that they are thus turning away from the exhortation (of the Qur'an)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
What ails them, that they turn away from the Reminder
George Sale   
What aileth them, therefore, that they turn aside from the admonition of the Koran
Edward Henry Palmer   
What ailed them that they turned away from the memoria
John Medows Rodwell   
Then what hath come to them that they turn aside from the Warnin
N J Dawood (2014)   
Why then do they turn away from this reminder

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
So what was the matter with them that they used to turn away from the remembrance.
Munir Mezyed   
Now, what is the matter with them that they are running away from the Truth
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
So what is the matter with them that they turn away from the reminder?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
What is wrong with them that they refuse warning…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
So why are they disregarding the Reminder,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
What is wrong with them that they avoid remembering [Allah (God)]
Samy Mahdy   
So what the matter with them, they are from the Reminder, averting?
Ahmed Hulusi   
What is the matter with them that they turn away from the one who reminds them?
Mir Aneesuddin   
So what is (wrong) with them that they turn away from the reminder,
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
But why would they reject admonition and refuse to take heed
The Wise Quran   
So what ails them from the reminder turning away

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Then what (is) for them, (that) from the Reminder they (are) turning awa
OLD Transliteration   
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena