Ayah al-Fajr (The Dawn, Daybreak) 89:19

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Muhammad Asad

and you devour the inheritance [of others] with devouring greed

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And you eat the heritage with indiscriminate eating

Safi Kaskas

you who devour the inheritance [of others] with obvious greed,

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Arabic

وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

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وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

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watakulūna l-turātha aklan lamman

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and you (i.e., human being) consume the inheritance ˹of others˺, devouring (i.e., consuming it greedily) altogether

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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And you consume the inheritance devouring altogether,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and you devour the inheritance [of others] with devouring greed

M. M. Pickthall

And ye devour heritages with devouring greed

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,

Safi Kaskas

you who devour the inheritance [of others] with obvious greed,

Wahiduddin Khan

and you greedily devour the inheritance of the weak

Shakir

And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and you consume the inheritance, a greedy consuming,

T.B.Irving

and greedily use up anything you inherit.

Abdul Hye

You devour inheritance (of the weak) with greed,

The Study Quran

You devour inheritance with rapacious devouring

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

And you devour inheritance with all greed.

Talal Itani (2012)

And you devour inheritance with all greed

Dr. Kamal Omar

and you devour inheritance — a devouring, absolute and excessive

M. Farook Malik

Greedily you lay your hands on the inheritance of the weak

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And you eat the heritage with indiscriminate eating

Muhammad Sarwar

Why do you take away the inheritance of others indiscriminatel

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And you devour the inheritance with a sweeping gulp

Shabbir Ahmed

And you devour the inheritances with greed

Dr. Munir Munshey

Greedily, you (misappropriate and) devour the inheritance (of the weak, the widows and the orphans)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And you (wrongly) consume inheritance— With all (the) greed

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And you consume others inheritance, all with greed.

Abdel Haleem

you consume inheritance greedily

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And devour the inheritance devouring greedily

Ahmed Ali

And you devour (others') inheritance greedily

Aisha Bewley

you devour inheritance with voracious appetites

Ali Ünal

And you consume inheritance (belonging to you or others) with greed (without distinction of the lawful and unlawful)

Ali Quli Qara'i

and you eat the inheritance rapaciously

Hamid S. Aziz

And you devour the inheritance (of the weak) with greed

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and you eat up the inheritance, eating up altogether,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And you devour inheritance, all with greed

Musharraf Hussain

while you consume the whole of the orphans’ inheritance

Maududi

and greedily devour the entire inheritance

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And you consume others inheritance, all with greed.

Mohammad Shafi

And devour the inheritance — devouring it all

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And devour the heritage of others greedily,

Rashad Khalifa

And consuming the inheritance of helpless orphans

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and you devour the inheritance with greed

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And you devour heritage, devouring all

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And you eat the inheritance accumulatively/collectively gluttony

Bijan Moeinian

… do not care about the hungry one, cheat each other from the inheritance and…

Faridul Haque

And you readily devour the inheritance with greed

Sher Ali

And devour the heritage of other people, devouring greedily and wholly

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And you lay hand on the inherited wealth and devour it (yourselves and do not pay the poverty-stricken their due)

Amatul Rahman Omar

And you devour the heritage (of others) wholly and indiscriminately

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And you devour inheritance all with greed

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

and you devour the inheritance greedily

George Sale

and ye devour the inheritance of the weak, with undistinguishing greediness

Edward Henry Palmer

and ye devour the inheritance (of the weak) with a general devouring

John Medows Rodwell

And ye devour heritages, devouring greedily

N J Dawood (2014)

Greedily you lay your hands on the inheritance of the weak

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Fode Drame

And you eat the inheritance with a voracious eating.

Munir Mezyed

You devour greedily the inheritance of others indiscriminately,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And devour the inheritance completely,

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and you devour inheritance (of the vulnerable) greedily,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

You greedily devour inheritance.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and greedily use up anything you inherit.

Samy Mahdy

And you eat the heritage, the whole eating.

Sayyid Qutb

You devour the inheritance [of others] greedily,

Thomas Cleary

and you eat up inheritance with consuming gluttony,

Ahmed Hulusi

And you consume inheritance, devouring it all at once!

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"and you greedily consume the inheritance (of the weak),"

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

You eat greedily all you can get of the inheritance

Mir Aneesuddin

and you eat off the inheritance, eating it greedily,

The Wise Quran

And you devour the inheritance, a greedy devouring.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed

OLD Literal Word for Word

And you consume the inheritance devouring altogether

OLD Transliteration

Wata/kuloona altturatha aklan lamman

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