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أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ
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Muhammad Asad   
HAST THOU ever considered him who tries to preven
M. M. Pickthall   
Hast thou seen him who dissuadet
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Seest thou one who forbids
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Have you seen the man who prevents
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Have you seen the one who forbids
Wahiduddin Khan   
Have you seen one who prevent
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Have you seen him who forbid
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Hast thou thyself considered he who prohibits
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Have you seen someone who stops
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Have you seen him (Abu Jahl) who prevents
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Hast thou seen him who prohibit
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Did you see the one who forbids?
Talal Itani (2012)   
Have you seen him who prevents
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Have you noticed him who prohibit
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Have you seen the one (Abu Jahl) who forbid
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Have you seen him who forbids
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Have you seen the one who prohibit
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Have you seen him who forbid
Shabbir Ahmed   
Have you seen the kind of man who forbids
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Did you (oh Muhammad, SAW), see the one who forbids
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Do you see the one who forbids—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Have you seen the one who forbid
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Did you see the one who prohibits,
Abdel Haleem   
Have you seen the man who forbid
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Bethinkest thou him who forbiddeth
Ahmed Ali   
Have you seen him who restrain
Aisha Bewley   
Have you seen him who prevents
Ali Ünal   
Have you considered the one who would impede and forbi
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Tell me, he who forbid
Hamid S. Aziz   
Have you considered him who forbids
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Have you seen the one who forbids
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Do you see one who forbids
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Have you seen the one who stops
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Did you see him who forbid
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Have you seen the one who prohibits,
Mohammad Shafi   
Have you seen him who forbid

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Well, you see him who forbids
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Have you seen the one who enjoins
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What do you think? Have you seen he who forbid
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Hast thou seen him who forbid
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Did you see/understand who forbids/prevents
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Have you seen the one who…
Faridul Haque   
What is your opinion – regarding him who forbids
Sher Ali   
Has thou seen him who forbid
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Have you seen him who prevents
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Have you considered (the case of one) who forbid
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Have you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) seen him (i.e. Aboo Jahl) who prevents

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What thinkest thou? He who forbid
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What thinkest thou as to hi
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Hast thou considered him who forbid
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What thinkest thou of him that holdeth bac
N J Dawood (2014)   
Consider the man who rebuke

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Have you seen the one who forbids?
Munir Mezyed   
Have you seen the one who forbids
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Have you considered him who prevents,
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Have yousg seen the one who forbids
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Do you see anyone trying to prevent…
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Have you seen someone who stops
Samy Mahdy   
Have you seen the one who prohibits.?
Sayyid Qutb   
Look at the one who tries to prevent
Thomas Cleary   
Do you see the one who forbids
Ahmed Hulusi   
Did you see the one who prevents,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
Have you seen the one who prevent
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
What do you think of the one who forbids
Mir Aneesuddin   
Have you seen him who forbids,
The Wise Quran   
Have you seen the one who forbids

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Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Seest thou one who forbids
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Have you seen the one who forbid
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Araayta allathee yanha