al-A`raf 7:66

AYAH al-A`raf 7:66	7:67 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 7:65
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		قَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن قَوْمِهِ إِنَّا لَنَرَاكَ فِي سَفَاهَةٍ وَإِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِين
Transliteration		Qala almalao allatheena kafaroo min qawmihi inna lanaraka fee safahatin wa-inna lanathunnuka mina alkathibeena
Transliteration-2		qāla l-mala-u alladhīna kafarū min qawmihi innā lanarāka fī safāhatin wa-innā lanaẓunnuka mina l-kādhibīn
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		Said the chiefs (of) those who disbelieved from his people, "Indeed, we surely, see you in foolishness and indeed, we [we] think you (are) of the liars."

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		Said the great ones among his people, who refused to acknowledge the truth: "Verily, we see that thou art weak-minded; and, verily, we think that thou art a liar!"
M. M. Pickthall		The chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: Lo! we surely see thee in foolishness, and lo! we deem thee of the liars
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		The leaders of the Unbelievers among his people said: "Ah! we see thou art an imbecile!" and "We think thou art a liar!"
Shakir		The chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: Most surely we see you in folly, and most surely we think you to be of the liars
Wahiduddin Khan		The leading men of his people who refused to acknowledge the truth, said, We can see you are a foolish man, and we think you are lying
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		The Council of those who were ungrateful said among his folk: Truly, we see foolishness in thee. And, truly, we think that thou art among the ones who lie.
T.B.Irving		The elders who disbelieved among his folk said: "We see you are [full] of nonsense, and think you are a liar!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		The disbelieving chiefs of his people responded, “We surely see you as a fool, and we certainly think you are a liar.”
Safi Kaskas		The notables among his people who refused to acknowledge the truth said, "We see that you are weak-minded, and we think you are a liar."
Abdul Hye		The leaders of those who disbelieved from his people said: “Surely, we see you in foolishness, and surely we consider you of the liars.”
The Study Quran		The notables among his people who disbelieved said, “Truly we think that you are foolish, and we consider you to be among the liars.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		The leaders who rejected from among his people said: "We see you in foolishness, and we think you are one of the liars"
Abdel Haleem		but the disbelieving leaders of his people said, ‘We believe you are a fool,’ and ‘We think you are a liar.&rsquo
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		The chiefs of those who disbelived among his people said: verily we see thee in folly, and verily we deem thee to be of the liars
Ahmed Ali		The chiefs of his people who were infidels replied: "We find you full of folly, and a liar to boot."
Aisha Bewley		The ruling circle of those of his people who were kafir said, ´We consider you a fool and think you are a liar.´
Ali Ünal		The leading ones among his people who were persisting in unbelief said: "We see you to be indeed foolish and weak-minded, and we are certain that you are a liar."
Ali Quli Qara'i		The elite of his people who were faithless said, ‘Indeed we see you to be in folly, and indeed we consider you to be a liar.&rsquo
Hamid S. Aziz		The chiefs of his people, who disbelieved, said, "Verily, we see you in folly, and, verily, we certainly think you are of the liars."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		The chiefs who disbelieved among his people said, "Surely we see you indeed in foolishness, and surely we indeed expect that you are one of the liars."
Muhammad Sarwar		A group of the unbelievers among his people said, "You look to us like a fool and we think that you are a liar"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		Said the chiefs of his people who disbelieved, .Indeed, we see you in folly, and we believe you are one of the liars
Shabbir Ahmed		The elite among his people who were disbelieving said, "Ah! We see that you are in folly, and we think that you are a liar."
Syed Vickar Ahamed		The leaders of disbelievers from his people said: "Verily, we see you are a fool, and verily, we think you are among the liars."
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "Indeed, we see you in foolishness, and indeed, we think you are of the liars."
Farook Malik		The chiefs of his nation who denied his message said: "We can see that you are crazy and we think that you are lying."
Dr. Munir Munshey		The elders among his nation who had disbelieved said, "We really think you are being stupid. In fact, we believe that you are a liar!"
Dr. Kamal Omar		The leaders of those who disbelieved among his nation said: “Surely we see you in foolishness, and verily we regard you of those who are liars.”
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		The elite of his people who disbelieved said, 'We see foolishness in you, and we think that you are a liar.'
Maududi		The unbelievers among the leading men of his people said: ´Indeed we see you in folly, and consider you to be liars.´
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		The leaders of those who disbelieved among his people said: indeed we see you are a fool and we think you are of the liars
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		The leaders of the unbelievers among his people said, “We see you are an imbecile,” and “We think you are a liar.
Musharraf Hussain		The disbelieving leaders of his community said, “We think you have gone crazy, and you’re a liar.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		The leaders who rejected from among his people said: "We see you in foolishness, and we think you are one of the liars"
Mohammad Shafi		The leaders of those who suppressed the Truth from among his people said, "We do indeed see you in folly, and we do indeed consider you to be among the liars."

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		Their leader responded: "You have gone crazy and you are fabricating stories."
Faridul Haque		The disbelieving leaders of his people said, "Indeed we consider you foolish and think you are a liar."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		The disbelieving assembly of his nation said: 'We see you in foolishness, and think that you are of the liars.
Maulana Muhammad Ali		The chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: Certainly we see thee in folly, and we certainly think thee to be of the liars
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		The nobles/assembly , those who disbelieved from his nation said: "That We , we (are) seeing/understanding you (E) in ignorance/stupidity , and (that) we suspect you (E) are from the disbelievers."
Sher Ali		The disbelieving chiefs of his people said, `We surely see the lost in foolishness and we surely think thee to be one of the liars.
Rashad Khalifa		The leaders who disbelieved among his people said, "We see that you are behaving foolishly, and we think that you are a liar."
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		The leaders of his people said, 'surely, we find you foolish and we surely think you to be one of the liars.
Amatul Rahman Omar		The unbelieving chiefs of his people said, `We surely see you in folly and in fact we deem you one of the liars.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		The chiefs and the affluent of his people who disbelieved (i.e., resisted and opposed the call for truth) said: ‘(O Hud,) we certainly find you (steeped) in foolishness, and we think you are surely one of the liars.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		The leaders of those who disbelieved among his people said: "Verily, we see you in foolishness, and verily, we think you are one of the liars."

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		Said the Council of the unbelievers of his people, 'We see thee in folly, and we think that thou art one of the liars.
Edward Henry Palmer		Said the chiefs of those who misbelieved amongst his people, 'Verily, we see thee in folly, and, verily, we certainly think thou art of the liars.
George Sale		The chiefs of those among his people who believed not, answered, Verily we perceive that thou art guided by folly; and we certainly esteem thee to be one of the liars
John Medows Rodwell		Said the unbelieving chiefs among his people, "We certainly perceive that thou art unsound of mind; and we surely deem thee an impostor."
N J Dawood (2014)		The unbelievers among the elders of his tribe said: ‘We can see you are a foolish man, and we surely think that you are lying.&lsquo

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		The leaders among the unbelievers said, “You must be an imbecile, and we think you are a liar.”
Sayyid Qutb		Said the great ones among his people who disbelieved: â€œWe clearly see that you are weak- minded, and, truly, we think that you are a liar.â€
Ahmed Hulusi		The leaders among the disbelievers of his people said, “We see you in foolishness... and we presume you are a liar.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		The chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: ' Verily we see you in folly, and verily we do think you to be of the liars'
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		But those of his people in whose hearts reigned vices, follies and falsehood said to him. "We can see that you are an impudent simpleton, and we think you are a great liar"
Mir Aneesuddin		The leaders of those who did not believe from among his people said, "We certainly see you in foolishness and we certainly think that you are of the liars."

AYAH al-A`raf 7:66

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