Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | Yet [it has always happened] that certain kinds of humans would seek refuge with certain kinds of [such] invisible forces: but these only increased their confusion &ndash |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | And indeed (O Muhammad) individuals of humankind used to invoke the protection of individuals of the jinn, so that they increased them in revolt against Allah) | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | 'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly | |
Shakir | | And that persons from among men used to seek refuge with persons from among jinn, so they increased them in wrongdoing | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | Some men used to seek refuge with the jinn in the past, but that only increased their insolence | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | and that there had been men of humankind who would take refuge with the masculine of the jinn, but they increased them in vileness. | |
| T.B.Irving | | "Once human men used to take refuge with men from the sprites and it made them even more pretentious. | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | And some men used to seek refuge with some jinn—so they increased each other in wickedness. | |
| Safi Kaskas | | Some individual humans used to seek power through some individual jinn, but they [the jinn] only increased their confusion. | |
| Abdul Hye | | And surely, there were people among mankind used to seek refuge with individuals among the jinns, so they (jinns) increased them (mankind) in sin and arrogance, | |
| The Study Quran | | Indeed, individuals among mankind did seek refuge with individuals among the jinn, and so increased them in oppression | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | "And there were men from among mankind who used to seek help from the men among the Jinn, but they only helped increase them in sin." | |
Abdel Haleem | | Men have sought refuge with the jinn in the past, but they only misguided them further | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | And persons among humankind have been seeking refuge with persons of the Jinn, so that they increased them in evil disposition | |
Ahmed Ali | | But some men used to seek refuge with some jinns, and this increased their waywardness | |
Aisha Bewley | | Certain men from among mankind used to seek refuge with certain men from among the jinn but they increased them in wickedness. | |
Ali Ünal | | ‘(But we have come to see that) there have indeed been men from among humankind who took refuge in some men from among the jinn, and so (the former) increased them (the latter) in conceit, rebellion and wrongdoing | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | Indeed some persons from the humans would seek the protection of some persons from the jinn, thus only adding to their rebellion | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | "And, indeed, persons from among men used to seek refuge with persons from among jinn, so they increased them in wrongdoing (or folly or revolt) | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | And that (certain) men of the humankind used to take refuge with (certain) men of the jinn; so they increased them in oppression | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | "Certain human beings sought refuge with certain jinn and this increased the rebelliousness of those jinn | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | and that some guys from human beings used to seek refuge with some guys of the Jinn, and thus they increased them (the Jinns) in arrogance | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | "And indeed some people of towns used to seek shelter with some of the nomads and increased them in confusion." | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | “ ‘(It is) true, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons (other personifications) among the jinns', but they (only) increased them in their mistakes | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden | |
Farook Malik | | Indeed, some individuals among mankind used to seek protection with some individuals among the jinns, so they caused such jinns to become more arrogant | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | "Some of the human beings used to invoke the support (and protection) of some (individuals among the jinn). (But) the jinn merely increased the (confusion and) disbelief of man." | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | And that it (is so): the men out of mankind used to take shelter with the Rijal (male adults) among jinns, so they increased them in arrogance | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | Some individual humans used to seek power through some individual jinn, but they only increased them in confusion | |
Maududi | | and that "some from among the humans used to seek protection of some among the jinn, and thus they increased the arrogance of the jinn" | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | And there were men among humans who were looking for protection of the Jinn's men, so they increased them in foolishness (and injustice) | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | “ ‘True, there were men among the humans who sought refuge with men among the jinn, and they increased them in being unwise | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | ‘Men used to seek protection from male jinn, but all they have done is increased them in evil practices, | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | "And there were men from among mankind who used to seek help from the men among the Jinn, but they only helped increase them in sin." | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | "`And that individuals from mankind sought protection of individuals from the jinn, and so there was an increase in their evil disposition.'" | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | “The Jinns declare that throughout the history there has been instances when men have co-operated with the Jinns of evil nature; this co-operation, however, has not been beneficial for men as they became more wicked.&rdquo | |
| Faridul Haque | | ‘And indeed some men among humans used to take the protection of some men among jinns, so it further increased their haughtiness.&rsquo | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | But there were certain men from mankind who would take refuge with certain males from the jinn and they increased them in tyranny | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | And persons from among men used to seek refuge with persons from among the jinn, so they increased them in evil doing | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | 'And that it was men from the human/mankind they seek protection with men from the Jinns , so they increased them oppression/sin/foolishness . | |
Sher Ali | | `And, indeed, some men from among the common folk used to seek the protection of some men from among the jinn, and thus they increased the jinn in arrogance | |
Rashad Khalifa | | " `Human beings used to seek power through jinn beings, but they only afflicted them with a lot of adversity. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | And that some individuals from among the men used to seek protection of some men from among the Jinn and they thus increased them in their pride. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | "The fact is that some humble and lowly men from among the common folk used to seek refuge with some (big and influential) men from among the jinns and (thus) they increased these (jinns) in arrogance (and conceit) | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | And that some of the men used to take shelter with some of the jinn. So they increased defiance amongst the jinn | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | And verily, there were men among mankind who took shelter with the masculine among the jinns, but they (jinns) increased them (mankind) in sin and disbelief | |
