Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[But the angels spoke thus:] "As thou livest, [O Lot, they will not listen to thee:] behold, in their delirium [of lust] they are but blindly stumbling to and fro!"
M. M. Pickthall
By thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching death
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
By your life ˹O Prophet˺, they certainly wandered blindly, intoxicated ˹by lust˺.
Safi Kaskas
“Do not pay attention to them [the messengers said] they are stumbling around in their wild intoxication!"
Wahiduddin Khan
By your life, they wandered on in their wild intoxicatio
Shakir
By your life! they were blindly wandering on in their intoxication
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
By thy life, truly, they were in a daze, wandering unwilling to see.
T.B.Irving
Upon your life, they were groping along in their drunkenness
Abdul Hye
Truly, by your life (O Muhammad), they were wandering blindly in their wild intoxication.
The Study Quran
By thy life, they wandered confused in their drunkenness
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
By your life, they were in their intoxication, blundering.
Talal Itani (2012)
By your life, they were blundering in their drunkenness
Dr. Kamal Omar
Your life acts as a witness. Surely, they indeed, behaved as blind (to moral standards) in their wild intoxication
By your life, O Prophet Muhammad, they were madly blundering in their intoxication of lust
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
By your life, surely they were indeed blundering in their stupor
Muhammad Sarwar
By your life! In their drunkenness they were truly blind
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
By your life, (O prophet) they were wandering blindly in their intoxication (misguidance)
Shabbir Ahmed
The Messengers said to Lot, "They won't listen to you even if you preach them all your life." They were totally intoxicated, stumbling up and down
Dr. Munir Munshey
(I swear) upon your life, (oh Mohammed, SAW) they were intoxicated _ rampaging and out of control
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Surely, by your life (O Prophet), in their wild misled condition (of intoxication), they wander distracted back and forth
By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
By your life, they are in their drunkenness, blundering
Abdel Haleem
By your life [Prophet], they wandered on in their wild intoxicatio
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
By thy life, in their intoxication they were wandering bewildered
Ahmed Ali
Verily by your life they were utterly confused in their (lustful) drunkenness
Aisha Bewley
By your life! They were wandering blindly in their drunkenness!
Ali Ünal
By your life (O Muhammad), they moved blindly and wildly in their delirium (of perversion)
Ali Quli Qara'i
By your life, they were bewildered in their drunkenness
Hamid S. Aziz
By your life (O Muhammad)! In their frenzy of intoxication (passion) they went blindly (distractedly) to and fro
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
By your life, they were blindly wandering in their intoxication.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Indeed, by your life, in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, going both ways
Musharraf Hussain
Allah swears by your life, Muhammad , that they were reeling about in their drunkennes
Maududi
By your life, (O Prophet), they went about blindly stumbling in their intoxication
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
By your life, they are in their intoxication, blundering.
Mohammad Shafi
By your life! They were wandering blindly in their intoxication
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
'O beloved' by your life, verily they are wandering about in their intoxication.
But, alas, they were totally blinded by their lust.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
By your life, they wandered blindly in their dazzlement
Maulana Muhammad Ali
By thy life! they blindly wandered on in their frenzy
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
To your life/age (an oath) that they truly are in (E) their intoxication/loss of judgment being confused/puzzled
Bijan Moeinian
Alas they were drunk and out of their mind
Faridul Haque
By your life O dear Prophet (Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) - they are indeed straying in their intoxication
Sher Ali
By the life, they, too, in their mad intoxication of wandering in distraction
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(O Glorious Beloved!) By your (sacred) life, surely these people (too) are wandering astray, possessed by their lust (like the people of Lut [Lot])
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Prophet!) by your (holy) life and by your true faith these (your opponents) are (also) wandering distractedly in a fit of frenzy
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Verily, by your life (O Muhammad SAW), in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
By your life [O Muhammad] they indeed were groping blindly in the midst of their drunkenness.
Munir Mezyed
Verily, by your life, (O’ Muhammad), they were definitely in their state of inebriation, wandering blindly.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
By your life, they were blind in their intoxication.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
On your life, they certainly stumbled, drunk and stupid.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
By yoursg life, in their drunkenness they certainly do blunder!
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Upon your life, they were groping along in their drunkenness
Samy Mahdy
By your age, surely, they were, in their drunkenness, confused blindly.
Sayyid Qutb
By your life, they were reeling in their drunkenness,
Ahmed Hulusi
By your life, they are wandering blindly in their intoxication (of pleasure)!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
By your life (O' Prophet) , verily they were wandering on in their intoxication.
"To your life, O prophets" he was told, "they -the wicked- are wandering here and there being deceived by their vain illusive sensuous perception which shall melt when the sun beams glow"
Mir Aneesuddin
By your life! they were certainly blindly wandering in their intoxication.
The Wise Quran
By your life, indeed, they were surely in their intoxication blindly wandering.