Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
But wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death with grief over them if they are not willing to believe in this message
M. M. Pickthall
Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou (Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if they believe not in this Message
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Now, perhaps you ˹O Prophet˺ will grieve yourself to death over their denial, if they ˹continue to˺ disbelieve in this message.
Safi Kaskas
Then perhaps you are going to worry yourself to death chasing after them if they do not believe in this message.
Wahiduddin Khan
Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief if they do not believe in this message
Shakir
Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this announcement
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
so that perhaps thou wilt be one who consumes thyself with grief for their sake if they believe not in this discourse out of bitterness.
T.B.Irving
Perhaps you will fret yourself to death checking up on them, worrying lest they will not believe this report.
Abdul Hye
Perhaps, you would kill yourself (O Muhammad) in grief over their footsteps, because they don’t believe in this narration (the Qur’an).
The Study Quran
Yet perhaps thou wouldst destroy thyself with grief for their sake, should they believe not in this account
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Perhaps you may kill yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they don’t believe in this narrative.
Talal Itani (2012)
Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not believe in this information
Dr. Kamal Omar
So perhaps — you are one who gives extreme pain to your self because of their deeds if they did not Believe in this Al-Hadees (‘The Narration’. This is an attribute of Allah’s Book) — in a state of sorrow (over their attitude)
O Muhammad! You probably will kill yourself in grief over them, if they do not believe in this Message (The Qur'an)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Yet, it may be that you will consume yourself of sorrow over their tracks (i.e., their tracks or footprints when they turn away) in case they do not believe in this discourse
Muhammad Sarwar
Perhaps you will destroy yourself out of grief because they disbelieve this Book
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So, (O Prophet) perhaps you are going to kill yourself after them, out of grief, if they do not believe in this discourse
Shabbir Ahmed
(O Messenger) Should you (in your compassion) grieve yourself to death if they are not willing to believe in this Message
Dr. Munir Munshey
Would you, then, be overcome with sorrow and agonize over their refusal to accept this message (contained in the Qur´an)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Perhaps you will only sadden yourself to death, in case (you are) following after them, in grief, if they do not believe in this Message
Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muhammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Perhaps you will torment yourself in grief over them, because they will not believe in this saying at all
Abdel Haleem
But [Prophet] are you going to worry yourself to death over them if they do not believe in this message
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Haply thou art going to kill thyself over their footsteps, if they believe not in this discourse, out of sorrow
Ahmed Ali
Will you kill yourself for grief of them if they do not believe in this presentation
Aisha Bewley
Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not have iman in these words.
Ali Ünal
Yet it may be that you (O Muhammad) will torment yourself to death with grief, following after them, if they do not believe in this Message
Ali Quli Qara'i
You are liable to imperil your life for their sake, if they should not believe this discourse, out of grief
Hamid S. Aziz
Yet it may be that you (Muhammad) will torment your soul with grief (or fret thyself to death) if they believe not in this new revelation
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And you may kill yourself from grief over their actions if they do not believe in this saying.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
You would only worry yourself to death, following after them in grief if they do not believe in this message
Musharraf Hussain
So will you worry yourself to death over their actions, if they don’t believe in this message?
Maududi
(O Muhammad), if they do not believe in this Message, you will perhaps torment yourself to death with grief, sorrowing over them
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Perhaps you will torment yourself in grief over them, because they will not believe in this narrative at all.
Mohammad Shafi
Then maybe you (Prophet) will kill yourself with grief, on their account, if they do not believe in this Pronouncement (Qur'aan)
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then haply you will risk your life with grief after them if they believe not in this discourse.
You may blame yourself on account of their response to this narration, and their disbelieving in it; you may be saddened.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Yet perchance, if they do not believe in this tiding, you will consume yourself with grief and follow after them
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Then maybe thou wilt kill thyself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they believe not in this announcement
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So maybe/perhaps you (are) exhausting/destroying yourself from anger sorrowfully/angrily on their tracks , if they do not believe with this the information/speech
Bijan Moeinian
O’ Mohammad I (God) understand your frustration that makes you so depressed when you see these people turn down God’s own word (Qur’an)
Faridul Haque
Possibly you may risk your life by grieving (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) for them if they do not believe in this narration
Sher Ali
So it may be, thou wilt grieve thyself to death sorrowing after them if they believe not in this Discourse
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(O Venerable Beloved!) Will you put your (dear) life at stake with the traumatic grief for them if they do not put faith in this Word (of Allah)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Will you worry yourself to death sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this (great) discourse (- the Qur'an)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Perhaps, you, would kill yourself (O Muhammad SAW) in grief, over their footsteps (for their turning away from you), because they believe not in this narration (the Quran)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And perhaps you are going to torment your soul with grief chasing after them if they do not believe in this discourse.
Munir Mezyed
Then probably you would kill yourself through grief over their persistent and purposeful denial of this narration- (the Qurʾān).
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
So you almost kill yourself with worry pursuing them as they do not believe in this word.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
You would probably worry yourself to death, fretfully pursuing (the rejecters), because they do not accept this message.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
So perhaps yousg would decimate yourself, sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this discourse.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Perhaps you will fret yourself to death checking up on them, worrying lest they will not believe this report.
Samy Mahdy
So, perhaps you overpower yourself on their effects, if they do not believe in this- the narration- sorrowfully.
Sayyid Qutb
Would you, perhaps, torment yourself to death with grief over them if they will not believe in this message?
Ahmed Hulusi
So, if they don’t believe in this warning, will you ruin yourself in grief over them?
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Then maybe you will fret yourself to death with grief, following after them, if they do not believe in this Message (the Qur'an).
Seemingly, you Muhammad are betaking yourself in pursuit of their train of thought with distress, constant regret and discontent and torturing yourself lest they should refuse credit to this divine discourse
Mir Aneesuddin
If they do not believe in this statement, then perhaps you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them.
Yahiya Emerick
Perhaps you worry yourself to death as you follow after them, distressed that they're not believing in this narration
The Wise Quran
And perhaps you will kill yourself grieving upon their footsteps, if they do not believe in this narration.