Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
They asked: “Hast thou come unto us [with this claim] in all earnest - or art thou one of those jesters?”
M. M. Pickthall
They said: Bringest thou unto us the truth, or art thou some jester
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said, "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one of those who jest?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They asked, “Have you come to us with the truth, or is this a joke?”
Safi Kaskas
They said, “Have you come to us with the Truth, or are you playing games?”
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, Have you brought us the truth or are you jesting
Shakir
They said: Have you brought to us the truth, or are you one of the triflers
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: Hadst thou drawn near The Truth or art thou of the ones who play?
T.B.Irving
They said: "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you just a trifler?"
Abdul Hye
They said: “Have you brought us the truth, or are you one of those who play?”
The Study Quran
They said, “Have you brought us the truth, or are you among those who jest?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They asked, “Did you bring us the truth, or are you merely playing?”
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'Are you telling us the truth, or are you just playing?'
Dr. Kamal Omar
They said: “Have you come to us with Al-Haqq or you are out of those who jest and mock as sport?”
They asked, "Have you brought us the Truth or are you one of the triflers?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "Have you come to us with the Truth, or are you of the ones that play?"
Muhammad Sarwar
They exclaimed, "Have you brought the Truth or are you joking?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .Did you come to us with truth or are you one of the triflers?
Shabbir Ahmed
They said, "Are you telling us some serious truth or are you one of those jesters?"
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "Are you expressing your real views or are you just kidding?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one of those who play around?"
They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "Have you come to us with the truth, or are you simply playing"
Abdel Haleem
They asked, ‘Have you brought us the truth or are you just playing about?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: hast thou come unto us with the truth, or art thou of those who sport
Ahmed Ali
They said: "Are you speaking in earnest, or only jesting?"
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´Have you brought us the truth or are you playing games?´
Ali Ünal
They asked: "Is it the truth that you are proclaiming to us or are you jesting?"
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘Are you telling the truth, or are you [just] kidding?’
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "Do you come to us with the truth, or are you but of those who jest?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “Did you bring us the truth or are you playing around?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They said, “Have you brought us the truth, or are you one of those who mock?
Musharraf Hussain
They replied, “Have you come with the truth or are you joking?”
Maududi
They said: "Are you expressing your true ideas before us or are you jesting?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "Have you come to us with the truth, or are you simply playing?"
Mohammad Shafi
They said, "Are you telling us the truth, or just making fun of us?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, 'Have you brought truth to us, or you are making a play unintentionally'?
They said, "Are you telling us the truth, or are you playing?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They said: 'Is it the truth you have brought us, or are you one of those that play?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: Hast thou brought us the truth, or art thou of the jesters
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "Did you come to us with the truth , or you are from the playing amusing ?"
Bijan Moeinian
They said: “Are you serious or you are just kidding?”
Faridul Haque
They said, "Have you brought the Truth to us, or are you just making fun?"
Sher Ali
They said, `Is it really the truth that thou hast brought us, or art thou jesting?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They said: ‘Have you (alone) brought the truth, or are you (just) one of the entertainers?
Amatul Rahman Omar
They said, `Is it (really) the truth that you have brought us or are you of those playing a joke (on us)?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They said: "Have you brought us the truth, or are you one of those who play about?"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They said, “Have you come to us with the truth or are you one of those who sport?”
Munir Mezyed
They said: ‘Have you brought the truth, or are you one of those who do not behave seriously?’
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They said: did you bring us the truth or are you messing about?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They said, “Have you brought us the truth or are you one of those who joke?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, “Have you come to us with the truth, or are you one of the jesters?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They said: "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you just a trifler?"
Samy Mahdy
They said, “Are you coming to us with the right, or you are among the players?”
Sayyid Qutb
They asked: 'Is it the truth you are preaching to us? Or are you one who jests?'
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “Have you come to us as the Truth or are you playing us?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
They said: �Have you brought to us the truth, or are you one of the triflers�
"Have you brought us the truth," they asked, "or are you one of those who make this the object of a joke"
Mir Aneesuddin
He said, "Indeed you are and your fathers were in clear error."
The Wise Quran
They said, 'Have you come to us with the truth or are you of those who play?'