Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Said some [of them]: “We heard a youth speak of these [gods with scorn]: he is called Abraham.”
M. M. Pickthall
They said: We heard a youth make mention of them, who is called Abraham
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said, "We heard a youth talk of them: He is called Abraham."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Some said, “We heard a young man, called Abraham, speaking ˹ill˺ of them.”
Safi Kaskas
Some said, “We heard a young man mention them; they call him Abraham.”
Wahiduddin Khan
Some said, We heard a young man, called Abraham, talking about them
Shakir
They said: We heard a youth called Ibrahim speak of them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: We heard a spiritual warrior (m) mention them. It is said he is Abraham.
T.B.Irving
They said: "We heard a young man mentioning them; he is called Abraham."
Abdul Hye
Others said: “We heard a young man talking against them who is called Abraham.”
The Study Quran
They said, “We heard a young man mention them; he is called Abraham.” a They said, “So bring him before the eyes of the people, that haply they may bear witness.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They said, “We heard a young man mention them; his name is Abraham.”
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'We heard a youth mentioning them. He is called Abraham.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
(Some) people said: “We have heard a young man: he discussed them, and he is called Ibrahim.
Others replied, "We heard a youth, called Abraham, talking about them."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "We heard a young man making mention of them; he is called Ibrahim." (Abraham
Muhammad Sarwar
Some of them said, "We heard a youth called Abraham speaking against the idols"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Some of them said, .We have heard a youth talking about them. He is called Ibrahim
Shabbir Ahmed
Some said, "We heard a youth talking about them; he is called Abraham."
Dr. Munir Munshey
Some said, "We heard a lad called Ibraheem talking about them."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "We heard a young man talking about them: He is called Ibrahim (Abraham)."
They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "We heard a young man mentioning them. He was called Abraham."
Abdel Haleem
Some said, ‘We heard a youth called Abraham talking about them.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: We heard a youth speak of them, who is called Ibrahim
Ahmed Ali
They said: "We heard a youth talk about them. He is called Abraham."
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´We heard a young man mentioning them. They call him Ibrahim.´
Ali Ünal
Some said: "We heard a young man make mention of them, who is called Abraham."
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘We heard a young man speaking ill of them. He is called ‘‘Abraham.’’ ’
Hamid S. Aziz
Others said, "We heard a youth mention them, he is called Abraham."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “We heard a young man mentioning them, he is called Abraham.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They said, “We heard a youth talk of them. His name is Abraham.
Musharraf Hussain
Some said, “We heard a young man called Ibrahim speak disapprovingly about them.
Maududi
Some of them said: "We heard a youth called Abraham speak (ill) of them."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "We heard a young man mentioning them. He was called Abraham."
Mohammad Shafi
Some said, "We had heard a youth called Abraham speaking about them."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Some of them said, We have heard a youth called Ibrahim saying badly to them.
They said, "We heard a youth threaten them; he is called Abraham."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
'We have heard a young man called Abraham mention them' they replied
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: We heard a youth, who is called Abraham, speak of them
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "We heard a youth/adolescent mentioning them, is said to him, Abraham."
Bijan Moeinian
Some said: “We heard a young man by the name of Abraham was calling them names.”
Faridul Haque
Some among them said, "We heard a youth speak ill of them - the one called Ibrahim."
Sher Ali
Some others said, `We heard a young man speak ill of them; he is called Abraham.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(Some of the) people said: ‘We have heard of a young man who speaks of them (with denial and disgust). He is known as Ibrahim (Abraham).
Amatul Rahman Omar
Some (of the people) said, `We heard a young man speaking (ill) of them, he is called Abraham.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They said: "We heard a young man talking (against) them who is called Ibrahim (Abraham)."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They said, “We heard a young man called Abraham speak [ill] of them.”
Munir Mezyed
Some of them said: ‘We heard a youth called Abraham speaking against them’.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They said: we heard a youth mention them, he is called Ibrahim (Abraham).
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They said, “We heard a young man called Abraham speak about (these gods).”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, “We heard a young man mentioning them; he is called Abraham.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They said: "We heard a young man mentioning them; he is called Abraham."
Samy Mahdy
They said, “We heard a guy mentioning them. He is called Abraham.”
Sayyid Qutb
They said: 'We heard a youth speak of them; he is called Abraham.'
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “We had heard about a young man called Abraham talking about (the invalidity of) them.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
They said: �We heard a youth making mention of them, who is called Abraham�
Some of them said: "we heard a young man by the name of Ibrahim cursing them and calling them names"
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "Who has done this to our gods? He is certainly one of the unjust."
The Wise Quran
They said, 'We heard a youth mention them, it is said he is Abraham.'