Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
But then they relapsed into their former way of thinking and said: “Thou knowest very well that these [idols] cannot speak!”
M. M. Pickthall
And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Then were they confounded with shame: (they said), "Thou knowest full well that these (idols) do not speak!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Then they ˹quickly˺ regressed to their ˹original˺ mind-set, ˹arguing,˺ “You already know that those ˹idols˺ cannot talk.”
Safi Kaskas
Then, they reversed themselves, [saying], “You [Abraham] knew that these [idols] do not speak!”
Wahiduddin Khan
then they hung their heads, and said, O Abraham! You know they cannot speak
Shakir
Then they were made to hang down their heads: Certainly you know that they do not speak
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Again, they were put into confusion: Certainly, thou hadst known that these speak not for themselves!
T.B.Irving
Then they hung their heads: "You knew those things do not utter [a word]."
Abdul Hye
Then they turned to themselves (and said): “Indeed you (Abraham) know that these (idols) cannot speak!”
The Study Quran
Then they reverted, “Certainly you know that these speak not!
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
But then they were reverted to their former notion: “You know well that these can’t speak.”
Talal Itani (2012)
But they reverted to their old ideas: 'You certainly know that these do not speak.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
As an effect they were compelled to lower down their heads in humiliation (saying): “Surely, indeed, you (O Ibrahim) knew that these do not talk (either to us or to themselves).”
Confounded as they were, lowering their heads they said, "You know fully well that they cannot speak."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Thereafter they were made to relapse (Literally: they were turned upon their heads) (into idolatry), (saying), "Indeed you already know that these (can) in no way pronounce (a word)."
Muhammad Sarwar
With their heads cast down they said, "Abraham, you know that idols do not speak. How then can you ask such a question?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Then, hanging their heads they reversed their position (and replied to Ibrahim,) .You already knew that they do not speak
Shabbir Ahmed
They were utterly confounded in shame, lowered their heads and said to Abraham, "You know that they speak not."
Dr. Munir Munshey
But they brushed that thought aside and said, "Of course, they do not talk! And you know it!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Then they were confused, faced with shame: (They said:) "You know very well that these (idols) do not speak!"
Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Then they reverted to their old ideas: "You know that they do not speak!"
Abdel Haleem
but then they lapsed again and said, ‘You know very well these gods cannot speak.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Thereafter they were made to turn over upon their heads, saying, assuredly thou knowest that they speak not
Ahmed Ali
Then crestfallen (they confessed): "Truly, as you know, they cannot speak."
Aisha Bewley
But then they relapsed back into their kufr: ´You know full well these idols cannot talk.´
Ali Ünal
But afterwards, (under the influence of the same factors causing them to disbelieve) they relapsed into their former way of believing, and said to Abraham: "You know very well that these (images) cannot speak."
Ali Quli Qara'i
Then they hung their heads. [They said], ‘You certainly know that they cannot speak.’
Hamid S. Aziz
Then were they confounded with shame and said, "You knew well that these cannot speak."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Then they were turned on their heads (in shame or in defiance saying:) “You certainly know that these do not talk.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Then they were angered and embarrassed. They said, “You know full well that these do not speak.
Musharraf Hussain
They shook their heads in disbelief and said, “You know they can’t speak.”
Maududi
Then their minds were turned upside down, and they said: "You know well that they do not speak."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Then they returned to their old ideas: "You know that they do not speak!"
Mohammad Shafi
And, their heads hanging down, they said to Abraham, "You do know they do not speak."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then they were lied downward on the heads, that you know well that these do not speak.
Yet, they reverted to their old ideas: "You know full well that these cannot speak."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
But then they reversed their minds: 'You know they do not speak.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Then they were made to hang down their heads: Thou knowest indeed that they speak not
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Then they were turned upside down on their heads/tops, "You had known those do not speak."
Bijan Moeinian
They [were too proud, however, to admit it publicly and] returned to their roots and said: “You know well that the idols do not speak.”
Faridul Haque
Again they were inverted upon their heads; saying, "You know well that these do not speak."
Sher Ali
And they were made to hang down their heads for shame and said to Abraham, `Certainly thou knowest well that these do not speak.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then they were turned upside down upon their heads (i.e., their thinking reverted and they said: ‘Ibrahim [Abraham]), surely you yourself know that they do not speak.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Then they were made to hang down their heads (in shame and said to Abraham), `Indeed, you know very well that these (idols) do not speak.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Then they turned to themselves (their first thought and said): "Indeed you (Ibrahim (Abraham)) know well that these (idols) speak not!"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Then they reverted back to their former position [and said], “You know indeed that these cannot speak.”
Munir Mezyed
Then they were made to bow their heads and cast down their eyes, (saying:): ‘Very well indeed you know that these images don’t speak’.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Then they shook their heads; you know that these don´t speak.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They hung their heads [with shame]. “Certainly, you know that these [idols] do not speak.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
But they reverted to their old ideas: “Yousg certainly know well that these do not talk.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Then they reversed [their opnion]: "You knew those things do not utter [a word]."
Samy Mahdy
Then they bowed on their heads: “You already knew that they were not speaking.”
Sayyid Qutb
But then they relapsed into their old position and said, 'You know very well that these [idols] cannot speak!'
Ahmed Hulusi
Then, feeling confused, they went back to their previous thought and insisted, “But you know they cannot speak!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Then they were made to hang down their heads, (saying:) �Very well indeed you know these (idols) do not speak�
But, overturned by imprudence in their minds and by subversion of reason, they said to him: "You knew very well that these idols do not talk!"
Mir Aneesuddin
Then they turned to themselves and said, "Certainly you yourselves are the unjust."
The Wise Quran
Then they were turned upside down on their heads, 'Indeed, you know these cannot speak.'