Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
They exclaimed: “Burn him, and [thereby] succour your gods, if you are going to do [anything]!”
M. M. Pickthall
They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said, "Burn him and protect your gods, If ye do (anything at all)!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They concluded, “Burn him up to avenge your gods, if you must act.”
Safi Kaskas
They said, “Burn him and support your gods—if you are to act.”
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, Burn him and help your deities, if you are resolved to do something
Shakir
They said: Burn him and help your gods, if you are going to do (anything)
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: Burn him and help your gods if you had been ones who do so!
T.B.Irving
They said: "Burn him up and support your gods if you must be doing something!"
Abdul Hye
They said: “Burn him and help your deity, if you will be doing (any action).”
The Study Quran
They said, “Burn him, and help your gods, if you would take action!
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They demanded, “Burn him and assist your gods, if you are to act.”
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'Burn him and support your gods, if you are going to act.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
(The aggressive and crude ones, becoming emotional and retributive) said: “Put him on fire, and provide help to your gods if you are those who can do (something).”
They cried, "Burn him alive and avenge your gods, if you want to take any action."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "Burn him away and vindicate your gods, in case you are performing that."
Muhammad Sarwar
They .said, "Burn him to ashes if you want to help your gods"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .(O people) burn him and help your gods, if you are to take action
Shabbir Ahmed
The priesthood of the temple (in their vested interests) instigated the masses, "Burn him alive and uphold your gods if you are going to take any action!"
Dr. Munir Munshey
They cried, "Burn him at the stake! Rush to the aid of your gods! Act, if you will!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "Burn him and protect your gods, if you do (anything at all)!"
They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "Burn him, and give victory to your gods if you will do anything."
Abdel Haleem
They said, ‘Burn him and avenge your gods, if you are going to do the right thing.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: burn him, and succour your gods, if ye will be doing
Ahmed Ali
They said: "Burn him, and save your gods, if you are men of action."
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´Burn him and support your gods if you are resolved to do something.´
Ali Ünal
They exclaimed: "Burn him and so protect your deities, if you really mean to do something!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘Burn him, and help your gods, if you are to do anything!’
Hamid S. Aziz
They cried, "Burn him, and stand by your gods, if you are going to do anything."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “Burn him and help your gods if you are doers.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They said, “Burn him and protect your gods, if you want to do something.
Musharraf Hussain
They shouted angrily: “Burn him and help your gods if you are going to do something.”
Maududi
They said: "Burn him, and come to the support of your gods, if you are going to do anything."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "If you are to do anything, then burn him, and give victory to your gods."
Mohammad Shafi
They said, "Put him in the fire and help your gods, if you are going to do anything."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, 'burn him and help your gods, if you have to do.'
They said, "Burn him and support your gods, if this is what you decide to do."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They said: 'Burn him and help your gods, if you are going to do anything!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: Burn him, and help your gods, if you are going to do (anything)
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "Burn him, and give victory/aid (to) your gods, if you were making/doing (that)."
Bijan Moeinian
They said to the public: “Burn him and save your gods, if you really care (about your cultural roots.)”
Faridul Haque
They said, "Burn him and help your gods, if you want to."
Sher Ali
They said, `Burn him and help your gods if at all you mean to do something.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They said: ‘Burn him and help your (ruined) gods if you have to do (something).
Amatul Rahman Omar
They said, (among themselves,) `Burn him and help your gods if (at all) you would do (anything against Abraham).
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They said: "Burn him and help your aliha (gods), if you will be doing."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They said, “Burn him and give victory to your gods if you are going to do something.”
Munir Mezyed
They yelled: ‘Burn him and avenge your gods If you would do aught’.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They said: burn him and help your gods if you want to act.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They said, “Burn him and support your gods if you will!”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, “Burn him and support your gods, if you are going to act.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They said: "Burn him up and support your gods if you must be doing something!"
Samy Mahdy
They said, “Burn him and victory your Gods, if you are doing.”
Sayyid Qutb
They cried: 'Burn him, and succour your gods, if you are going to do [anything at all]!'
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “Burn him (Abraham) and support your deities... if you are able to do something (then at least do this much).”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
They said: �If you would do aught, burn him, and help your gods�
"Nevertheless", they said, "burn him and uphold your gods if indeed you intend to maintain our system of faith and worship and sustain it against criticism"
Mir Aneesuddin
Fie * on you and that which you worship besides Allah ! Have you then no sense?" * An expression of disgust
The Wise Quran
They said, 'Burn him, and help your gods, if you are doers.'