Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
And if they [try to] argue with thee, say [only]: “God knows best what you are doing.”
M. M. Pickthall
And if they wrangle with thee, say: Allah is Best Aware of what ye do
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
If they do wrangle with thee, say, "Allah knows best what it is ye are doing."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
But if they argue with you, then say, “Allah knows best what you do.”
Safi Kaskas
and if they argue with you, then say, “God knows best what you are doing.
Wahiduddin Khan
if they should dispute with you, then say, God is well aware of what you do
Shakir
And if they contend with you, say: Allah best knows what you do
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And if they disputed with thee, then, thou say: God is greater in knowledge about what you do.
T.B.Irving
If they should dispute with you, then say: "God is quite Aware as to what you are doing;
Abdul Hye
If they argue with you, then say: “Allah knows best of what you do.”
The Study Quran
And if they dispute with thee, say, “God knows best what you do
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
If they argue with you, say, “God knows best about what you’re doing.”
Talal Itani (2012)
But if they dispute with you, say, 'God is fully aware of what you do.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
And if people argued with you, then say: “Allah knows better about what you do.”
If they argue with you, say: "Allah knows best all that you do."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And in case they dispute with you, then say, " Allah knows best whatever you do."
Muhammad Sarwar
If they still dispute with you about your worship, tell them, "God knows best what you do
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And if they dispute with you, say (to them), .Allah is the best aware of what you do
Shabbir Ahmed
And if they argue with you, say, "Allah is best Aware of what you do."
Dr. Munir Munshey
But if they choose to argue, say, "Allah is well Aware of what you are doing!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
If they argue with you, say, "Allah knows best of what it is, you are doing
And if they dispute with you, then say, " Allah is most knowing of what you do
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And if they argue with you, then Say: "God is fully aware of what you do."
Abdel Haleem
and if they argue with you, say, ‘God is well aware of what you are doing.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And if they dispute with thee, say thou: Allah knoweth best that which ye Work
Ahmed Ali
If they argue with you, tell them: "God knows well what you are doing
Aisha Bewley
If they do argue with you, say: ´Allah knows best what you are doing.´
Ali Ünal
If they argue with you, say only: "God knows well what you are doing. (To me are accounted my deeds, and to you, your deeds. You are quit of all that I do, and I am quit of all that you do.)"
Ali Quli Qara'i
And if they dispute with you, say, ‘Allah knows best what you are doing
Hamid S. Aziz
But if they wrangle with you, say, "Allah best knows what you do
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And if they argue with you, then say: “God knows best what you do.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
If they argue with you say, “God knows best what it is you do.
Musharraf Hussain
If they argue with you, say: “Allah knows best what you are doing.
Maududi
And if they dispute with you, say: "Allah knows well what you do
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Andif they argue with you, then say: "God is fully aware of what you do.
Mohammad Shafi
And if they quarrel with you, say, "Allah knows what you do."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And if they dispute with you, then say, 'Allah knows well what you do'.
If they argue with you, then say, "GOD is fully aware of everything you do."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
If they argue with you, say: 'Allah knows best all that you do
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And if they contend with thee, say: Allah best knows what you do
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And if they argued/disputed with you, so say: "God (is) more knowledgeable with what you make/do ."
Bijan Moeinian
If they start to dispute about the wisdom of their rituals, say: “God knows what is behind what you are doing.”
Faridul Haque
And if they quarrel with you, say, "Allah well knows your evil deeds."
Sher Ali
And if they contend with thee, say, `ALLAH knows best what you do
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And if they dispute with you, then say: ‘Allah knows best whatever you are doing.
Amatul Rahman Omar
And if they still contend with you, say, `Allah knows best all that you do
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And if they argue with you (as regards the slaughtering of the sacrifices), say; "Allah knows best of what you do
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And if they argue with you say, “Allah knows best about that which you do.”
Munir Mezyed
If they dispute with you, then say: ‘Allâh has full knowledge of whatever you do.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And if they dispute with you, say: Allah knows best what you do.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
If they argue with you, say, “Allah knows best what you do.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
But if they argue with yousg , say, “Allah knows better what youpl do.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
If they should dispute with you, then say: "Allah (God) is quite Aware as to what you are doing;
Samy Mahdy
And if they argue with you, say, “Allah is knower with what you are working.”
Sayyid Qutb
Should they argue with you, say: 'God knows best what you are doing.'
Ahmed Hulusi
If they argue with you say, “Allah (as the creator) knows best what you do.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And if they dispute with you, say: �Allah knows best what you do�
And should they -the infidels- be tossed in their unballasted wits in fathomless and unquiet deeps of controversy, then say to them: "Allah knows best what you do"
Mir Aneesuddin
And if they dispute with you then say, "Allah knows best about that which you all do.
The Wise Quran
And if they dispute with you, then say, 'God knows best what you do.'