Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
They answered: “Shall we place our faith in thee, even though [only] the most abject [of people] follow thee?”
M. M. Pickthall
They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest that follow thee?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They argued, “How can we believe in you, when you are followed ˹only˺ by the lowest of the low?”
Safi Kaskas
They said, “How can we believe you when you are followed mostly by the lowest [class of people]?”
Wahiduddin Khan
They replied, Are we to believe in you when your followers are but the lowest of the low
Shakir
They said: Shall we believe in you while the meanest follow you
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: Will we believe in thee when it is the most wretched that followed thee?
T.B.Irving
They said: "Are we to believe in you while the meanest people follow you?"
Abdul Hye
They said: “Shall we believe in you, when the lowest (of the people) follow you?”
The Study Quran
They said, “Shall we believe you, when the lowliest follow you?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They responded, “Should we believe in you, when the lowest class follows you?”
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'Shall we believe in you, when it is the lowliest who follow you?'
Dr. Kamal Omar
They said: “Shall we Believe for your sake while (only) those who belong to the lower-strata of society have followed you?”
They replied: "Should we believe in you, whereas your followers are but the lowest of the low?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "should we believe you, and the most decrepit closely follow you?"
Muhammad Sarwar
They said, "Should we believe in you when no one has followed you except the lowest ones"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .Shall we believe in you while you are followed by the lowest people?
Shabbir Ahmed
They answered, "Shall we put our faith in you even though the low class people are following you?"
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "Shall we believe you? Only the humble humdrum (and the despised) are following you."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "Shall we believe in you when it is the lowliest who follow you?"
They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "Shall we believe to you when the lowest type of people have followed you"
Abdel Haleem
They answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: shall We believe in thee when the meanest follow thee
Ahmed Ali
They said: "Should we place our trust in you when only the condemned follow you?"
Aisha Bewley
they said, ´Why should we believe you when the vilest people follow you?´
Ali Ünal
They responded: "Shall we believe in you, when the lowliest (among the people) follow you!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘Shall we believe in you, when it is the riffraff who follow you?’
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "Shall we believe in you, when the meanest follow you?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “Should we believe in you while the meanest (and the worst) follow you?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They said, “Shall we believe in you when it is the worst who follow you?
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “Shall we believe in you, when only the poorest follow you?”
Maududi
They answered: "Shall we accept you even though it is the meanest of people who follow you?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Theysaid: "Shall we believe to you when the lowest type of people have followed you?
Mohammad Shafi
They said, "Are we to believe you, when those who follow you are the most abject of people?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, 'shall we believe you while the mean persons have followed you'.
They said, "How can we believe with you, when the worst among us have followed you?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They replied: 'Are we to believe you whom the lowliest follow?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: Shall we believe in thee and the meanest follow thee
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "Do we believe to you, and the mean/low/despised followed you?"
Bijan Moeinian
They said: “How can we believe you, when only our low lives have joined you?”
Faridul Haque
They said, “Shall we believe in you, whereas the abject people are with you?”
Sher Ali
They said, `Shall we believe, in thee when it is the meanest of us who follow thee?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They said: ‘Should we believe in you whilst the people of the lowest and most worthless (classes of society) are following you?
Amatul Rahman Omar
They (- the disbelievers) said, `Shall we believe in you whereas (we see that) only the people of a very low status follow you?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They said: "Shall we believe in you, when the meanest (of the people) follow you?"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They said, “Shall we believe in you when only the lowest of people follow you?”
Munir Mezyed
They said: “How do you expect us to trust you when you are followed by a group that has the lowest status?’
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They said: should we believe in you when the down and out follow you?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They said, “Should we believe in you when the worst people follow you?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, “Shall we believe in you, when (only) the lowliest have followed you?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They said: "Are we to believe in you while the inferior people follow you?"
Samy Mahdy
They said, “Shall we believe in you, and the lowliest followed you?”
Sayyid Qutb
They said: Are we to believe in you, even though only the lowest of the low follow you?'
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “Why should we believe in you when your followers are but the lowest of classes?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
They said: 'Shall we believe in you while the meanest follow you?
They said to Nuh: "Shall we submit to you or believe in you and conform to your desire when it is only the contemptible who espoused your cause"
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "Shall we believe in you when the worst (people) follow you?"
The Wise Quran
They said, 'Shall we believe in you, when the reprobates follow you?'