Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Said he: “And what knowledge could I have as to what they were doing [before they came to me]
M. M. Pickthall
He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He said: "And what do I know as to what they do
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
He responded, “And what knowledge do I have of what they do?
Safi Kaskas
He said, “What do I know about what they have been doing?
Wahiduddin Khan
He said, What knowledge do I have of their doings
Shakir
He said: And what knowledge have I of what they do
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He said: And what knowledge have I of what they had been doing?
T.B.Irving
He said: "What knowledge do I have about what they have been doings
Abdul Hye
He said: “And what knowledge have I of what they used to do?
The Study Quran
He said, “What knowledge have I of what they used to do
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He replied, “I have no knowledge of what they’ve been doing.
Talal Itani (2012)
He said, 'What do I know about what they do
Dr. Kamal Omar
He said: “And what is my knowledge about what they used to do
He said: "I have no knowledge as to what they have been doing
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He said, "What knowledge have I of whatever they were doing
Muhammad Sarwar
(Noah) said, "I have no knowledge of their deeds
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He said, .I do not know about what they do
Shabbir Ahmed
Said he, "I do not care what their professions are and what they have been doing before
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Nooh) said, "I have no knowledge of what they used to do."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
He (Noah) said: "And what do I know about what they do
He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He said: "And what knowledge do I have of what they used to do"
Abdel Haleem
He said, ‘What knowledge do I have of what they used to do
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He said: I have no knowledge of that which they have been Working
Ahmed Ali
He said: "It is not for me to know what they were doing
Aisha Bewley
He said, ´What do I know about what they have been doing?
Ali Ünal
(Noah) said: "What knowledge could I have about what they were engaged in doing (before they became believers)
Ali Quli Qara'i
He said, ‘What do I know as to what they used to do
Hamid S. Aziz
He said, "What knowledge have I of what they were doing
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He said: “I have no knowledge of what they used to do.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
He said, “What do I know as to what they do
Musharraf Hussain
He said, “What knowledge have I of what they did.
Maududi
Noah said: "What knowledge do I have about their deeds
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He said: "And what knowledge do I have of what they used to do?
Mohammad Shafi
He said, "And what do I know what work they do?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He said, 'what knowledge have I of what are their deed?
He said, "How do I know what they did?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He said: 'I have no knowledge of what they have done
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: And what knowledge have I of what they did
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
He said: "And what is my knowledge with what they were making/doing ?"
Bijan Moeinian
Noah replied: “It is not up to me to judge them.”
Faridul Haque
He said, “What do I know what their deeds are?”
Sher Ali
He said, `And what knowledge have I as to what they have been doing
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(Nuh [Noah]) said: ‘What has my knowledge to do with their (professional) tasks
Amatul Rahman Omar
He said, `I have no knowledge what (good) deeds they did (in the past that now they have the honour to accept the truth)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
He said: "And what knowledge have I of what they used to do
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He said, “What do I know about that which they used to do.
Munir Mezyed
He said: ‘And what knowledge have I of what they used to do?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He said: I have no knowledge of what they used to do.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He said, “What do I know about what they do?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He said, “What do I know about what they used to do?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He said: "What knowledge do I have about what they have been doings
Samy Mahdy
He said, “And what is my knowledge with what they were working.?
Sayyid Qutb
Said he: 'What knowledge do I have as to what they used to do in the past?
Ahmed Hulusi
(Noah) said, “I have no knowledge of their doings...”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
He said: 'No knowledge have I of what they were doing
"But how would I know", said Nuh, "what they were doing earlier or whether or not they had a purpose moving them and inviting their minds to the volition of conforming to Islam"
Mir Aneesuddin
He said, "And what knowledge do I have of what they do?"
The Wise Quran
He said, 'And what do I know of what they used to do?