Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[But] they answered. “It is all one to us whether thou preachest [something new] or art not of those who [like to] preach
M. M. Pickthall
They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) admonishers
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They responded, “It is all the same to us whether you warn ˹us˺ or not.
Safi Kaskas
They said, “It is all the same to us whether you preach or not;
Wahiduddin Khan
They replied, It makes no difference to us whether you preach or do not preach
Shakir
They said: It is the same to us whether you admonish or are not one of the admonisher
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: It is equal to us whether thou wert to admonish or thou hast not been among the ones who admonish.
T.B.Irving
They said: "It´s all the same for us whether you lecture [us] or are not lecturing.
Abdul Hye
They said: “It is the same to us whether you preach or you are not of those who preach.
The Study Quran
They said, “It is the same to us whether you exhort us or whether you are not among those who exhort
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They responded, “It makes no difference to us whether you lecture us or not.
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'It is the same for us, whether you lecture us, or do not lecture
Dr. Kamal Omar
They said: “It is same to us whether you gave (us) a sermon or be not of those who give sermons
They replied: "It is the same to us whether you preach us or you are not one of the preachers
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "It is equal to us, whether you admonish or you are not one of the admonishers
Muhammad Sarwar
They said, "Whether you preach to us or not
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .It is all equal for us, whether you give us advice or you do not become one of the advisors
Shabbir Ahmed
But they answered, "It is the same for us whether you counsel us or not
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "It makes no difference to us whether you preach or discontinue your sermons altogether."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "It is the same for us if you preach (warn) us or do not be among (our) warners
They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "It is the same whether you preach or do not preach."
Abdel Haleem
They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: it is equal unto us whether thou admonishest or art not of the admonishers
Ahmed Ali
They said: "It is the same to us if you warn us or do not warn
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´It makes no difference to us whether you preach or do not preach.
Ali Ünal
They responded: "It is all the same to us whether you preach or are not of those who preach
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘It is the same to us whether you advise us or not
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "It is the same to us if you admonish or are not of those who admonish
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “It is the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisers,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They said, “It is the same to us whether you advise us or are not among our advisors
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “It is all the same to us, whether you preach or not;
Maududi
They replied: "It is all the same for us whether you admonish us or not
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Theysaid: "It is the same whether you preach or do not preach.
Mohammad Shafi
They said. "It is all the same to us whether you preach or not."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, 'it is equal to us whether you admonish us or be not of the admonishers.
They said, "It is the same whether you preach, or do not preach.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They replied: 'It is the same to us whether you admonish or whether you are not one of the admonishers
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: It is the same to us whether thou admonish, or art not one of the admonishers
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "(It is) equal/alike on (to) us, had you preached/advised , or you did not be from the preachers/advisers ."
Bijan Moeinian
They said: “Do not worry and do not bother yourself preaching to us.”
Faridul Haque
They said, “It is the same for us, whether you advise us or not be of the preachers.”
Sher Ali
They said, `It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or whether thou be not of those who admonish
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They said: ‘It is all the same to us whether you admonish, or do not become of those who admonish (we shall not believe)
Amatul Rahman Omar
They said, `It makes no difference with us whether you admonish us or be not of the admonishers
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They said: "It is the same to us whether you preach or be not of those who preach
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They said, “It is all the same to us whether you admonish or you are not of those who are the admonishers.
Munir Mezyed
They said: "It is all the same to us whether you preach or whether you are not one of the preachers.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They said: It is the same for us whether you caution us or do not caution us.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They said, “It is the same to us whether you preach or don’t preach.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, "It is equal to us, whether you admonish or be not of those who admonish.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They said: "It's all the same for us whether you lecture [us] or are not lecturing.
Samy Mahdy
They said, " Same upon us whether you exhort us or not be among the exhorting ones.
Sayyid Qutb
They answered: 'It is all one to us whether you admonish us or you never give admonition.
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “Whether you admonish us or not, it is all the same for us!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
They said: 'It is the same to us whether you admonish or be not of the admonishers
But they insolently and defiantly said to him: "Whether you exhort Us O Hud or you do not, it is to us one and the same"
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "It is equal to us whether you admonish or you do not be of those who admonish.
The Wise Quran
They said, 'Equal on us whether you admonish or are not of those who admonish;