Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[AND] the dwellers of the wooded dales [of Madyan] gave the lie to [one of God’s] message-bearer
M. M. Pickthall
The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah)
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
The residents of the Forest rejected the messengers
Safi Kaskas
The woods-dwellers denied the Messengers
Wahiduddin Khan
The dwellers of the forest also rejected the messengers
Shakir
The dwellers of the thicket gave the lie to the messengers
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
The Companions of the Thicket denied the ones who are sent.
T.B.Irving
The dwellers in the Forest rejected the emissaries
Abdul Hye
The residents of Al-Aiyka (a garden with thick trees near Midian) denied the Messengers.
The Study Quran
The inhabitants of the thicket denied the messengers
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
The inhabitants of the Forest denied the messengers.
Talal Itani (2012)
The People of the Woods disbelieved the messengers
Dr. Kamal Omar
The dwellers of Al-’Aiyka belied the Messengers
The people of Aiykah, also, disbelieved their Messengers
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
The companions (i.e., inhabitants) of the Thicket cried lies to the Emissaries
Muhammad Sarwar
The dwellers of the forest also rejected the Messengers
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
The people of Aaikah rejected the messenger
Shabbir Ahmed
And the dwellers in the wood dales (of Midyan) denied the Messengers. (The Nation of Midyan lived between Madinah and Damascus since around 2000 B.C. They were the descendants of Prophet Abraham's son MIDYAN from his third wife QATOORA. Prophet Shoaib was raised among them around 1300 B.C. 7:85)
Dr. Munir Munshey
And the people of ´Aika´ rejected the messengers
Syed Vickar Ahamed
The companions of the Wood rejected the messengers
The companions of the thicket denied the messenger
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The dwellers of the Woods disbelieved the messengers
Abdel Haleem
The forest-dwellers, too, called the messengers liars
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
The dwellers of the wood belied the sent ones
Ahmed Ali
The people of the Wood too called the messengers liars
Aisha Bewley
The Companions of the Thicket denied the Messengers,
Ali Ünal
The dwellers of al-Aykah denied (Shu‘ayb and thereby meant to deny all) the Messengers
Ali Quli Qara'i
The inhabitants of Aykah impugned the apostles
Hamid S. Aziz
The Dwellers of the Grove (Midianites) denied the messengers
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
The inhabitants of the woods (people of Midian) denied the messengers,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers
Musharraf Hussain
The companions of the forest also denied Allah’s messengers.
Maududi
The people of Aykah also gave the lie to the Messengers
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The people of the Sycamore disbelieved the messengers
Mohammad Shafi
[The ancient] dwellers of the wood (Midian) did not believe the Messengers
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The people of the forest belied the Messengers.
The People of the Woods disbelieved the messengers.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
The dwellers of the Thicket belied their Messengers
Maulana Muhammad Ali
The dwellers of the thicket gave the lie to the messengers
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
The thicket's/dense tangled trees' owners/friends/company denied the messengers
Bijan Moeinian
The people of Aiykah (near Midian) also rejected the prophet hood
Faridul Haque
The People of the Woods denied the Noble Messengers
Sher Ali
The people of the Wood rejected the Messengers
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The dwellers of al-Ayka (i.e., the People of the Wood also) rejected the Messengers
Amatul Rahman Omar
The dwellers of the Wood (in Midian) cried lies to the Messengers
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
The dwellers of Al-Aiyka (near Madyan (Midian)) belied the Messengers
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
The dwellers of the wooded valley belied the messengers.
Munir Mezyed
The companions of the Thicket persistently denied the Messengers (of Allâh),
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And the inhabitants of the woodlands (al-Ayka) denied the messengers.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The companions of the wood rejected the messengers.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
The Fellows of the Thicket disbelieved the emissaries
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
The dwellers in the Forest rejected the emissaries
Samy Mahdy
The Thicket’s companions falsified the messengers.
Sayyid Qutb
The dwellers of the wooded dales [of Madyan], too, denied God's messengers.
Ahmed Hulusi
The dwellers of the forest (the people of Shuayb) also denied the Rasuls!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
The dwellers of the Forest belied the messengers
Just as averse were the woodlanders -Madyanites- who declined to accept Allah's message and those who conveyed the message
Mir Aneesuddin
The inhabitants of the jungle denied the messengers
The Wise Quran
The fellows of the Grove called the messengers liars;