Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
who readily lend ear [to every falsehood], and most of whom lie to others as well
M. M. Pickthall
They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
who gives an ˹attentive˺ ear ˹to half-truths˺, mostly passing on sheer lies.
Safi Kaskas
who readily lends an ear, but most of them are liars.
Wahiduddin Khan
who lends an ear to them, and most of them are liars
Shakir
They incline their ears, and most of them are liars
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
but most of them are ones who lie.
T.B.Irving
They even try to eavesdrop, since most of them are liars;
Abdul Hye
who gives ear (to the devils), most of them are liars,
The Study Quran
eavesdropping, and most of them are liars
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They lend an ear, but most of them are liars.
Talal Itani (2012)
They give ear, and most of them are liars
Dr. Kamal Omar
They transmit (without getting confirmed) what is heard and most of them are untrue in speech
those who listen to hearsay - and most of them are liar
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They are eager on hearing, and most of them are liars
Muhammad Sarwar
The satans try to listen to the heavens but many of them are liars
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They give ear to hear (secretly,) and most of them tell lies
Shabbir Ahmed
They listen for lies and rumors, and most of them make up lies
Dr. Munir Munshey
And (they) feed them heresies; Most of them are liars
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(In their ears) they fill half-true, worthless things, and most of them are liars
They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They claim to listen, but most of them are liars
Abdel Haleem
who readily lends an ear to them, and most of them are liars
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Who give ear, and most of them are liars
Ahmed Ali
Who listens to you (for spreading rumours); but most of them are liars
Aisha Bewley
They give them a hearing and most of them are liars.
Ali Ünal
They (the satans) give ear eagerly (to the conversations of the angels, and whisper to every forger lost in sin as if they received something), but they (both the satans and their sinful agents) are liars in most of their words
Ali Quli Qara'i
They eavesdrop, and most of them are liars
Hamid S. Aziz
And impart what they have heard; but most of them are liars
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
who gives ear (and listens to the devils), and most of them are liars.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They repeat what they hear, though most of the deny it
Musharraf Hussain
who listens readily, and who is a liar.
Maududi
on those who whisper hearsay in the ears of people; and most of them are liars
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Theyclaim to listen, but most of them are liars
Mohammad Shafi
They (the devils) pass on hearsays to them (sinful turncoats). And most of them (the devils) lie
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The devils cast upon them their own hearings and most of them are liars.
They pretend to listen, but most of them are liars.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They listen, but most of them are liars
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They give ear, and most of them are liars
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They listen attentively the hearing/listening , and most of them (are) lying/denying
Bijan Moeinian
Such people whisper hearsay into ears, but most of them are liars
Faridul Haque
The devils convey upon them what they heard, but most of them are liars
Sher Ali
They strain their ears towards heaven, and most of them are liars
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Who pour (into their ears) hearsay and most of them are liars
Amatul Rahman Omar
Who listen eagerly (to what the evil ones say), yet mostly they tell them lies
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Who gives ear (to the devils and they pour what they may have heard of the unseen from the angels), and most of them are liars
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They [devils] strain their hearing while most of them are liars.
Munir Mezyed
They give ear, but most of them are liars.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They listen out, but most of them are liars.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They repeat what [gossip] is heard, and most of them are liars.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They give ear, and most of them are liars.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They even try to eavesdrop, since most of them are liars;
Samy Mahdy
They eavesdrop on the listening, and most of them are liars.
Sayyid Qutb
They eagerly listen, but most of them are liars.
Ahmed Hulusi
Those who betray themselves give ear to (the devils – delusive ideas in their subconscious) and most of them are liars.
Mir Aneesuddin
they deliver hearsay and most of them are liars.
who open their hearts' ears to misrepresentations and vanities and to what the Devils impart to them of falsities and most of them (those who relate and those who receive) are liars. The pagans labelled the Quran as poetry and the Prophet as a poet while the difference is obviously vast. A. The Quran invites to a straight course aiming at a specific Purpose and a useful end. The Prophet's words together with his deeds accord, he does not say something today and cancels it tomorrow nor does he yield to emotions and desires but insists on a divine course of action and does not change nor deviate. On the other hand poets are captives of their emotions, their imagination and of the changing atmospheres and temperaments. When pleased they say one thing and when displeased they say another thing, whereas the Quran adheres eternally to the same thing. B. Poets may be good poets (poets of literary merit), poetic antiquarian (poet with another quality), poeticule (insignificant ), poetaster (a writer of trashy verse) a rhymester. Some of them engage in feigning and devising fables and others aim to please. C. Therefore those whose ruling passion conquers reason who refer their way of life and course of action to the region of poetry or emotions are wasting their days in vanity
The Wise Quran
They pass on what is heard; and most of them are liars.