Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
so that we might follow [in the footsteps of] the sorcerers if it is they who prevail?”
M. M. Pickthall
(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
so that we may follow the magicians if they prevail?”
Safi Kaskas
so that we might follow the magicians if they win?”
Wahiduddin Khan
so that we may follow the magicians, if they be the winners
Shakir
Haply we may follow the magicians, if they are the vanquishers
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
so that perhaps we follow the ones who are sorcerers if they had been the ones who are victors?
T.B.Irving
so that we may follow the sorcerers once they have won out?"
Abdul Hye
So that we may follow the sorcerers if they are the winners.”
The Study Quran
that haply we may follow the sorcerers if they are the victors?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Perhaps we will follow the magicians if they are the victors.”
Talal Itani (2012)
That we may follow the magicians, if they are the winners.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
Perchance we may follow the sorcerers if they became: they (very ones) as winners?”
So that we may follow the magicians if they are dominant."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
That possibly we would closely follow the sorcerers, in case they are the ones who are the overcomers?"
Muhammad Sarwar
and the people were asked, "Will you all be there so that we may follow the magicians if they become victorious?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
so that we may follow the sorcerers if they are victorious?
Shabbir Ahmed
Pharaoh continued, "So that when the debaters win, we carry them in a procession."
Dr. Munir Munshey
"So that if the magicians triumph, we will follow them."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
That we may follow (the religion of) the magicians, if they win?”
That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"Perhaps we can follow the magicians if they are the winners."
Abdel Haleem
‘Are you all coming? We may follow the sorcerers if they win!’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Belike we may follow the magicians if they are the winners
Ahmed Ali
(They said): "We may haply follow the magicians if they are victorious."
Aisha Bewley
so we can follow the magicians if they are the winners?´
Ali Ünal
"We are expecting that the sorcerers will triumph and we will follow them (in their religion)."
Ali Quli Qara'i
‘Maybe we will follow the magicians, should they be the victors!’
Hamid S. Aziz
(They said), "Aye, so that we may follow the magicians if they win."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
That we may follow the magicians if they are the winners.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“So that we may follow the illusionists’ way if they win?
Musharraf Hussain
They replied , “We’ll follow the magicians, if they win.”
Maududi
We may perhaps follow the religion of the magicians if they triumph."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"Perhaps we can follow the magicians if they are the winners.
Mohammad Shafi
"So that we might cheer the magicians if it is they who prevail?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Haply, we may follow these magicians if they over come.
"Maybe we will follow the magicians, if they are the winners."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
in order that we shall follow the sorcerers if they are the victors.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Haply may we follow the enchanters, if they are the vanquishers
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Maybe/perhaps we follow the magicians/sorcerers, if they, they were, the defeaters
Bijan Moeinian
“If the magicians win, we may follow their religion.”
Faridul Haque
The people said, “Perhaps we may follow the magicians if they are victorious.”
Sher Ali
`So we may follow the sorcerers if they are the winners?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So that we may follow (the din [religion] of) the sorcerers if they overmaster (Musa [Moses] and Harun [Aaron]).
Amatul Rahman Omar
`So that we may follow the sorcerers if they win clear supremacy.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
"That we may follow the sorcerers (who were on Firauns (Pharaoh) religion of disbelief) if they are the winners."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
That we may follow the magicians if it is they who are the victors.
Munir Mezyed
They say: “We may follow (the faith of the magicians) if they become victorious’.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
So we can follow the magicians if they are the winners?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“…so we may follow the sorcerers if they win?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
that we may follow the sorcerers if they are the overcomers?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
so that we may follow the sorcerers once they have won out?"
Samy Mahdy
Perhaps we may be following the magicians, if they are the overcomers.”
Sayyid Qutb
so that we may follow the sorcerers if they emerge triumphant?'
Ahmed Hulusi
“If they prevail we will probably follow the magicians” said the people.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Haply we may follow the sorcerers if they are victors
"We accept the authority of the magicians should they win and espouse their opinions and their cause."
Mir Aneesuddin
And it was said to the people, "Will you gather,
The Wise Quran
Perhaps we may follow the magicians if they gain the upperhand.