Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
For [thus it is:] the blind and the seeing are not equal
M. M. Pickthall
The blind man is not equal with the seer
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
The blind and the seeing are not alike
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Those blind ˹to the truth˺ and those who can see are not equal,
Safi Kaskas
The blind and the seeing are not equal
Wahiduddin Khan
The blind and the sighted are not equal
Shakir
And the blind and the seeing are not alik
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Not on the same level are the unwilling to see and the seeing
T.B.Irving
The blind and the sighted are not equal,
Abdul Hye
The blind (disbelievers) and the seeing (believers) are not alike;
The Study Quran
Not equal are the blind and the seeing
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
The blind and the sighted aren’t equal.
Talal Itani (2012)
Not equal are the blind and the seeing
Dr. Kamal Omar
And the blind and the seer do not become equal
The blind and the seeing are not alike
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And in no way are the blind and the ever-beholding equal
Muhammad Sarwar
The blind and the seeing are not alik
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
The blind and the sighted are not equal
Shabbir Ahmed
The blind of reason and the seeing are not equal
Dr. Munir Munshey
The blind and those endowed with sight are not equal
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Not the same are the blind and the seeing
Not equal are the blind and the seeing
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The blind and the seer are not equal
Abdel Haleem
The blind and the seeing are not alike
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Not alike are the blind and the seeing
Ahmed Ali
Equal are not the blind and those who can see
Aisha Bewley
The blind and seeing are not the same
Ali Ünal
The blind and the seeing are not equal
Ali Quli Qara'i
The blind one and the seer are not equal
Hamid S. Aziz
And the blind and the seeing are not alik
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And the blind and the seeing are not equal,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
The blind and the seeing are not alike
Musharraf Hussain
The blind and the sighted are not the same,
Maududi
The blind and the seeing are not alike
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The blind and the seer are not equal
Mohammad Shafi
And the blind and the one who is able to see are not alike
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And the blind and seeing are not equal.
The blind and the seer are not equal.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
The blind and the seeing are not equal
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the blind and the seeing are not alike
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And the blind and the seeing/understanding , do not become equal/alike
Bijan Moeinian
The blind [the one who closes himself to the truth] and the one who sees are not alike
Faridul Haque
And the blind and the sighted are not equal
Sher Ali
The blind and the seeing are not alike
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And the blind and the seeing cannot be alike
Amatul Rahman Omar
The blind person and the person who sees are not alike
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Not alike are the blind (disbelievers in Islamic Monotheism) and the seeing (believers in Islamic Monotheism)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And not equal are the one who is blind and the one who is seeing;
Munir Mezyed
Not equal are the spiritually blind and the enlightened one,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And the blind and the seeing are not the same.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The unseeing and the seeing are not alike.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Not equal are the blind one and the one who can see,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
The blind and the sighted are not equal,
Samy Mahdy
And not equal are the blind and the seer.
Sayyid Qutb
The blind and the seeing are not equal;
Ahmed Hulusi
Not equal are the blind and the seeing.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And the blind and the seeing are not alike,
They are not esteemed alike: those who lack intellectual, moral and spiritual perception and those who perceive mentally and apprehend the truth by though
Mir Aneesuddin
And the blind and the seeing are not equal,
The Wise Quran
And not equal are the blind and the seeing,