Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[The others] answered: “You are nothing but mortal men like ourselves; moreover, the Most Gracious has never bestowed aught [of revelation] from on high. You do nothing but lie!”
M. M. Pickthall
They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
The (people) said: "Ye are only men like ourselves; and (Allah) Most Gracious sends no sort of revelation: ye do nothing but lie."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
The people replied, “You are only humans like us, and the Most Compassionate has not revealed anything. You are simply lying!”
Safi Kaskas
They replied, "You are only human beings like us, and the Merciful-to-all has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."
Wahiduddin Khan
They replied, You are nothing but mortal men like us and the Merciful God has not revealed anything. You are surely lying
Shakir
They said: You are naught but mortals like ourselves, nor has the Beneficent Allah revealed anything; you only lie
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: You are nothing but mortals like ourselves and The Merciful caused not to descend anything. You are but lying!
T.B.Irving
They said; "You are only human beings like ourselves. The Mercy-giving has net sent anything down; you are only lying!"
Abdul Hye
They (people of the town) said: “You are but humans like us. The Gracious (Allah) has revealed nothing, you are telling lies.”
The Study Quran
They said, “You are but human beings like us, and the Compassionate has not sent down anything. You are but lying.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They replied, “You are nothing but humans like us, and the Merciful revealed nothing. You are only lying.”
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'You are nothing but humans like us, and the Gracious did not send down anything; you are only lying.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
They (the residents of the town) said: “You are not but human beings like us, and Ar-Rahman has not sent down anything. You do not (act in truth) but you tell lies.”
But the people replied: "You are but humans like us. The Compassionate (Allah) has revealed nothing; you are surely lying."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "In no way are you anything except mortals like us; and in no way has The All-Merciful sent down anything; decidedly you do nothing except lie."
Muhammad Sarwar
The people said, "You are mere mortals like us and the Beneficent God has sent nothing. You are only liars."
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They (the people of the Town) said, .You are no more than human beings like us, and the RaHman (the All-Merciful Allah) has not sent down any thing. You are but telling a lie
Shabbir Ahmed
But the people said, "You are nothing but human beings like us. The Beneficent has never revealed anything. You are but lying." (6:91), (34:31)
Dr. Munir Munshey
They replied, "You are merely humans like us. Rehman has sent down nothing! You are just making it up!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
The (people) said: "You are only beings like ourselves; And (Allah) the Most Gracious (Ar-Rahman) sends nothing to be made known (or disclosed): You do nothing but lie."
They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They replied: "You are but human beings like us, and the Almighty did not send down anything, you are only telling lies."
Abdel Haleem
They said, ‘Truly, we are messengers to you,’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: ye are but human beings like ourselves; the Compassionate hath not sent down aught; ye are only lying
Ahmed Ali
"You are only men like us," they replied; "Ar-Rahman has not sent down any thing. You are speaking only lies."
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´You are nothing but human beings like ourselves. The All-Merciful has not sent down anything. You are simply lying.´
Ali Ünal
They said: "You are but mortals like us. The All-Merciful has never sent down anything (by way of Book, as you claim). You are only telling lies."
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘You are nothing but humans like us, and the All-beneficent has not sent down anything, and you are only lying.’
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "You are naught but mortals like ourselves, nor has the Beneficent Allah revealed anything; you only lie."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “You are only a human being like us, and the beneficent has not sent down anything, you are only lying.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They said, “You are only human like us, and God, the Merciful Benefactor, sends no sort of revelation. You do nothing but lie.
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “You’re mortals like us. The Most Kind hasn’t sent anything, you are lying.”
Maududi
The people of the town said: "You are only human beings like ourselves, and the Merciful Lord has revealed nothing. You are simply lying."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "You are but human beings like us, and the Almighty did not send down anything, you are only telling lies.
Mohammad Shafi
They (the town-people) said, "You are none but mortals like us. And, the Gracious One has sent nothing! You are none but liars."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, 'you are not, but a man like us and the Most Affectionate has sent down nothing, you are only lying.
They said, "You are no more than human beings like us. The Most Gracious did not send down anything. You are liars."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
But they said: 'You are only humans like ourselves. The Merciful has not sent down anything, your speech is but lies!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: You are only mortals like ourselves, nor has the Beneficent revealed anything -- you only lie
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "You are not except humans equal/alike to us , and the merciful did not descend from a thing, that truly you are except lying/denying/falsifying."
Bijan Moeinian
They said: “You are nothing but human beings like us and God, the most Gracious has not sent anything through you and you are surely liars.”
Faridul Haque
They said, “You are nothing but mortals like us; the Most Gracious has not sent down anything - you are nothing but liars.”
Sher Ali
They replied, `You are only human beings like us and the Gracious God has not revealed anything. You are only lying.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(The people of the city) said: ‘You are but human beings like us, and the Most Kind (Lord) has not sent down anything. You are only lying.
Amatul Rahman Omar
They (- the contemporaries of the Messengers) gave (a general) reply, `You are only human beings like ourselves. The Most Gracious (God) has revealed nothing (to you). You are simply telling lies.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They (people of the town) said: "You are only human beings like ourselves, and the Most Beneficent (Allah) has revealed nothing, you are only telling lies."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They said, “You are but humans like us and The All-merciful has sent down nothing of the sort. You are but lying.”
Munir Mezyed
They said: “You are no more than human beings like us, and the True Merciful (God) has revealed nothing. You are only lying”.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They said, you are only humans like us, and the Merciful has not sent anything, for you are only lying.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, “You are nothing but human beings like us, and the All-Merciful did not send down anything; you are only lying.”
Linda “iLHam” Barto
(The people) said, “You are merely men like us. The Most Gracious has not revealed anything. You do nothing but lie.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They said; "You are only human beings like ourselves. The Mercy-giving has net sent anything down; you are only lying!"
Samy Mahdy
They said, “You are not except humankinds like us, and Al-Rahman (The Widely merciful) did not send down a thing; you are not except lying.”
Sayyid Qutb
They replied: 'You are nothing but mortals like ourselves. Moreover, the Lord of Grace has never revealed anything; you do nothing but lie.'
Thomas Cleary
The people said, “You are nothing but human beings like us. And the Compassionate One does not send anything down at all. You are simply lying."
Ahmed Hulusi
They responded, “You are not but mere humans like us... And the Rahman has not disclosed anything... You are but liars.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
They said: You are not but men like unto us, nor has the Beneficent (Allah) sent down anything. You are speaking only lies .
But the inhabitants said: "But you are simply mortals like us and never did Allah, AL-Rahman, disclose divine knowledge or anything else to a mortal: "You are indeed liars."
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, “You are nothing but men like us and the Beneficent (Allah) has not sent down anything, you do nothing but lie.”
The Wise Quran
They said, 'You are not except mortals like us, and the Merciful has not sent down anything; you are not except lying.'