Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
But never yet came a prophet to them without their deriding him –
M. M. Pickthall
And never came there unto them a prophet but they used to mock him
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And never came there a prophet to them but they mocked him
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
But no prophet ever came to them without being mocked.
Safi Kaskas
and they used to ridicule every one of them.
Wahiduddin Khan
but whenever a prophet came to them, they mocked him
Shakir
And there came not to them a prophet but they mocked at him
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And approaches them not a Prophet, but that they had been ridiculing him.
T.B.Irving
No prophet ever came to them unless they made fun of him.
Abdul Hye
Never came to them a prophet and they did not mock at him.
The Study Quran
Yet never did a prophet come unto them, but that they mocked him
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Yet, no Prophet came to them but they mocked him.
Talal Itani (2012)
No messenger came to them, but they ridiculed him
Dr. Kamal Omar
And there comes not to them a Prophet but they used to ridicule and mock at him
Never did it happen that a Prophet came to his people and they did not mock at him
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And in no way did a Prophet come up to them, except that they used to mock at him
Muhammad Sarwar
No Prophet came to them whom they did not mock
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
No messenger came to them, but they used to mock at him
Shabbir Ahmed
But never came unto them a Prophet, but they mocked him
Dr. Munir Munshey
No prophet ever came whom they did not mock (and deride)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And there was never a prophet who came to them at whom they did not mock
But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And every time a prophet went to them, they ridiculed him
Abdel Haleem
and they mocked every one of them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And not a prophet came Unto them but him they were wont to mock
Ahmed Ali
But never did a prophet come at whom they did not scoff
Aisha Bewley
But no Prophet came to them without their mocking him;
Ali Ünal
And there never came to them a Prophet but they mocked him
Ali Quli Qara'i
There did not come to them any prophet but that they used to deride him
Hamid S. Aziz
And there came not to them a prophet but they mocked at him
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And no prophet came to them, unless they used to ridicule him.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And there never came a messenger to them that they did not mock
Musharraf Hussain
when a prophet came to them they mocked him,
Maududi
Yet never did a Prophet come to them but they mocked him
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And every time a prophet went to them, they mocked him
Mohammad Shafi
And no prophet did ever come to them but they mocked at him
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And whoever as a communicator of the unseen (a prophet) came to them, they used to mock at him.
Every time a prophet went to them, they ridiculed him.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
no Prophet came to them except that they mocked him
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And no prophet came to them but they mocked him
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And a prophet does not come to them except they were with him mocking/making fun
Bijan Moeinian
They were all mocked at
Faridul Haque
And whenever any Prophet came to them, they only mocked at him
Sher Ali
But there never came to them a Prophet but they mocked at him
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And no Prophet came to them, but they used to make fun of him
Amatul Rahman Omar
Yet there never came to them a Prophet but they treated him as of no importance
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And never came there a Prophet to them but they used to mock at him
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And never came unto them a prophet but that they used to mock at him.
Munir Mezyed
And never did a Prophet come to them but that they used to mock at him.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And whenever a prophet came to them, they made fun of him.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
A prophet never came to them without their mocking him.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Yet not a prophet came to them but that they used to ridicule him.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
No prophet ever came to them unless they made fun of him.
Samy Mahdy
And there was not a prophet who came to them, except they were ridiculed by him.
Ahmed Hulusi
But whenever a Nabi came to them, they mocked what he brought.
Mir Aneesuddin
And there did not come to them ( any ) prophet but they mocked at him.
Nonetheless no prophet do We send as a spirit of truth to guide people into all truth but they mock him and give him a lick with the rough side of their tongues and call him everything they can lay their tongues to
The Wise Quran
And there never came to them a prophet but they used to mock him;