Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
they who blunder along, in ignorance lost –
M. M. Pickthall
Who are careless in an abyss
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Those who (flounder) heedless in a flood of confusion
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
those who are ˹steeped˺ in ignorance, totally heedless.
Safi Kaskas
they are unaware that they are lost in ignorance.
Wahiduddin Khan
who flounder in the depths of ignorance
Shakir
Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
ones who are inattentive because of obstinacy.
T.B.Irving
who are dazed with excitement.
Abdul Hye
who are under a cover of heedlessness (don’t think about the Hereafter).
The Study Quran
Those who blunder along in a stupor
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Those entangled in confusion and delusion.
Talal Itani (2012)
Those who are dazed in ignorance
Dr. Kamal Omar
those who being in stupor are heedless (of the Scripture)
those who are engulfed in ignorance and heedlessness
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They who are unmindful and in perplexity (about the Hereafter)
Muhammad Sarwar
and who wander in the abyss of confusion
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
__ those who are drowned in ignorance, forgetful
Shabbir Ahmed
They know not that they know not
Dr. Munir Munshey
Immersed (in ignorance), they are preoccupied (by their preconceived ideas)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Those who (are) carelessly (blundering) in a state of confusion (about the Faith of Islam)
Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Who are in mischief, unaware
Abdel Haleem
those steeped in error and unaware
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Those who are in heedlessness neglectful
Ahmed Ali
Who are lost in deception
Aisha Bewley
those who flounder in a glut of ignorance,
Ali Ünal
Who are quite heedless (of truth) in an abyss of ignorance
Ali Quli Qara'i
who are heedless in a stupor
Hamid S. Aziz
Who flounder heedless in an abyss (of ignorance and confusion)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
those who are neglectful in a flood (of ignorance).
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Those who flounder heedlessly in a flood of confusion
Musharraf Hussain
who are numb and unaware of reality .
Maududi
who are steeped in ignorance and heedlessness
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Who are in mischief, unaware.
Mohammad Shafi
Those that are submerged in carelessness about Truth and Reaity
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Who are forgetful in intoxication (of ignorance).
In their blundering, they are totally heedless.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
who are heedless in the immersion
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Who are in an abyss, neglectful
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Those who, they are in an intoxication/hatred (are) careless/negligent
Bijan Moeinian
Who are deeply ignorant and careless about their religion
Faridul Haque
Those who have forgotten in a state of intoxication
Sher Ali
Who are heedless of truth in the depths of ignorance
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Those who are oblivious (of the Hereafter) due to negligence and ignorance
Amatul Rahman Omar
Who are in the depths of obstinacy and confusion (due to false-beliefs) and give no heed (to the truth)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Who are under a cover of heedlessness (think not about the gravity of the Hereafter)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Those who are wandering in darkness, all forgetful.
Munir Mezyed
Who are caught in the abyss of deception.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Who are carelessly inattentive.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
…–those who flounder in a flood of confusion!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Those who are unmindful and in perplexity,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
who are dazed with excitement.
Samy Mahdy
Those who are, in an overwhelming, are omitting.
Ahmed Hulusi
Who are confused in ignorance and blindness!
Mir Aneesuddin
those who are heedless in ignorance.
Who are sunk in pleasure with brains swimming with the thought of disbelief, immersed in strong delusion that they should believe a lie and disbelieve the truth
The Wise Quran
Those who they are unmindful in a flood.