Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and placed it before them, saying, “Will you not eat?”
M. M. Pickthall
And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And placed it before them.. he said, "Will ye not eat?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”
Safi Kaskas
and placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
Wahiduddin Khan
and placed it before them. Will you not eat? he said
Shakir
So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
so he brought it near to them. He said: Will you not eat?
T.B.Irving
and brought it up to them. He said: "Will you not eat?"
Abdul Hye
and he put it before them (saying): “Will you not eat?”
The Study Quran
He placed it close to them, saying, “Will you not eat?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He placed it before them and said, “Will you not eat?”
Talal Itani (2012)
He set it before them. He said, 'Will you not eat?'
Dr. Kamal Omar
Then he brought it close to them; (but when they touched it not) he said: “Will you not eat?”
and placed it before them saying: "Will you not eat?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
So he laid it near them and said, "Will you not eat?"
Muhammad Sarwar
He placed it before them. Then he said, "Why are you not eating?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So he presented it before them (to eat, but being angels, they refrained.) He said, .Would you not eat?
Shabbir Ahmed
And placed it before them, saying, "Will you not eat?"
Dr. Munir Munshey
And placed it before them, then said, "Why don´t you eat?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And placed it before them... He said, "Will you not eat?"
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He offered it to them, he said: "Do you not eat"
Abdel Haleem
and placed it before them. ‘Will you not eat?’ he said
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And he set it before them, and said: wherefore eat ye not
Ahmed Ali
And placing it before them said: "Won't you eat?"
Aisha Bewley
He offered it to them and then exclaimed, ´Do you not then eat?´
Ali Ünal
He placed it before them, and said: "Will you not eat?"
Ali Quli Qara'i
and put it near them. He said, ‘Will you not eat?’
Hamid S. Aziz
And placed it before them. He said, "What! Will you not eat?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Then he placed it close to them saying: “Won’t you eat?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And placed it before them. He said, “Will you not eat?
Musharraf Hussain
which he placed before them, and said, “Won’t you eat?”
Maududi
and laid it before them, saying: "Will you not eat?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He offered it to them, he said: "Do you not eat?"
Mohammad Shafi
And he laid it before them, saying, "Would you not eat it?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then he placed before them. He said, 'do you not eat.
When he offered it to them, he remarked, "Do you not eat?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He set it before them, saying: 'Will you not eat?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So he placed it before them. He said: Will you not eat
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So he neared/approached it to them, he said: "Do you not eat?"
Bijan Moeinian
When they did not touch the food, Abraham asked “Do not you want to eat?”
Faridul Haque
He then presented it before them and said, “Do you not eat?”
Sher Ali
And he placed it before them and said, `Will you not eat?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then he presented it to them and said: ‘Will you not eat?
Amatul Rahman Omar
And he placed it before them. (Seeing their hesitation) he said, `Will you not eat?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And placed it before them, (saying): "Will you not eat?"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And he presented it to them and he said, “Will you not eat?”
Munir Mezyed
He placed it before them. Then he said: "Will you not eat?"
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Then he put it before them and said: won´t you eat?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[He] placed (the roasted calf) before them. He said, “Will you not eat?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and set it before them. He said, “Will you not eat?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
and brought it up to them. He said: "Will you not eat?"
Samy Mahdy
And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"
Ahmed Hulusi
And offered it to them and said, “Will you not eat?”
Mir Aneesuddin
and set it near them (and) said, “Will you not eat?”
He set it before them and cordially said: "Would you not like to eat!" but when they did not
The Wise Quran
And he brought it near to them; he said, 'Will you not eat?'