Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Does man imagine that it is his due to have all that he might wish for
M. M. Pickthall
Or shall man have what he coveteth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Or should every person ˹simply˺ have whatever ˹intercessors˺ they desire?
Safi Kaskas
Should man have whatever he wishes for,
Wahiduddin Khan
Shall man have whatever he craves
Shakir
Or shall man have what he wishes
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Or will the human being have what he coveted?
T.B.Irving
Or may man have anything he hankers for?
Abdul Hye
Or should human have whatever he wishes?
The Study Quran
Or shall man have whatsoever he longs for
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Or is man to have whatever he desires?
Talal Itani (2012)
Or is the human being to have whatever he desires
Dr. Kamal Omar
Is (it) available to a human being whatever he desired
Or should man have whatever he wishes
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Or even should man have whatever he covets
Muhammad Sarwar
Can the human being have whatever he wishes
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Is it that man can get whatever he wishes
Shabbir Ahmed
Nay, should man get all that he covets and fancies
Dr. Munir Munshey
Should man have whatever he desires
Syed Vickar Ahamed
No! Shall man have anything (just because) he wishes for it
Or is there for man whatever he wishes
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Or shall the human being have what he wishe
Abdel Haleem
Is man to have everything he wishes for
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Shall man have whatsoever he wisheth for
Ahmed Ali
Can ever man get what he desires
Aisha Bewley
Shall man then have whatever he covets?
Ali Ünal
Or will human attain whatever he craves
Ali Quli Qara'i
Shall man have whatever he yearns for
Hamid S. Aziz
Or shall man have whatever whims he wishes
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Or does human being have whatever he desires?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
No, will human beings have everything they pursue
Musharraf Hussain
Does a person always get his wish?
Maududi
Does man imagine that whatever he wishes for is right for him
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Or shall man have what he wishes?
Mohammad Shafi
Or, is it ordained that man does [always] have what he wishes
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Will the man have whatsoever he fancies?
What is it that the human being desires?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Is the human to have whatever he fancies
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Or shall man have what he wishes
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Or (is it) to the human/mankind what he wished/desired
Bijan Moeinian
Should man’s whims be materializes
Faridul Haque
What! Will man get whatever he dreams of
Sher Ali
Can man have whatever he desires
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Is (all) that available for man what he longs for
Amatul Rahman Omar
Can a person always have whatever he desires
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Or shall man have what he wishes
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Or is it that the man can get all that he wishes for?
Munir Mezyed
Or shall man have what he desires?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Or does man get what he wishes for?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Should humanity have anything it wants?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Or may man have anything he hankers for?
Samy Mahdy
Or was it for the human whatever he wishes?
Ahmed Hulusi
Or is there a rule that man shall have whatever he desires?
Mir Aneesuddin
Or, shall man have what (all) he desires?
Or does man think that whatever he wishes or desires is law
The Wise Quran
Or for man is what he wishes?