Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and neither does he speak out of his own desire
M. M. Pickthall
Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Nor does he speak of his own whims.
Safi Kaskas
Nor does he speak (what is revealed to him) from his own whims.
Wahiduddin Khan
nor does he speak out of his own desire
Shakir
Nor does he speak out of desire
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
nor speaks he for himself out of desire.
T.B.Irving
He does not speak from some whim;
Abdul Hye
nor does he speak of (his own) desire.
The Study Quran
nor does he speak out of caprice
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Nor does he speak out of inclination.
Talal Itani (2012)
Nor does he speak out of desire
Dr. Kamal Omar
And he does not speak of (his own) desire
nor does he speak out of his own desire
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And in no way does he pronounce (any word) out of prejudice
Muhammad Sarwar
He does not speak out of his own desires
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He does not speak out of (his own) desire
Shabbir Ahmed
Nor does he utter the Word out of his desire
Dr. Munir Munshey
For, he does not speak what he wishes
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And he does not say (anything) from (his own) desire
Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Nor does he speak from personal desire
Abdel Haleem
he does not speak from his own desire
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And he speaketh not of his own desire
Ahmed Ali
Neither does he speak of his own will
Aisha Bewley
nor does he speak from whim.
Ali Ünal
He does not speak on his own, out of his own desire
Ali Quli Qara'i
Nor does he speak out of [his own] desire
Hamid S. Aziz
Nor does he speak out of (his own) desire
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And he does not speak from (his own) desire.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Nor does he say anything of his own volition
Musharraf Hussain
He doesn’t speak from his desire.
Maududi
nor does he speak out of his desire
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Nor does he speak from personal desire.
Mohammad Shafi
And he speaks not for attaining any personal desire
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And he speaks not of his own desire.
Nor was he speaking out of a personal desire.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
nor does he speak out of desire
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nor does he speak out of desire
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And (your friend) does not speak/clarify from the self attraction for desire
Bijan Moeinian
Nor does he speak out of his whim
Faridul Haque
And he does not say anything by his own desire
Sher Ali
Nor does he speak out of his own desire
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And he does not speak out of his (own) desire
Amatul Rahman Omar
He does not say anything out of (his own) fanciful desire
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Nor does he speak of (his own) desire
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Nor does he speak out of the vain desire.
Munir Mezyed
Nor does he speak of his own fantasy.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And he does not speak from desire.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He does not speak from self-desire.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
nor does he speak out of whim.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He does not speak from some whim;
Samy Mahdy
Nor does he speak out of the desire.
Ahmed Hulusi
Nor does he speak from his own inclinations (imagination)!
Mir Aneesuddin
nor does he speak out of (his own) desire.
Nor does he give utterance to words, moved by selfish motives, or utters error against Allah and commits his heart to inequity
The Wise Quran
Nor does he speak from lust.