Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
O YOU who have attained to faith! Why do you say one thing and do another
M. M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! Why say ye that which ye do not
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
O ye who believe! Why say ye that which ye do not
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
O believers! Why do you say what you do not do?
Safi Kaskas
Believers, why do you say what you do not do?
Wahiduddin Khan
Believers! Why do you say one thing and do another
Shakir
O you who believe! why do you say that which you do not do
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
O those who believed! Why say you what you accomplish not?
T.B.Irving
You who believe, why do you preach something you are not practicing?
Abdul Hye
O you who believe! Why do you say that which you don’t do?
The Study Quran
O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
O you who believe, why do you say what you don’t do?
Talal Itani (2012)
O you who believe! Why do you say what you do not do
Dr. Kamal Omar
O you who have Believed! Why do you utter which you do not practice
O believers! Why do you say something which you don’t do
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
O you who have believed, why do you say that which you do not perform? (i.e., occupants
Muhammad Sarwar
Believers, why do you preach what you do not practice
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
O you who believe, why do you say what you do not do
Shabbir Ahmed
O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! Why do you say something which you don't do
Dr. Munir Munshey
Oh you who believe, why do you say that which you do not (intend to) do
Syed Vickar Ahamed
O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do
O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
O you who believe, why do you say what you do not d
Abdel Haleem
You who believe, why do you say things and then do not do them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
O ye who believe! wherefore say ye that which ye do not
Ahmed Ali
O you who believe, why do you profess what you do not practise
Aisha Bewley
You who have iman! why do you say what you do not do?
Ali Ünal
O you who believe! Why do you say what you do not do (as well as what you will not do)
Ali Quli Qara'i
O you who have faith! Why do you say what you do not do
Hamid S. Aziz
O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
You who believe, why do you say what you do not do?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
O you who believe, why do you say that which you do not do
Musharraf Hussain
Believers, why do you say things that you don’t do?
Maududi
Believers, why do you profess that which you do not practise
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
O you who believe, why do you say what you do not do
Mohammad Shafi
O you who believe! Why do you say what you yourself do not do
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
'O believers! Why do you say, what you do not do?
O you who believe, why do you say what you do not do?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Believers, why do you say what you never do
Maulana Muhammad Ali
O you who believe, why say you that which you do not
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
You, you those believed, why/for what (do) you say what you do not make/do
Bijan Moeinian
O’ you who pronounce yourself the believers, how come your actions differ from your words
Faridul Haque
O People who Believe! Why do you preach what you do not practice
Sher Ali
O ye who believe ! Why do you say what you do not
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
O believers! Why do you say what you do not do
Amatul Rahman Omar
O you who believe! why should you say what you do not do
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do.
Munir Mezyed
O’ you who live by Faith! Why do you say that which you do not strive diligently to accomplish.?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Oh you believers, why do you say what you don´t do?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
O Believers, why make false claims?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
O you who have attained faith, why do you say what you do not do?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
You who believe, why do you preach something you are not practising?
Samy Mahdy
O you who believed! Why do you say what you do not do?
Ahmed Hulusi
O believers... Why do you say what you do not do!
Mir Aneesuddin
O you who believe! why do you say that which you do not do?
O you Whose hearts reflect the image of religious and spiritual virtues: why do you say and state in words, or resolve to act, or promise to do, what you do not do or duly perform
The Wise Quran
O those who believed! For what do you say what you do not do?