Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Said the most right-minded among them: "Did I not tell you, 'Will you not extol God's limitless glory?’"
M. M. Pickthall
The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah)
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
The most sensible of them said, “Did I not urge you to say, ‘Allah willing.’?”
Safi Kaskas
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, that you should praise your Lord’s glory?
Wahiduddin Khan
The more upright of the two said, Did I not bid you to glorify God
Shakir
The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
The most moderate of them said: Say I not to you: Why glorify you not God?
T.B.Irving
Someone more considerate among them said: "Did I not tell you: ´Why do you not glorify [God]?"´
Abdul Hye
The best among them said: “Did I not tell you: why do you not glorify Allah (If Allah wills)?”
The Study Quran
The most moderate of them said, “Did I not say to you, why do you not glorify?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
The most prudent among them said, “Didn’t I tell you to offer praise?”
Talal Itani (2012)
The most reasonable of them said, 'Did I not say to you, 'if only you would glorify?''
Dr. Kamal Omar
One more just among them said: “Did I not tell you why don’t you glorify (Allah by adopting the teachings of His Al-Kitab ) ?”
The most upright among them said: "Did I not tell you to glorify Allah? Why did you not glorify Him?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Said the most moderate of them, "Did I not say to you: Had you only extolled (Him)!"
Muhammad Sarwar
A reasonable one among them said, "Did I not tell you that you should glorify God?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Said he who was the best among them, .Did I not say to you, ‘Why do you not pronounce tasbiH (Allah‘s purity)?
Shabbir Ahmed
Said the most balanced among them, "Did I not tell you - why did you not work aright (thinking of the poor)?" ('Sabh' = Swim in strides = Work hard = Labor for a noble cause)
Dr. Munir Munshey
The moderate one among them said, "Did I not tell you? Why did you not chant (your Lord´s) praises?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Said one (person) more just than the rest of them: "Did I not say to you; Why not Glorify [Allah by saying, if Allah so Wills, (or Insha Allah)]?"
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [ Allah ]?' "
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The best among them said: "If only you had glorified!"
Abdel Haleem
The wisest of them said, ‘Did I not say to you, “Will you not glorify God?”’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
The most moderate of them said: said I not Unto you, wherefore hallow him ye not
Ahmed Ali
One who was temperate among them, said: "Did I not say: 'Why don't you priase God?'"
Aisha Bewley
The best of them said, ´Did I not say to you, "Why do you not glorify Allah?"´
Ali Ünal
The one more equitable among them said: "Did I not say to you: Will you not glorify God?"
Ali Quli Qara'i
The most moderate among them said, ‘Did I not tell you, ‘‘Why do you not glorify [Allah]?’’ ’
Hamid S. Aziz
The best of them said, "Did I not say to you, ´Why not glorify (Allah)?´"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
The fairest of them said: “Did I not tell you: “Why do you not glorify (God)?”?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
One of them more just than the others said, “Did I not say to you, ‘Why not praise God?’
Musharraf Hussain
The middle one said, “Didn’t I tell you to glorify Allah?”
Maududi
The best among them said: "Did I not say to you: why do you not give glory to (your Lord)?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The best among them said: "If only you had glorified!
Mohammad Shafi
A moderate among them said, "Had I not asked you to invoke divine mercy and blessings?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, why do you not glorify Allah? "
The righteous among them said, "If only you had glorified (God)!"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
(Whereupon) the best among them said: 'Did I not say to you to exalt (Allah)?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
The best of them said: Said I not to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Their most honoured/moderate said: "Did I not say to you if only you praise/glorify?"
Bijan Moeinian
The more just one said: “We forgot to worship/ thank the Lord.”
Faridul Haque
The best among them said, “Did I not tell you, ‘Why do you not proclaim His purity?’ ”
Sher Ali
The best among them said, `Did I not say to you, why do you not glorify God?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
One of them, wise and inclined to the balanced judgment, said: ‘Did I not say to you: Why do you not glorify and remember Allah?
Amatul Rahman Omar
The most upright (man) among them said, `Did I not say to you why do you not give glory (to God)?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
The best among them said: "Did I not tell you: why do you not say: Insha Allah (If Allah will)."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
The righteous among them said, “Did I not tell you ‘why do you not glorify Allah?’”
Munir Mezyed
The most moderate one of them said: "Did I not tell you that you should celebrate the praise of your Lord and declare His absolute majesty and glory?"
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
The most level-headed amongst them said: did I not tell you to glorify (Allah)?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
One of the most righteous among them said, “Did I not say to you, ‘Why do you not give glory [to Allah]?’”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
The most reasonable of them said, “Did I not tell youpl , ‘if only you would highly exalt (God) ?’”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Someone more considerate among them said: "Did I not tell you: 'Why do you not glorify [Allah (God)]?"'
Samy Mahdy
The most moderate of them said, “Did I not say for you, ‘if only you would glorify?’”
Ahmed Hulusi
The most reasonable one among them said, “Did I not tell you to exalt (tasbih; fulfill your servitude to your Rabb)?”
Mir Aneesuddin
One balanced among them said, “Did I not tell you? Had you glorified (by regarding Allah above all, this would not have happened).”
The moderate among them said : "Would it not have been befitting, as I advised, had we praised Allah and rendered thanks for the benefits that to us, He has given?"
The Wise Quran
The most moderate of them said, 'Did I not say to you, "Why do you not give glory?"'