Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
The great ones among his people replied: "Verily, we see that thou art obviously lost in error!"
M. M. Pickthall
The chieftains of his people said: Lo! we see thee surely in plain error
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see thee evidently wandering (in mind)."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
But the chiefs of his people said, “We surely see that you are clearly misguided.”
Safi Kaskas
The notable ones among his people replied, “We see that you are obviously lost in error.”
Wahiduddin Khan
but the leading men of his people said, Truly, we see that you are obviously lost in error
Shakir
The chiefs of his people said: Most surely we see you in clear error
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
The Council of his folk said: Truly, we see thee clearly wandering astray.
T.B.Irving
The elders of his people said: "We see you are in obvious error."
Abdul Hye
The leaders of his people said: “Surely, we see you in plain error.”
The Study Quran
The notables among his people said, “Truly we think that you are in manifest error.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
The chiefs of his people said, “We see you in manifest error.”
Talal Itani (2012)
The dignitaries among his people said, 'We see that you are in obvious error.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
The leaders of his nation said: “Verily, we see you in manifest error.”
The chiefs of his nation said: "Surely we see that you are in evident error."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
The chiefs of his people said, "Surely we indeed see you in evident error."
Muhammad Sarwar
A group of his people said to him, "You are absolutely wrong."
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
The chiefs of his people said, .Indeed we see you in an obvious error
Shabbir Ahmed
The chiefs of his people said, "We surely see you in manifest error."
Dr. Munir Munshey
The elders among his people said, "We really think you have blundered and have obviously gone astray."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
The leaders of his people said: "Verily, We see you clearly in error."
Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The leaders from his people said: "We see that you are clearly misguided."
Abdel Haleem
but the prominent leaders of his people said, ‘We believe you are far astray.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
The chiefs of his people said: verily we see thee in error manifest
Ahmed Ali
The elders of his people replied: "We see clearly that you have gone astray."
Aisha Bewley
The ruling circle of his people said, ´We see you in flagrant error.´
Ali Ünal
The leading ones among his people said: "We see that you are surely lost in obvious error."
Ali Quli Qara'i
The elite of his people said, ‘Indeed we see you in manifest error.’
Hamid S. Aziz
Said the chiefs of his people, "Verily, we do surely see you in obvious error."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
The leaders of his people said: “Indeed we see that you are in obvious error.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
The leaders of his people said, “We see that you are obviously in error.
Musharraf Hussain
The leaders of his community said, “We believe you’re mistaken.
Maududi
The leading men of his people replied: ´We see that you are in palpable error.´
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The leaders from his people said: "We see that you are clearly misguided."
Mohammad Shafi
The leaders of his people said, "We do indeed see you to be in clear error."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The leaders of his people said, 'undoubtedly, we see you in apparent error.
The leaders among his people said, "We see that you are far astray."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
But the assembly of his nation said: 'We can see that you are in clear error.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
The chiefs of his people said: Surely we see thee in clear error
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
The nobles/assembly from his nation said: "We , we are seeing you (E) in evident misguidance."
Bijan Moeinian
The leaders of his people [mockingly] replied: "What a shame that you are out of your mind."
Faridul Haque
The leaders of his people said, "Indeed we see you in open error."
Sher Ali
The chiefs of his people said, `Surely we see thee to be in manifest error.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The chiefs and the affluent of his people said: ‘(O Nuh [Noah],) surely, we find you (caught) in an open error.
Amatul Rahman Omar
The chiefs of his people said, `Surely, we see you steeped in evident error.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
The leaders of his people said: "Verily, we see you in plain error."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
The chieftains from his people said, “Indeed we certainly see you in misguidance most evident.”
Munir Mezyed
The chieftains of his people said: “We definitely see you living in utter deception.”
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
The leaders of his people said: we see you in clear error.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The leaders of his people said, “We surely see you obviously in the wrong.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
The chiefs of his people said, “We surely see that you are in evident misguidance.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
The elders of his people said: "We see you are in obvious astray."
Samy Mahdy
The chieftains among his kinfolk said, “Surely We see you are in obvious astray.”
Sayyid Qutb
The great ones among his people replied: “We certainly see that you are in obvious error.â€
Ahmed Hulusi
The leaders in traditional opinion among his people said, “Indeed, we see you in clear error.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
The chiefs of his people said : ' Verily we do see you in manifest error
But those of his people in whose hearts reigned vices and follies said to him: " Indeed, we see that you are lost in the maze of error"
Mir Aneesuddin
The leaders of his people said, "We certainly see you in clear error."
The Wise Quran
Said the chiefs of his people, 'Indeed, we surely see you in clear error.'