Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
but my call has only caused them to flee farther and farther away [from Thee]
M. M. Pickthall
But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
but my calls only made them run farther away.
Safi Kaskas
but the more I called them, the further they ran away:
Wahiduddin Khan
but my pleas have only increased their aversion
Shakir
But my call has only made them flee the more
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
but my supplication increases not but their running away.
T.B.Irving
and my appeal has only made them flee farther away from me.
Abdul Hye
but all my calling added nothing but to their flight (from the truth).
The Study Quran
Yet my calling has not increased them in aught but flight
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
But my call only increases their flight away.
Talal Itani (2012)
But my call added only to their flight
Dr. Kamal Omar
But my preaching (and propagation) has not increased them except in flight
but my plea has only added to their aversion
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Yet my calling increased them (in nothing) except in flight
Muhammad Sarwar
but it has had no effect on them except to make them run away
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
but my call added only to their flight (from the truth)
Shabbir Ahmed
But my call only increases their fleeing
Dr. Munir Munshey
"But my calls have only increased their hatred (for the truth)."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"But my calling them only increases (their) flight (from the right)
But my invitation increased them not except in flight
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"But my calling only drove them away!"
Abdel Haleem
but the more I call them, the further they run away
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And my calling hath only increased them in fleeing
Ahmed Ali
But the more I called, they only ran the farther away
Aisha Bewley
but my calling has only made them more evasive.
Ali Ünal
"But my call has only caused them to flee more and more (from accepting the truth)
Ali Quli Qara'i
but my summons only increases their evasion
Hamid S. Aziz
"But my call has only increased their flight (from truth)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
but my invitation only increased (their) running away,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“But my call only increases their flight from right
Musharraf Hussain
my calling has only increased them in fleeing further and further away.
Maududi
but the more I called, the farther they fled
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"But my calling only drove them away!
Mohammad Shafi
"My preaching however has only drove them farther away!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
But my calling has only increased them in fleeing away.
"But my invitation only increased their aversion.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
but my call has only increased them in running away
Maulana Muhammad Ali
But my call has only made them flee the more
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So my call did not increase them except escape/fleeing
Bijan Moeinian
But my calls have made them more and more daring and challenging
Faridul Haque
“So for them, my calling them increased their fleeing away.”
Sher Ali
`But my calling them has only made them flee from me all the more
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
But my calling did no good except making them flee away
Amatul Rahman Omar
`But the more I call them the more they flee (from me)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
But my call increased them in nothing except in flight.”
Munir Mezyed
But my invitations to adhere to Faith have only made them turn further away from it!
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
But my call only made them avoid me more.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“But my call only increases their flight.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
but my call has only made them flee the more.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
and my appeal has only made them flee farther away from me.
Samy Mahdy
So my calls did not increase to them except, a flight.
Ahmed Hulusi
“But my invitation did not increase them in anything except flight.”
Mir Aneesuddin
but my invitation did not increase in them anything except running away (from the truth).
"But as often as I admonished them to adhere to what is in conformity with truth and in agreement with reality, the farther their opposition ran into the region of prejudice"
The Wise Quran
And my call increases them not except in fleeing.