Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
so much so that they came to think, as you [once] thought, that God would never [again] send forth anyone [as His apostle]
M. M. Pickthall
And indeed they supposed, even as ye suppose, that Allah would not raise anyone (from the dead)
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to Judgment)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And those ˹humans˺ thought, just like you ˹jinn˺, that Allah would not resurrect anyone ˹for judgment˺.
Safi Kaskas
And they thought, as you thought, that God would not send anyone [as a messenger].
Wahiduddin Khan
They thought, as you did, that God would never raise up anyone from the dead
Shakir
And that they thought as you think, that Allah would not raise anyone
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And they thought as you thought, that God will never raise up anyone.
T.B.Irving
They thought, just as you have supposed, that God will never send anyone up again.
Abdul Hye
and they thought as you thought that Allah will never appoint anyone (as a Messenger to mankind or jinn).
The Study Quran
They thought, as did you, that God would resurrect no one
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And they had thought, as you thought, that God would never resurrect anyone.
Talal Itani (2012)
They thought, as you thought, that God would never resurrect anyone
Dr. Kamal Omar
And that they: (the misled humans) they thought as you (Jinns) thought that Allah will never raise any one (as a Messenger cum Prophet)
as a result, they presumed as you presumed that Allah would not appoint anyone as a Messenger
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And that they surmised, as you (The pronoun is plural) also surmised, that Allah would never make anyone to rise again
Muhammad Sarwar
Those people thought, like you, that God would never send down a Messenger
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and that they (humans) thought as you (O Jinns) thought that Allah will never resurrect anyone
Shabbir Ahmed
"And they thought as you nomads thought that Allah would never again send forth anyone." (As His Messenger, and so, the claimants of the occult sciences would carry on with their deceptions)
Dr. Munir Munshey
"And people thought _ as you did _ that Allah will not resurrect anyone."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
" ‘And they (used to) think as you thought, that Allah would not raise up anyone (to Judgment)
And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"And they thought as you thought, that God would not send anyone."
Abdel Haleem
They thought, as you did, that God would never raise anyone from the dead
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And indeed they imagined, even as ye imagined, that Allah will not raise any one
Ahmed Ali
So they began to think, even as you do, that God would not resurrect any one
Aisha Bewley
They thought — as you also think — that Allah would never raise up anyone.
Ali Ünal
‘And they (those men) have thought, as you have thought, that God would never raise anyone (as Messenger from among them)
Ali Quli Qara'i
They thought, just as you think, that Allah will not raise anyone from the dead
Hamid S. Aziz
"And they thought as you think, that Allah would not raise anyone (to be judged)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And they assumed as you assumed, that God never raises anyone.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“ ‘They think, as you thought, that God would not raise up anyone
Musharraf Hussain
and they believed as you believed that Allah will not resurrect anyone.
Maududi
and that "they thought, even as you thought, that Allah would never raise anyone (as a Messenger)"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"And they thought as you thought, that God would not send anyone."
Mohammad Shafi
"`And that they [men] thought, even as you [jinn] think, that Allah would not raise anyone from the dead.'"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And that they imagined just as you have imagined, that Allah would never raise any Messenger.
" `They thought, just like you thought, that GOD would not send another (messenger).
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Like you, they thought that Allah would never raise the dead
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And they thought, as you think that Allah would not raise anyone
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
'And that they thought/assumed as/like you thought/assumed , that (E) God will never/not send/resurrect/revive anyone.
Bijan Moeinian
“Those wicked (jinns/ men) were thinking, as you think, that God will never raise anyone [raise as a prophet or raise in the day of judgment].”
Faridul Haque
‘And that they assumed, like you humans assume, that Allah would not send any Noble Messenger.’
Sher Ali
`And, indeed, they thought, even as you think that ALLAH would never raise any Messenger
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And, (O party of jinn,) those men also thought just as you thought that Allah would never raise up anyone (after death)
Amatul Rahman Omar
"These men (from the jinn) believed even as you believe that Allah would raise no one (as Messenger)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And they thought as you thought, that Allah will not send any Messenger (to mankind or jinns)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And that indeed they thought just as you thought that Allah is never going to raise anyone as a messenger.
Munir Mezyed
Verily, those who persistently refused to yield to the Truth among mankind thought as we thought that Allâh would never send any Messenger.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And they thought, like you thought, that Allah would not resurrect anyone.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And that they thought, as youpl thought, that Allah would never resurrect anyone.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“‘They began to think, as you [misguided people] think –that Allah will not raise anyone [to face the judgment].
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They thought, just as you have supposed, that Allah (God) will never send anyone up again.
Samy Mahdy
And they assumed, as you assumed, that Allah would never mission anyone.
Thomas Cleary
And they came to suppose, as did you, that God would resurrect no one.
Ahmed Hulusi
“And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never resurrect (ba’th) anyone.” (This verse indicates that jinn, like humans, have no proficiency pertaining to life after death/resurrection.)
Mir Aneesuddin
And they (too) thought as you thought that Allah will never raise anyone (to life after death).
"The evil among us -the Jinn- thought as did the evil among mankind that Allah would not send another Messenger anymore nor would He effect resurrection
The Wise Quran
And that they, they thought, as you thought, that God would not raise anyone.