Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Behold, [when Our messages are conveyed to one who is bent on denying the truth,] he reflects and meditates [as to how to disprove them] –
M. M. Pickthall
For lo! he did consider; then he planned
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
For he thought and he plotted;
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
for he contemplated and determined ˹a degrading label for the Quran˺.
Safi Kaskas
He reflected and plotted.
Wahiduddin Khan
For he thought and he plotte
Shakir
Surely he reflected and guessed
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, he deliberated and calculated.
T.B.Irving
Let him think things over and measure them out.
Abdul Hye
surely, he thought and plotted.
The Study Quran
Truly he reflected and determined
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He thought and decided.
Talal Itani (2012)
He thought and analyzed
Dr. Kamal Omar
Surely, he thought over and assessed (a plan against Al-Kitab )
surely he pondered and devised a plot
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Surely he did think and he determined
Muhammad Sarwar
He planned and plotted
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He pondered and surmised
Shabbir Ahmed
For, behold, he thought, and he designed
Dr. Munir Munshey
Indeed, he pondered and plotted
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Verily, he thought and he plotted—
Indeed, he thought and deliberated
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He thought and he analyzed
Abdel Haleem
He planned and plotted––
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily he considered, and devised
Ahmed Ali
For he had thought and calculated
Aisha Bewley
He reflected and considered.
Ali Ünal
He pondered and he calculated (how he could disprove the Qur’an in people’s sight)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Indeed he reflected and decided
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely he reflected and then plotted
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Indeed, he thought and calculated.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
For he thought and he plotted
Musharraf Hussain
He thought and plotted.
Maududi
He reflected and then hatched a scheme
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He thought and he analyzed.
Mohammad Shafi
He did indeed think and decide
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Certainly, he reflected and determined;
For he reflected, then decided.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He reflected, and then determine
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely he reflected and determined
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
That he truly thought, and he evaluated/estimated
Bijan Moeinian
He is the same person who listened to My revelations and then came up with a plan to make fun of it
Faridul Haque
Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided
Sher Ali
Lo ! he reflected and calculated
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Surely, he reflected and devised a plot
Amatul Rahman Omar
Lo! he pondered and planned
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Verily, he thought and plotted