Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
MOVE NOT thy tongue in haste, [repeating the words of the revelation:]
M. M. Pickthall
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Do not rush your tongue trying to memorize ˹a revelation of˺ the Quran.
Safi Kaskas
[Prophet], do not move your tongue attempting to rush your memorization of the Revelation.
Wahiduddin Khan
[Prophet], do not move your tongue too fast in your attempt to learn this revelation
Shakir
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
impel not thy tongue to hasten it.
T.B.Irving
Do not try to hurry it up with your tongue;
Abdul Hye
(O Muhammad) don’t move your tongue with it (the Qur’an) to make haste therewith (to memorize the Verses),
The Study Quran
Move not thy tongue therewith to hasten it
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Don’t move your tongue hastily with it to recite it.
Talal Itani (2012)
Do not wag your tongue with it, to hurry on with it
Dr. Kamal Omar
Move not your tongue with it that you may make haste in memorising it (while this Al-Kitab is being inspired unto you)
O Prophet, do not move your tongue too fast to memorize this revelation
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Do not move your tongue with it (The Qur'an) to hasten on with it
Muhammad Sarwar
(Muhammad), do not move your tongue too quickly to recite the Quran
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
(O Prophet,) do not move your tongue (during revelation) for (reciting) it (the Qur‘an) to receive it in hurry
Shabbir Ahmed
(Now whenever you read the verses of the Qur'an) read not in haste stirring your tongue. (20:114)
Dr. Munir Munshey
Do not move your tongue hurriedly (in an attempt) to hasten the (revelation of the) Qur´an
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Move not your tongue (O Prophet!) about the (Quran) to hurry on with it (in its reading)
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste
Abdel Haleem
[Prophet], do not rush your tongue in an attempt to hasten [your memorization of] the Revelation
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Move not thy tongue therewith that thou mayest hasten therewith
Ahmed Ali
Do not forestall (the revelation before its completion) by acting in haste
Aisha Bewley
Do not move your tongue trying to hasten it.
Ali Ünal
(O Prophet!) Move not your tongue to hasten it (for safekeeping in your heart)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Do not move your tongue with it to hasten it
Hamid S. Aziz
Move not your tongue with it (the Quran) to make haste with it
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Do not move your tongue to rush for (remembering) it.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Move not your tongue to hasten it
Musharraf Hussain
Messenger, don’t read the Quran too fast to memorise it.
Maududi
(O Prophet), do not stir your tongue hastily (to commit the Revelation to memory)
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste.
Mohammad Shafi
Move not [O Prophet] your tongue with it [revelation] to make haste with it
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Move not your tongue with Quran that you may hasten to learn it.
Do not move your tongue to hasten it.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Do not move your tongue with it (the Revelation) to hasten it
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Move not thy tongue therewith to make haste with it
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Do not move with it your tongue to hurry/hasten/rush with it
Bijan Moeinian
O’ Mohammad, be patient in reciting and putting this Qur’an together
Faridul Haque
O dear Prophet (Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), do not cause your tongue to move along with the Qur’an in order to learn it faster
Sher Ali
Move not thy tongue, O Prophet, with the revelation of the Qur'an that thou mayest hasten to preserve it
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(O Beloved!) Do not move your tongue in a hurry (to learn the Qur’an by heart when it is revealed to you)
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Prophet! when We reveal the Qur'an) do not move your tongue (with a mind) to repeat (this revelation in order to commit it to your memory) hurriedly
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Move not your tongue concerning (the Quran, O Muhammad SAW) to make haste therewith
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Do not move your tongue with it in order to hasten with it.
Munir Mezyed
Do not Move your tongue with it to hasten
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Do no pronounce it (the Qur´an) in a hurry,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Do not move your tongue in haste while reciting the Qur’an [without taking time to understand it].
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Do not rush yoursg tongue with it to hurry on with it.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Do not try to hurry it up with your tongue;
Samy Mahdy
Do not move your tongue with it, to hasten with it.
Ahmed Hulusi
Do not repeat it with your tongue to hasten (its memorization).
Mir Aneesuddin
(While reciting the Quran) do not move your tongue (fast) with it (so as to) make haste with it.
Do not rush O Muhammad to speak, but hold your tongue and listen to what the Angel relates
The Wise Quran
Do not move your tongue with it to hasten it.