Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Verily, the vilest creatures in the sight of God are those who are bent on denying the truth and therefore do not believe
M. M. Pickthall
Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the ungrateful who will not believe
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are those who reject Him: They will not believe
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Indeed, the worst of all beings in the sight of Allah are those who persist in disbelief, never to have faith—
Safi Kaskas
In God’s sight, the worst beasts are the unbelievers who refuse to believe.
Wahiduddin Khan
The worst creatures in the sight of God are those who reject Him and will not believe
Shakir
Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who disbelieve, then they would not believe
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, the worst of moving creatures with God are those who were ungrateful, so they will not believe.
T.B.Irving
The worst animals for God are those who disbelieve and do not even want to believe;
Abdul Hye
Surely, the worst of living creatures to Allah are those who disbelieve, so they shall not believe.
The Study Quran
Truly the worst of beasts in the sight of God are those who have disbelieved and will not believe
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
The worst living creatures in God’s sight are those who disbelieve; they won’t believe.
Talal Itani (2012)
The worst of creatures in God's view are those who disbelieve. They have no faith
Dr. Kamal Omar
Verily, the worst of the moving-living creatures in the Sight of Allah are those who have disbelieved, so they shall not Believe
The worst of animals in the sight of Allah are those who reject the truth and do not become believers
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Surely the evilest of beasts in the Meeting with Allah are the ones who have disbelieved, so they would not believe
Muhammad Sarwar
The most wicked creatures in the sight of God are the unbelievers who never have faith
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Surely, the worst of all the moving creatures, in the sight of Allah, are those who reject Faith and do not believ
Shabbir Ahmed
The worst among creatures in Allah's Sight are those who are bent on denying the Truth. They show ingratitude by not using their God-given faculties and thus fail to believe
Dr. Munir Munshey
Indeed, the worst of the creatures according to Allah are those who reject (the truth). Then, they would never believe
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Verily, in the sight of Allah, the worst of animals are those who reject Him: (And) they will not believe
Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are those who have disbelieved, and they will not [ever] believe
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The worst creatures to God are those who reject, for they do not believe
Abdel Haleem
The worst creatures in the sight of God are those who reject Him and will not believe
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily the vilest of moving creatures with Allah are those who disbelieve-wherefore they shall not believe
Ahmed Ali
Verily the worst of creatures in the sight of God are those who deny (the truth), and will not believe
Aisha Bewley
The worst of animals in the sight of Allah are those who are kafir and do not have iman,
Ali Ünal
Indeed the worst kind of living creatures in God’s sight are those who are so rooted in unbelief that they cannot believe
Ali Quli Qara'i
Indeed the worst of beasts in Allah’s sight are those who are faithless; so they will not have faith
Hamid S. Aziz
Verily, the worst of beasts in Allah´s eyes are those who are ungrateful and will not believe
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
The worst creatures in God’s view are those who disbelieve and they do not believe,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
For the worst of creatures in the sight of God are those who reject Him and will not believe
Musharraf Hussain
The worst of creatures in the sight of Allah are the deniers, they don’t believe;
Maududi
Surely the worst moving creatures in the sight of Allah are those who definitively denied the truth and are therefore in no way prepared to accept it
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The worst creatures to God are those who reject, for they do not believe.
Mohammad Shafi
Indeed, the worst of the moving creatures, in Allah's sight, are those who suppress the Truth. And then they would not believe
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly, the worst of beasts in the Sight of Allah, are those who committed infidelity and would not believe,
The worst creatures in the sight of GOD are those who disbelieved; they cannot believe.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Indeed, the basest creatures before Allah are the unbelievers for they will not believe
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely the vilest of beasts in Allah’s sight are those who disbelieve, then they would not believe
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
That the worst walkers/creepers at God (are) those who disbelieved, so they do not believe
Bijan Moeinian
Those who chose to deny the Lord and not to believe in Him are the worse kind of animals in the sight of God
Faridul Haque
Indeed the worst beasts in the sight of Allah are the people who disbelieve and do not accept faith
Sher Ali
Surely, the worst of beasts in the sight of ALLAH are the disbelievers, who will not believe
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Surely, worse than (even) all the beasts in the sight of Allah are the people who disbelieve. So they do not believe
Amatul Rahman Omar
Surely, the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are those who denied to believe (in the truth in the first instance) so they would not believe
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Verily, The worst of moving (living) creatures before Allah are those who disbelieve, - so they shall not believe
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Truly the worst of the creatures in the sight of Allah are those who have turned ungrateful thereby they do not believe.
Munir Mezyed
The worst creatures, in the sight of Allâh, are those who persistently refuse to Yield to the Truth because they have no tendency to live by Faith.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
For the worst creatures before Allah are the those who reject (the truth) so do not believe.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The worst of creatures, in the sight of Allah, are unbelievers who will never believe.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Indeed, the worst of the treading creatures before Allah are those who have denied, as they will never believe:
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
The worst stomping creatures for Allah (God) are those who disbelieve and do not even want to believe;
Samy Mahdy
Surely the evilest moving creatures with Allah are those who disbelieved, so they are not believing.
Sayyid Qutb
Indeed, the worst of all creatures in God's sight are the ones who have denied the truth, and therefore will not believe;
Ahmed Hulusi
The worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are those who deny the knowledge of the reality! They will not believe!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Verily the worst of animals in Allah�s sight are those who disbelieve, so they will not have faith
Indeed, the worst creatures in Allah's sight are those whose hearts' ears are closed and whose minds' eyes are blind, who counsel deaf to divine discourse and disavow Allah
Mir Aneesuddin
With Allah, the worst of moving creatures are certainly those who do not believe, so they will not believe (in future too),
The Wise Quran
Indeed, the worst of creatures with God are those who disbelieve and they do not believe;