Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Nay, [O men,] but you [are lured away from God whenever you are tempted to] give the lie to [God’s] Judgment
M. M. Pickthall
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
But no! In fact, you deny the ˹final˺ Judgment,
Safi Kaskas
Yet you still deny the Judgment.
Wahiduddin Khan
Yet you deny the Last Judgement
Shakir
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
No indeed! Nay! You deny this way of life!
T.B.Irving
Nevertheless you still reject religion!
Abdul Hye
Nay! But you deny the Day of Judgment!
The Study Quran
Nay! But you deny religion
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Rather, you deny Judgment.
Talal Itani (2012)
But you reject the religion
Dr. Kamal Omar
Nay! Of course, you deny Accountability and Judgment
Nay! In fact you deny the Day of Judgment
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Not at all! No indeed, (but) you cry lies to the Doom
Muhammad Sarwar
Despite this, you deny the Day of Judgment
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Never! (i.e. one should never be heedless towards him.) But you deny the Requital
Shabbir Ahmed
Nay, but you deny the Judgment and the Divine System of life. ('Deen' = Divine System = Final Judgment = Way of life = Erroneously, but frequently translated as religion)
Dr. Munir Munshey
No! Rather, you deny the (day of) reward and punishment
Syed Vickar Ahamed
No! But you (men) reject the (Final) Judgment
No! But you deny the Recompense
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
No, you are but deniers of the system
Abdel Haleem
Yet you still take the Judgement to be a lie
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
By no means! Aye, ye belie the the Requital
Ahmed Ali
Even then you deny the Judgement
Aisha Bewley
Yes indeed! But still you deny the Judgement.
Ali Ünal
No indeed! But (being deluded) they deny the Last Judgment (in the other world)
Ali Quli Qara'i
No indeed! Rather you deny the Retribution
Hamid S. Aziz
Nay! But you deny the judgment
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
No way, but you deny the Judgment,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
No, you reject right and judgment
Musharraf Hussain
Yet, you still deny the Judgement.
Maududi
No indeed; (the fact is that) you deny the Reckoning, declaring it a lie
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
No, you are but deniers of the system.
Mohammad Shafi
And, yet, you refused to believe in the Judgment Day
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Nothing but you belies the judgement.
Indeed, you disbelieve in the religion
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Rather, you belied the Recompense
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nay, but you give the lie to the Judgment
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
No but, rather you lie/deny/falsify with the religion
Bijan Moeinian
What a shame that you reject His prescribed way of conduct
Faridul Haque
Not at all – but rather you deny the establishment of Justice
Sher Ali
Nay, but you deny the judgment
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
That is the truth, (but) on the contrary, you deny the Day of Recompense
Amatul Rahman Omar
Surely, (it is) not at all (as you think), the truth is that you treat the Requital as a lie
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Nay! But you deny the Recompense (reward for good deeds and punishment for evil deeds)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Not at all! Nay you do belie the day of the recompense.
Munir Mezyed
No indeed! In fact, you persist in denying the Last Judgment.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
But no, you deny the debt.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Shame! You, however, deny the judgment.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
But no, rather youpl disbelieve in the Recompense,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Nevertheless you still reject religion!
Samy Mahdy
Nay, but you falsify, by religion.
Sayyid Qutb
Shun it! But you deny the Last Judgement.
Ahmed Hulusi
But no (it is not like what you think)! Rather, you are in denial of your religion (the system by which you live)!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"No, but you deny the Judgement,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Nay! but you disbelieve in the (day of) reckonin
No, but you refuse to acknowledge Allah and do not admit the truth of the Day of Judgement
Mir Aneesuddin
No, but you deny the (day of) judgment.
The Wise Quran
Not so, nay, you say the Judgment is a lie.