Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and whenever they see those [who believe,] they say, "Behold, these [people] have indeed gone astray!"
M. M. Pickthall
And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These are the people truly astray!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And when they saw the faithful, they would say, “These ˹people˺ are truly astray,”
Safi Kaskas
And if they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
Wahiduddin Khan
and when they saw them, they said [scornfully], These men have surely gone astray
Shakir
And when they saw them, they said: Most surely these are in error
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And when they saw them, they would say: Truly, these are ones who go astray.
T.B.Irving
Whenever they see them, they say: "Those (men) are far astray!"
Abdul Hye
When they saw them (believers), they used to say: “Surely! These people have indeed gone astray,”
The Study Quran
And when they saw them, they said, “Truly these are astray!
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Upon seeing them, they would say, “These have really gone astray.”
Talal Itani (2012)
And if they saw them, they would say, 'These people are lost.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
And when they (i.e., the misled people) saw them (the Believers), they said: 'Undoubtedly all these people are indeed those who have lost the track'
And when they saw the believers, they used to say: "These are the people who have surely gone astray,"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And when they saw them, they said, "Surely these (people) are indeed erring."
Muhammad Sarwar
On seeing the believers, they would say, "These people have gone astray"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and when they saw them, they said, .Surely these are the ones who have gone astray
Shabbir Ahmed
And whenever they saw the believers they said, "Behold, these people have indeed gone astray (wandering in unmarked valleys of life)."
Dr. Munir Munshey
Whenever they saw the believers, they said, "These are the people gone astray."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And whenever they saw them (those who believed), they would say, "Look! These are the people truly astray!"
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And if they see them they Say: "These are indeed misguided!"
Abdel Haleem
and say, when they saw them, ‘These people are misguided,’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And when they saw them, they said: verily these are the strayed ones
Ahmed Ali
And when they saw them, they said: "They have indeed gone astray."
Aisha Bewley
When they saw them, they would say, ´Those people are misguided.´
Ali Ünal
When they saw those (who believed), they would say: "Look: those have indeed gone astray."
Ali Quli Qara'i
and when they saw them they would say, ‘Indeed those are the astray!’
Hamid S. Aziz
And when they saw them, they said, "Most surely these are truly astray"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and when they saw them, they would say: “These are certainly misguided.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And whenever they saw them, they would say, “Behold, these are indeed people astray.
Musharraf Hussain
and when they saw them, they would say, “These are misguided!”
Maududi
and when they saw the believers, they said: "Lo! These are the erring ones"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Andif they see them they say: "These are indeed misguided!"
Mohammad Shafi
And when they see them [their own people], they tell them, "These people [believers] have indeed gone astray!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And when they see muslims. they say, 'undoubtedly, they are the strayed ones'.
Whenever they saw them, they said, "These people are far astray
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and when they saw them said: 'These are they who are astray!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And when they saw them, they said: Surely these are in error -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And when/if they saw them they said: "That truly, those are misguided (E)."
Bijan Moeinian
Saying what invisible guards…
Faridul Haque
And upon seeing the Muslims, they used to say, “Indeed they have gone astray.”
Sher Ali
And when they saw them they said, `These, indeed, have gone astray.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And when they (the arrogant people) saw these (the indigent believers), they used to say: ‘They have gone astray,’ (i.e., they have lost the world whilst the Hereafter is nothing but fiction.
Amatul Rahman Omar
And when they saw these (Muslims) they said, `These are surely the straying ones!
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And when they saw them, they said: "Verily! These have indeed gone astray!"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And whenever they saw them they said, “Indeed these are surely people who have gone astray.”
Munir Mezyed
And when they saw them, they would say: "Indeed, theses are the ones who have gone astray.”
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And when they saw them, they said: these are misled.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
When (the sinners) saw (the believers), they would say, “Look! These people are so misguided!”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and when they saw them, they would say, “These people are most surely misguided.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Whenever they see them, they say: "Those (men) are far astray!"
Samy Mahdy
And if they saw them, they said, “Surely these people are strayers.”
Sayyid Qutb
and when they see them they say: 'These have indeed gone astray!'
Ahmed Hulusi
And when they saw (the believers) they used to say, “Indeed, these ones have surely gone astray.”
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"and when they saw them, they said, 'Those people are really confused.'"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And when they saw them, they said: `Surely these have gone astray
When they saw the believers or met with them they said: "These are indeed the erring faction"
Mir Aneesuddin
And when they saw them they said, “These are certainly the persons who are astray,”
The Wise Quran
And when they see them they say, 'Indeed, these surely err.'