Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
thou canst not compel them [to believe]
M. M. Pickthall
Thou art not at all a warder over them
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.
Safi Kaskas
You are not in control of them.
Wahiduddin Khan
you are not their keeper
Shakir
You are not a watcher over them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Thou art not over them one who is a register of their deeds .
T.B.Irving
You are no taskmaster set up over them,
Abdul Hye
not a dictator over them.
The Study Quran
thou art not a warder over them
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
You are not a dominator over them.
Talal Itani (2012)
You have no control over them
Dr. Kamal Omar
You are not over them Musaitir
not a taskmaster over them
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
You are not in any way a dominator over them
Muhammad Sarwar
You do not have full control over them
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
You are not a taskmaster set up over them
Shabbir Ahmed
You are not a task master over them
Dr. Munir Munshey
You are not (appointed) a warden over them
Syed Vickar Ahamed
You are not the one to manage (men’s) affairs
You are not over them a controller
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
You have no power over them
Abdel Haleem
you are not there to control them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Thou art not over them a warden
Ahmed Ali
You are not a warden over them
Aisha Bewley
You are not in control of them.
Ali Ünal
You are not one to dictate (faith) to them
Ali Quli Qara'i
and not a taskmaster over them—
Hamid S. Aziz
you are not in authority over them
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
you have no control over them.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
You are not one to manage their affairs
Musharraf Hussain
You aren’t their controller.
Maududi
and are not invested with the authority to compel them
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
You have no power over them.
Mohammad Shafi
You have no control over them
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
You are not superintendent over them.
You have no power over them
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
You are not charged to oversee them
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Thou art not warder over them -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
You are not on them with dominating/controlling
Bijan Moeinian
Mohammad, bear in mind that you are not in charge of them [and your job is only to remind them.]
Faridul Haque
You are not at all a guardian over them
Sher Ali
Thou art not appointed a keeper over them
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
You are not imposed upon them (as) an oppressor and persecutor
Amatul Rahman Omar
You are not (appointed) a keeper, stern and hard, to (compel) them
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
You are not a dictator over them
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
You are not put in charge over them,
Munir Mezyed
You are not appointed to be in control of them.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
You don´t control them.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
You can’t control them.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
you have no control over them.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
You are no taskmaster set up over them,
Samy Mahdy
You are not over them, a controller.
Sayyid Qutb
You are not their overseer.
Ahmed Hulusi
You are not a controller and imposer over them!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
you are not in charge of them
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Thou art not one to manage (men`s) affair
And no authority have you over them
Mir Aneesuddin
You are not in authority over them.
The Wise Quran
You are not over them one with absolute authority.