Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and you devour the inheritance [of others] with devouring greed
M. M. Pickthall
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,
Safi Kaskas
you who devour the inheritance [of others] with obvious greed,
Wahiduddin Khan
and you greedily devour the inheritance of the weak
Shakir
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
and you consume the inheritance, a greedy consuming,
T.B.Irving
and greedily use up anything you inherit.
Abdul Hye
You devour inheritance (of the weak) with greed,
The Study Quran
You devour inheritance with rapacious devouring
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And you devour inheritance with all greed.
Talal Itani (2012)
And you devour inheritance with all greed
Dr. Kamal Omar
and you devour inheritance — a devouring, absolute and excessive
Greedily you lay your hands on the inheritance of the weak
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And you eat the heritage with indiscriminate eating
Muhammad Sarwar
Why do you take away the inheritance of others indiscriminatel
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And you devour the inheritance with a sweeping gulp
Shabbir Ahmed
And you devour the inheritances with greed
Dr. Munir Munshey
Greedily, you (misappropriate and) devour the inheritance (of the weak, the widows and the orphans)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And you (wrongly) consume inheritance— With all (the) greed
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And you consume others inheritance, all with greed
Abdel Haleem
you consume inheritance greedily
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And devour the inheritance devouring greedily
Ahmed Ali
And you devour (others') inheritance greedily
Aisha Bewley
you devour inheritance with voracious appetites
Ali Ünal
And you consume inheritance (belonging to you or others) with greed (without distinction of the lawful and unlawful)
Ali Quli Qara'i
and you eat the inheritance rapaciously
Hamid S. Aziz
And you devour the inheritance (of the weak) with greed
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and you eat up the inheritance, eating up altogether,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And you devour inheritance, all with greed
Musharraf Hussain
while you consume the whole of the orphans’ inheritance
Maududi
and greedily devour the entire inheritance
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And you consume others inheritance, all with greed.
Mohammad Shafi
And devour the inheritance — devouring it all
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And devour the heritage of others greedily,
And consuming the inheritance of helpless orphans
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and you devour the inheritance with greed
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And you devour heritage, devouring all
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And you eat the inheritance accumulatively/collectively gluttony
Bijan Moeinian
… do not care about the hungry one, cheat each other from the inheritance and…
Faridul Haque
And you readily devour the inheritance with greed
Sher Ali
And devour the heritage of other people, devouring greedily and wholly
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And you lay hand on the inherited wealth and devour it (yourselves and do not pay the poverty-stricken their due)
Amatul Rahman Omar
And you devour the heritage (of others) wholly and indiscriminately
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And you devour inheritance all with greed
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And you eat the inheritance with a voracious eating.
Munir Mezyed
You devour greedily the inheritance of others indiscriminately,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And devour the inheritance completely,
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and you devour inheritance (of the vulnerable) greedily,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
You greedily devour inheritance.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
and greedily use up anything you inherit.
Samy Mahdy
And you eat the heritage, the whole eating.
Sayyid Qutb
You devour the inheritance [of others] greedily,
Thomas Cleary
and you eat up inheritance with consuming gluttony,
Ahmed Hulusi
And you consume inheritance, devouring it all at once!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"and you greedily consume the inheritance (of the weak),"
You eat greedily all you can get of the inheritance
Mir Aneesuddin
and you eat off the inheritance, eating it greedily,
The Wise Quran
And you devour the inheritance, a greedy devouring.