Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And no loyal friend will ask of a loyal friend.

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَم۪يمٌ حَم۪يماًۚ
Wala yas-alu hameemun hameema
#wordmeaningroot
1walāAnd not
2yasaluwill askسال
3ḥamīmuna friendحمم
4ḥamīman(about) a friendحمم
  • Aisha Bewley

    no good friend will ask about his friend

  • Progressive Muslims

    And no friend will ask about his friend.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And a friend will not ask about his friend.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And no loyal friend will ask of a loyal friend.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And no friend will ask about his friend.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    No friend will ask about his friend.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    No friend will care about his close friend.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And no friend inquires after friend

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And no friend will ask a friend,

  • Muhammad Asad

    and no friend will ask about his friend,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and no bosom friend will enquire about any of his bosom friends

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    and no friend puts a question to a friend or asks about him. This is an endless moment of anxiety and fear to concern oneself even with the closest whom he or she had rendered dear.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The event will be so awesome that no one will care about his body.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And no friend will ask a friend (about his condition),

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And no friend will ask after a friend,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And no close friend will ask ˹about˺ their friends,

  • Taqi Usmani

    and no friend will ask about any friend,

  • Abdul Haleem

    when no friend will ask about his friend,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    no loyal friend shall question loyal friend,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    when no warm friend shall question friend;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And friend shall not ask of friend

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And no intimate (friend) will ask (another) intimate friend,

  • George Sale

    And a friend shall not ask a friend concerning his condition, although

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And no friend will ask about a friend,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    No warm friend will inquire after a warm friend.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and no friend will inquire about friend,