Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Then as for the fatherless: oppress thou not.

فَاَمَّا الْيَت۪يمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْۜ
Faamma alyateema fala taqhar
#wordmeaningroot
1fa-ammāSo as for
2l-yatīmathe orphanيتم
3falāthen (do) not
4taqharoppressقهر
  • Aisha Bewley

    So as for orphans, do not oppress them,

  • Progressive Muslims

    As for the orphan, you shall not make him sad.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Now you shall not treat harshly any orphan, widow, the helpless and he who feels left alone in the society.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Then as for the fatherless: oppress thou not.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    As for the orphan, you shall not make him sad.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    As for the orphan, you shall not make him sad.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Therefore, you shall not forsake the orphan.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    So do not oppress the orphan,

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

    So as for the orphan, do not oppress .

  • Muhammad Asad

    Therefore, the orphan shalt thou never wrong,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Therefor the orphan oppress not,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Therefore, be not harsh with the orphan;

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Therefore, do not mistreat the orphan or humiliate,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Therefore, you owe your Lord to be nice to the orphans.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Therefore, treat not the orphan with oppression.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Therefore, treat not the orphan with harshness,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    So do not oppress the orphan,

  • Taqi Usmani

    Therefore, as for orphan, do not oppress him,

  • Abdul Haleem

    So do not be harsh with the orphan

  • Arthur John Arberry

    As for the orphan, do not oppress him,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    But as for the orphan oppress him not;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Therefore, the orphan oppress him not;

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Then, as for the orphan, then do not subdue (him),

  • George Sale

    Wherefore oppress not the orphan;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Therefore, do not treat the orphan with harshness,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Therefore as to the orphan, do not allow him to be an oppressed person.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    So, as for the orphan, do not oppress him;