Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“This is only the speech of a mortal.”

اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِۜ
In hatha illa qawlu albashar
#wordmeaningroot
1inNot
2hādhā(is) this
3illābut
4qawlu(the) wordقول
5l-bashari(of) a human beingبشر
  • Aisha Bewley

    This is nothing but the words of a human being. ’

  • Progressive Muslims

    "This is nothing but the words of a human. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    This is nothing but the speech of a human. "

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “This is only the speech of a mortal.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "This is nothing except the saying of a human being."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "This is nothing but the words of a human."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    "This is human made."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Nothing more than the speech of a man!"

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

    This is not but the word of a human being. "

  • Muhammad Asad

    This is nothing but the word of mortal man!"

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!"*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Then he added, "it is nothing but words expressed by mortals; words which to our beliefs do not accord. "

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Then he said: "These words are not from the Lord; they are fabricated by a human being".

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "This is nothing but the word of a human being!"

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    This is no more than the word of a man."

  • Taqi Usmani

    this is nothing but saying of a mortal."

  • Abdul Haleem

    just the talk of a mortal!’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    'this is nothing but mortal speech. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    this is only mortal speech!' -

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    "This is naught but the word of a mortal. "

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Decidedly this is nothing except the speech of mortals. "

  • George Sale

    These are only the words of a man.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "This is nothing but the word of a (mere) human being!"

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `This is nothing but mere words of a human being. '

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    It is nothing but the speech of a human being. ’