Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“And we fed not the needy.

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْك۪ينَۙ
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen
#wordmeaningroot
1walamAnd not
2nakuwe used toكون
3nuṭ'ʿimufeedطعم
4l-mis'kīnathe poorسكن
  • Aisha Bewley

    and we did not feed the poor.

  • Progressive Muslims

    "And we did not feed the poor person. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    "Neither did we feed the hungry, nor did we take part in helping those who had lost their jobs, those whose businesses had stalled, and those whose hard-earned income was insufficient to meet their basic needs. "

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “And we fed not the needy.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "And we did not feed the poor person."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "We did not feed the poor."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    "We did not feed the poor.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And did not feed the needy,

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

    Nor did we used to feed the poor.

  • Muhammad Asad

    and neither did we feed the needy;

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Nor did we feed the wretched.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and we did not feed the poor,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    " Nor did we feed the indigent nor to benevolence did we submit".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    "We did not feed the poor people"

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "Nor we used to feed Al-Miskîn (the poor);

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    nor did we feed the poor.

  • Taqi Usmani

    and we did not give food to the needy,

  • Abdul Haleem

    we did not feed the poor;

  • Arthur John Arberry

    we fed not the needy,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    we didn't feed the poor;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    "And we used not to feed the poor;

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And we did not feed the indigent,

  • George Sale

    neither did we feed the poor;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "Nor were we from those who fed the poor;

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `Nor did we feed the poor.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Nor did we feed the poor.