Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

How will God guide a people who denied after their faith, and had borne witness that the Messenger is true, and clear signs had come to them? And God guides not the wrongdoing people.

كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللّٰهُ قَوْماً كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ ا۪يمَانِهِمْ وَشَهِدُٓوا اَنَّ الرَّسُولَ حَقٌّ وَجَٓاءَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ
Kayfa yahdee Allahu qawman kafaroobaAAda eemanihim washahidoo anna arrasoola haqqunwajaahumu albayyinatu wallahu layahdee alqawma aththalimeen
#wordmeaningroot
1kayfaHowكيف
2yahdī(shall) guideهدي
3l-lahuAllah
4qawmana peopleقوم
5kafarū(who) disbelievedكفر
6baʿdaafterبعد
7īmānihimtheir beliefامن
8washahidūand (had) witnessedشهد
9annathat
10l-rasūlathe Messengerرسل
11ḥaqqun(is) trueحقق
12wajāahumuand came to themجيا
13l-bayinātuthe clear proofsبين
14wal-lahuAnd Allah
15(does) not
16yahdīguideهدي
17l-qawmathe peopleقوم
18l-ẓālimīna[the] wrongdoersظلم
  • Aisha Bewley

    How can Allah guide a people who have become kafir after having had iman? They bore witness that the Messenger was true and that the Clear Signs had come to them. Allah does not guide people who are wrongdoers.

  • Progressive Muslims

    How can God guide a people who have rejected after believing, and they witnessed that the messenger is true, and the clarity had come to them God does not guide the wicked people.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Even Allah will not guide those who go back to their old ways after experiencing the blessings of Faith, and after witnessing that the Messenger is true and after they have been given solid proofs. According to Allah's Laws those who choose conjecture instead of Realities of life, will not attain Guidance.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    How will God guide a people who denied after their faith, and had borne witness that the Messenger is true, and clear signs had come to them? And God guides not the wrongdoing people.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    How can God guide a people who have rejected after believing, and they had witnessed that the messenger was true, and the clarity had come to them? God does not guide the wicked people.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    How would God guide a people who have rejected after acknowledging and they witnessed that the messenger was true, and the clear evidences had come to them? God does not guide the wicked people.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Why should GOD guide people who disbelieved after believing, and after witnessing that the messenger is truth, and after solid proofs have been given to them? GOD does not guide the wicked.,

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    How can God show the way to those who, having come to faith, turned away, even though they had borne witness that the Messenger was true, and the clear signs had reached them? God does not show the unrighteous the way.

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

    How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true and clear signs had come to them? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

  • Muhammad Asad

    How would God bestow His guidance upon people who have resolved to deny the truth after having attained to faith, and having borne witness that this Apostle is true, and all evidence of the truth has come unto them? For, God does not guide such evildoing folk.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and (after) they bore witness that the messenger is true and after clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) had come unto them. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    How can Allah guide people who once believed, after they received clear signs and affirmed that the Messenger was a true one, lapsed into disbelief. Allah does not guide the wrong-doers.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    How shall Allah consent to guide a people who intentionally deny Him after they have recognized Him and bore witness to the truth of His Messenger's mission? How shall He guide them after they had received and accepted then later on rejected the clear and plain revelations and signs guiding out of darkness and superstition! Allah does not guide to His path of righteousness those who are wrongful of actions.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Do you really expect that God should guide those people who have rejected the faith, after being exposed to so many undeniable miracles, knowing that their Prophet is a true one? No way; God does not guide such wicked people.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    How shall Allâh guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and after they bore witness that the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is true and after clear proofs had come unto them? And Allâh guides not the people who are Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    How shall Allah Guide those who reject Faith after they accepted it and bore witness that the Messenger was true and that Clear Signs had come unto them? but Allah guides not a people unjust.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    How will Allah guide a people who chose to disbelieve after they had believed, acknowledged the Messenger to be true, and received clear proofs? For Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

  • Taqi Usmani

    How shall Allah give guidance to a people who disbelieved after they had accepted Faith and testified that the Prophet is true and the clear signs had come to them? Allah does not give guidance to the unjust people.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Why would God guide people who deny the truth, after they have believed and acknowledged that the Messenger is true, and after they have been shown clear proof? God does not guide evildoers:

  • Arthur John Arberry

    How shall God guide a people who have disbelieved after they believed, and bore witness that the Messenger is true, and the clear signs came to them? God guides not the people of the evildoers.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    How shall God guide people who have disbelieved after believing and bearing witness that the Apostle is true, and after there come to them manifest signs? God guides the unjust folk.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    How shall Allah guide people who have disbelieved after believing and bearing witness that the Apostle is true, and after there come to them manifest signs? Allah guides not the unjust folk.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    How does Allah guide a people who have disbelieved after their belief, and bore witness that the Messenger is true, and the supreme evidences came to them? And Allah does not guide the unjust people.

  • George Sale

    How shall God direct men who have become infidels after they had believed, and born witness that the apostle was true, and manifest declarations of the divine will had come unto them? For God directeth not the ungodly people.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    How shall Allah guide those who reject Faith after they accepted it and stood witness that the Prophet (Muhammad) was true and that Clear Signs had come to them (the prophets)? But Allah does not guide those (unjust) people

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    How is Allâh to guide a people who renounce their faith after having accepted it and after testifying to the truth of the Messenger and after clear and sound proofs had come to them? And Allâh never guides a people who cannot discriminate between right and wrong.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    How shall Allah guide a people who have disbelieved after their faith and bearing witness that the Apostle is true, and manifest proofs had come to them? Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.