Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“Do you approach the males among all mankind,

اَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَم۪ينَۙ
Ata/toona aththukranamina alAAalameen
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1atatūnaDo you approachاتي
2l-dhuk'rānathe malesذكر
3minaamong
4l-ʿālamīnathe worldsعلم
  • Aisha Bewley

    Of all beings, do you lie with males,

  • Progressive Muslims

    "Do you approach the males of the worlds"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Of all the creatures in the Worlds, you approach males.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “Do you approach the males among all mankind,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "Do you approach the males of the worlds?"

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "Are you attracted to the males of the worlds?"

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    "Do you have sex with the males, of all the people?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Why do you go for males unlike all other creatures

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

    Do you approach males among the worlds

  • Muhammad Asad

    "Must you, of all people, approach men,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    What, of all creation will you go to (fornicate with) the males,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    "Do you realize what you are doing"! he added "of all intellectual created beings, you gratify your sexual appetite by copulating the males".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    "What is the matter with that, out of all creatures in the world, you are the only one who have adopted homosexuality? (even animals do not do that. )"

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "Go you in unto the males of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind),

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Why do you ˹men˺ lust after fellow men,

  • Taqi Usmani

    Do you go to the males (for having sex) out of the whole universe,

  • Abdul Haleem

    Must you, unlike people, lust after males

  • Arthur John Arberry

    What, do you come to male beings,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Do ye approach males of all the world

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    "I ask you not for it any wages; my wage is only the concern of the Lord of the Worlds.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Do you come up to (stout) males of the worlds.

  • George Sale

    Do ye approach unto the males among mankind,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "Will you run after males, of all creation (made) in the worlds,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `(Is it not true that) of all people you alone approach males (for sexual satisfaction),

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    What! Of all people do you come to males,