Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And: “O my people: let not my dissension cause you to commit evil, that there befall you the like of what befell the people of Noah, or the people of Hūd, or the people of Ṣāliḥ; and the people of Lot are not far from you.”

وَيَا قَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاق۪ٓي اَنْ يُص۪يبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَٓا اَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوحٍ اَوْ قَوْمَ هُودٍ اَوْ قَوْمَ صَالِحٍۜ وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍ مِنْكُمْ بِبَع۪يدٍ
Waya qawmi la yajrimannakumshiqaqee an yuseebakum mithlu ma asabaqawma noohin aw qawma hoodin aw qawma salihinwama qawmu lootin minkum bibaAAeed
#wordmeaningroot
1wayāqawmiAnd O my peopleقوم
2(Let) not cause you to sin
3yajrimannakum(Let) not cause you to sinجرم
4shiqāqīmy dissensionشقق
5anlest
6yuṣībakumbefalls youصوب
7mith'lusimilarمثل
8(to) what
9aṣābabefellصوب
10qawma(the) people of Nuhقوم
11nūḥin(the) people of Nuh
12awor
13qawma(the) people of Hudقوم
14hūdin(the) people of Hudهود
15awor
16qawmapeople of Salihقوم
17ṣāliḥinpeople of Salihصلح
18wamāAnd not
19qawmu(are the) people of Lutقوم
20lūṭin(are the) people of Lut
21minkumfrom you
22bibaʿīdinfar offبعد
  • Aisha Bewley

    My people! Do not let your breach with me provoke you into doing wrong so that the same thing happens to you as happened to the people of Nuh and the people of Hud and the people of Salih; and the people of Lut are not far distant from you.

  • Progressive Muslims

    "And my people, let not your hatred towards me incriminate you that you suffer the fate of what afflicted the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Saleh; and the people of Lot were not far off from you. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    "O My people! Let not my disagreement with you be taken personally to cause you to persist in your guilt so that the same (retribution) befall you that befell the people of Noah, and the people of Hud, and the people of Saleh. And remember that the people of Lot did not live very far from you."

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And: “O my people: let not my dissension cause you to commit evil, that there befall you the like of what befell the people of Noah, or the people of Hūd, or the people of Ṣāliḥ; and the people of Lot are not far from you.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "And my people, let not your hatred towards me incriminate you that you suffer the fate of what afflicted the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Saleh; and the people of Lot were not far off from you."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "My people, let not your hatred towards me incriminate you that you suffer the fate of what afflicted the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Saleh; and the people of Lot were not far off from you."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    "And, O my people, do not be provoked by your opposition to me into incurring the same disasters as the people of Noah, or the people of Hood, or the people of Saaleh; and the people of Lot are not too far from you.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    "O my people (I fear) lest your opposition to me should bring you the like of what befell the people of Noah or Hud or Saleh; and the people of Lot are not distant from you.

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

    And O my people, let not dissension from me cause you to be struck by that similar to what struck the people of Noah or the people of Hud or the people of Salih. And the people of Lot are not from you far away.

  • Muhammad Asad

    "And, O my people, let not dissent from me drive you into sin, lest there befall you the like of what befell the people of Noah, or the people of Hud. or the people of Salih: and the people of Lot lived not very far from you!"

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And, O my people! Let not the schism with me cause you to sin so that there befall you that which befell the folk of Noah and the folk of Hud, and the folk of Salih; and the folk of Lot are not far off from you.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    My people! Let not your opposition to me lead you to guilt that would bring upon you the chastisement that struck earlier the people of Noah, and the people of Hud, and the people of Salih. And the land of the people of Lot is not far from you!

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    "My people", he said: "do not let my diversity of opinion and purpose incite you to sink deeper under the vexations of your minds lest you should be destined to suffer the same fate suffered by the people of Nuh or the people of Hud or the people of Saleh nor are the people of Lut far off from you chronologically, chronographically nor geographically. "

  • Bijan Moeinian

    "O’ my people, let not your opposition to me lead you to adoom that the peoples of Noah, Hud and Saleh were subjected to. What happened to the people of Hud (the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah) is a recent event."

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "And O my people! Let not my Shiqâq cause you to suffer the fate similar to that of the people of Nûh (Noah) or of Hûd or of Sâlih, and the people of Lût (Lot) are not far off from you!

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "And O my people! let not my dissent (from you) cause you to sin, lest ye suffer a fate similar to that of the people of Noah or of Hud or of Salih, nor are the people of Lut far off from you!

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    O  my people! Do not let your opposition to me lead you to a fate similar to that of the people of Noah, or Hûd, or Ṣâliḥ. And the people of Lot are not far from you.

  • Taqi Usmani

    O my people, let not your hostility towards me cause you to suffer what was suffered by the people of NūH, or the people of Hūd, or the people of SāliH. And the people of LūT are not far from you.

  • Abdul Haleem

    My people, do not let your opposition to me bring upon you a similar fate to the peoples of Noah or Hud or Salih; the people of Lot are not far away from you.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    O my people, let not the breach with me move you, so that there smite you the like of what smote the people of Noah, or the people of Hood, or the people of Salih; and the people of Lot are not far away from you.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    O my people! let not a breach with me make you so sin that there befall you the like of that which befell the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Zalih - nor are the people of Lot so far from you!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    He said, "O my people! Bethink you, if I stand upon a manifest sign (clear proof) from my Lord, and He provides me from Himself with a goodly provision, how can I concede aught to you. I desire not to do behind your backs that which I forbid you. I desire naught but to reform you so far as I am able. Nor comes my grace through any one but Allah. On Him do I rely, and unto Him I turn.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And, O my people, let not (your) opposition to me drive you to crime (Literally: incriminate you) so that there afflict you the like of what afflicted the people of Nûh, (Noah) or the people of H?d, or the people of Salih; and in no way are the people of L?t (4) that far away from you.

  • George Sale

    O my people, let not your opposing of me, draw on you a vengeance like unto that which fell on the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Saleh: Neither was the people of Lot far distant from you.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "And O my people! Let not my differing (with you) cause you, to suffer a fate similar to that of the people of Nuh (Noah), or of Hud, or of Sálih, and the people of Lut (Lot) are not far off from you!

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `And my people! let not your breach with and hostility towards me make you guilty, so that there may befall you the like of that calamity which befell the people of Noah, and the people of Hûd and the people of Sâlih. And the people of Lot are not far off from you. (You should ponder over their destruction and learn a lesson therefrom.)

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    O my people, do not let your defiance toward me lead you to be visited by the like of what was visited on the people of Noah, or the people of Hūd, or the people of Ṣāliḥ, and the people of Lot are not distant from you.