Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And most of them believe not in God save as idolaters.

وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ اَكْثَرُهُمْ بِاللّٰهِ اِلَّا وَهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ
Wama yu/minu aktharuhum billahiilla wahum mushrikoon
#wordmeaningroot
1wamāAnd not
2yu'minubelieveامن
3aktharuhummost of themكثر
4bil-lahiin Allah
5illāexcept
6wahumwhile they
7mush'rikūnaassociate partners with Himشرك
  • Aisha Bewley

    Most of them do not have iman in Allah without associating others with Him.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And most of them will not believe in God except while setting-up partners.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    The majority of those who claim to believe in Allah, practically submit to false authorities; humans and idols in countless forms. That is indeed SHIRK and they are MUSHRIKOON.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And most of them believe not in God save as idolaters.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And most of them will not believe in God except while setting up partners.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Most of them will not acknowledge God without setting up partners.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The majority of those who believe in GOD do not do so without committing idol worship.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Not only do they not believe in God, but also associate others with Him.

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

    And most of them believe not in Allah except while they associate others with Him.

  • Muhammad Asad

    And most of them do not even believe in God without ascribing divine powers to other beings beside Him.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners (unto Him).

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    And most of them believe in Allah only when they associate others with Him in His Divinity.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Nor do most of them recognize Allah without incorporating with Him other deities.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    As to those who believe in God, most of them believe in other (man-invented) gods (Christians believe that Jesus in God and most people fall so much in love with their women, wealth employer, etc. that they raise them to the heaven and start to worship them!)

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And most of them believe not in Allâh except that they attribute partners unto Him .

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And most of them believe not in Allah without associating (other as partners) with Him!

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And most of them do not believe in Allah without associating others with Him ˹in worship˺.

  • Taqi Usmani

    and most of them do not believe in Allah without associating partners with Him in His divinity.

  • Abdul Haleem

    most of them will only believe in God while also joining others with Him.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    And the most part of them believe not in God, but they associate other gods with Him.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Nor do most of them believe in God without associating (other gods) with Him.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    How many a sign is there in the heavens and the earth which they pass by with face averted!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And in no way do most of them believe in Allah except (as) they are associators (of other gods with Him).

  • George Sale

    And the greater part of them believe not in God, without being also guilty of idolatry.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And most of them do not believe in Allah without associating (others) with Him!

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Infact, most of them believe not in Allâh without (at the same time) ascribing partners (to Him).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    And most of them do not believe in Allah without ascribing partners to Him.