Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 31:19 | |
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31:19 واقصد في مشيك واغضض من صوتك ان انكر الاصوات لصوت الحمير | |
Transliteration | Waiqsid fee mashyika waoghdud min sawtika inna ankara al-aswati lasawtu alhameeri |
Literal | And be moderate in your walking, and lower/humble from your voice/noise , that truly the sounds'/noises' most awful/obscene (is) the donkeys' sound/noise . |
Yusuf Ali | "And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass." |
Pickthal | Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass. |
Arberry | Be modest in thy walk, and lower thy voice; the most hideous of voices is the ass's.' |
Shakir | And pursue the right course in your going about and lower your voice; surely the most hateful of voices is braying of the asses. |
Sarwar | Be moderate in your walking and your talking. The most unpleasant sound is the braying of donkeys. |
Khalifa | "Walk humbly and lower your voice - the ugliest voice is the donkey's voice." |
Hilali/Khan | "And be moderate (or show no insolence) in your walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the voice (braying) of the ass." |
H/K/Saheeh | And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys." |
Malik | Be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; for the harshest of voices is the braying of a donkey."[19] |
QXP | "Hence, be modest in your pace and in your bearing, and lower your voice, for, behold the harshest voice is the braying of a donkey." |
Maulana Ali | And pursue the right curse in thy going about and lower thy voice. Surely the most hateful of voices is braying of asses. |
Free Minds | "And be humble in how you walk and lower your voice. For the harshest of all voices is the donkey's voice." |
Qaribullah | Walk modestly, and lower your voice; the most hideous of voices is the braying of the donkey. |
George Sale | And be moderate in thy pace: And lower thy voice; for the most ungrateful of all voices surely is the voice of asses. |
JM Rodwell | But let thy pace be middling; and lower thy voice: for the least pleasing of voices is surely the voice of asses. |
Asad | "Hence, be modest in thy bearing, and lower thy voice: for, behold, the ugliest of all voices is the [loud] voice of asses..." |
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