Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 36:26 | |
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Transliteration | Qeela odkhuli aljannata qala ya layta qawmee yaAAlamoona |
Literal | (It) was/is said: "Enter the Paradise." He said: "Oh if only my nation know." |
Yusuf Ali | It was said: "Enter thou the Garden." He said: "Ah me! Would that my People knew (what I know)!- |
Pickthal | It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew |
Arberry | It was said, 'Enter Paradise!' He said, 'Ah, would that my people had knowledge |
Shakir | It was said: Enter the garden. He said: O would that my people had known |
Sarwar | (Having been murdered by the disbelievers) he was told to enter paradise |
Khalifa | (At the time of his death) he was told, "Enter Paradise." He said, "Oh, I wish my people knew. |
Hilali/Khan | It was said (to him when the disbelievers killed him): "Enter Paradise." He said: "Would that my people knew! |
H/K/Saheeh | It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know |
Malik | Consequently they killed that man and it was said to him: "Enter paradise." He exclaimed: "Would that my people knew that what I know![26] |
QXP | And this man was told, "You shall enter Paradise." He exclaimed, "I wish my people only knew. |
Maulana Ali | It was said: Enter the Garden. He said: Would that my people knew, |
Free Minds | It was said: "Enter Paradise." He said "Oh, how I wish my people only knew!" |
Qaribullah | It was said (to him): 'Enter Paradise, ' and he said: 'Would that my people knew |
George Sale | But they stoned him: And as he died, it was said unto him, enter thou into paradise. And he said, O that my people knew |
JM Rodwell | -It was said to him, "Enter thou into Paradise:" And he said, "Oh that my people knew |
Asad | [And] he was told, [I.e., by the apostles or, more probably (in view of the allegorical character of this story), by his own insight. The intervention of the man who "came running from the farthest end of the city" is evidently a parable of the truly believing minority in every religion, and of their desperate, mostly unavailing endeavours to convince their erring fellow-men that God-consciousness alone can save human life from futility.] "[Thou shalt] enter paradise!" - [whereupon] he exclaimed: "Would that my people knew |
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