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Muhammad Asad
[Whereupon] he prayed: “O my Sustainer! Behold, my people have given me the lie
Arthur John Arberry
He said, 'My Lord, my people have cried me lies
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He said: "O my Lord! truly my people have rejected me
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Transliteration-2
qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhabūn
Word by Word (2021)
He said, "My Lord! Indeed, my people have denied me.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[Whereupon] he prayed: “O my Sustainer! Behold, my people have given me the lie
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He said: "O my Lord! truly my people have rejected me
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Noah prayed, “My Lord! My people have truly rejected me.
Safi Kaskas 2025
He said, “My Lord, my people have denied me.
Wahiduddin Khan
Noah said, My Lord, my people have rejected me
Shakir
He said: My Lord! Surely my people give me the lie
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He said: My Lord! My folk denied me,
T.B.Irving
He said: "My Lord, my folk have rejected me!
Abdul Hye
He said: “My Lord! Surely, my people have denied me.
Saeed Malik
He said, “My Rabb, my people have denied me.
The Study Quran
He said, “My Lord, verily my people have denied me
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
He said, "My Lord, my people have rejected me."
Talal Itani (2012)
He said, 'My Lord, my people have denied me
Dr. Kamal Omar
He said: “My Nourisher-Sustainer! Verily, my nation has belied me
M. Farook Malik
Noah prayed: "O Lord! My people have disobeyed me
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He said, "Lord! Surely my people have cried me lies
Muhammad Sarwar
Then Noah said, "Lord, my people have rejected me
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He said, .My Lord, my people have rejected me
Shabbir Ahmed
Thereupon he prayed, "My Lord! Behold, my people are accusing me of lying
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Nooh) said, "My Lord, my people have rejected me!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
He said: "O my Lord! Truly my people have rejected me
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
He said: "My Lord, my people have denied me!"
Abdel Haleem
He said, ‘My Lord, my people have rejected me
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He said: my Lord! verily my people have belied me
Ahmed Ali
He prayed: "O Lord, verily my people accuse me of lies
Aisha Bewley
He said, ´My Lord, my people have denied me
Ali Ãœnal
(After ages of struggle) he said (in supplication): "My Lord! Indeed, my people have denied me
Ali Quli Qara'i
He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my people have impugned me
Hamid S. Aziz
Said he, "My Lord! Verily, my own people reject me
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He said: “My Lord, indeed my people have denied me,
Bilal Muhammad 2018
He said, “O my Lord, truly my people have rejected me
Musharraf Hussain
Nuh said, “My Lord, my people have denied me,
Maududi
He said: "My Lord! My people have branded me a liar
Mohammad Shafi
Noah said, "My Lord! Indeed, my people do not believe in me."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He said, 'O my Lord, my people have belied me'.
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "My Lord, my people have disbelieved me.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He said: 'My Lord, my nation have belied me
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: My Lord, my people give me the lie
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
He said: "My Lord, that truly my nation denied me ."
Bijan Moeinian
Noah then turned to God and said: “Lord, my people, thus, has rejected me.”
Faridul Haque
He said, “My Lord, my people have denied me.”
Sher Ali
He said, `My Lord, my people have treated me as a liar
Edip Yuksel
He said, "My Lord, my people have denied me!"
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(Nuh [Noah]) submitted: ‘O my Lord, my people have rejected me
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Noah) said (praying), `My Lord! my people have treated me as a liar
Hilali - Khan
He said: "My Lord! Verily, my people have belied me
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
He said, 'My Lord, my people have cried me lies
George Sale
He said, O Lord, verily my people take me for a liar
Edward Henry Palmer
Said he, 'My Lord! verily, my people call me liar
John Medows Rodwell
He said, "Lord! my people treat me as a liar
N J Dawood 2014
He said: ‘Lord, my people disbelieve me
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
He (Noah) said (Qaala), "LORD (Rabbi), indeed (Inna) my people (Qaw'mii) have denied me (Kazzabuuni).
Fode Drame
He said, “O my Lord! My people have indeed belied me
MunirMezyed2023
He said: "O’ My Lord, indeed, my people accused me of lying,
Mustaqim
He said: my Lord, my people deny me.
Linda "iLham" Barto
He said, “My Lord, truly my people have rejected me.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
He said, “My Lord, my people have disbelieved me.
Irving/Hegab
He said: "My Lord, my folk have rejected me!
Samy Mahdy
He said, “My Lord, surely my kinfolk falsified me.
Qarai
He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my people have impugned me.
Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)
He prayed: 'My Lord! My people have denied me.
Ahmed Hulusi
(Noah) said, “My Rabb... My people have most certainly denied me!”
Mubarakpuri
He said: "My Lord! Verily, my people have denied me."
A. S. Mohamed
He said, "My Lord, my people have denied me.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Said (Noah): 'My Lord! Verily my people have belied me
[Al-Muntakhab]
And there Nuh prayed: "My people, O Allah, my Creator, disbelieved me and refused credence to Your message"
Mir Aneesuddin
He said, "My Fosterer! my people have certainly denied me,
The Wise Quran Project
He said, 'My Lord! Indeed my people called me a liar;
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
He said: "O my Lord! truly my people have rejected me
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He said: "My Lord, my people have denied me!
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He said: "My Lord, my people have denied me!"
OLD Word by Word
He said, "My Lord! Indeed, my people have denied me
Transliteration
Qala rabbi inna qawmee kaththabooni