Quran Ayah an-Najm (The Star) 53:60 - 70+ Translation Comparison

Popular and/or Featured Works

Muhammad Asad

And do you laugh instead of weeping

Arthur John Arberry

and do you laugh, and do you not weep

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And will ye laugh and not weep,

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Arabic

وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ ۝٦٠

Transliteration (2021)

wataḍḥakūna walā tabkūn

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And you laugh and (do) not weep,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And do you laugh instead of weeping

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And will ye laugh and not weep,

M. M. Pickthall

And laugh and not weep

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

laughing ˹at it˺ and not weeping ˹in awe˺,

Wahiduddin Khan

Why do you laugh rather than weep

Safi Kaskas

And you laugh and do not weep

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And will you laugh and not weep

T.B.Irving

You laugh, and do not weep

Shakir

And will you laugh and not weep

Abdul Hye

and laugh at it and don’t weep?

Saeed Malik

And you laugh and do not cry--

The Study Quran

And do you laugh and not weep

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

You laugh and do not weep.

Talal Itani (2012)

And laugh, and do not weep

M. Farook Malik

and laugh instead of weeping

Dr. Kamal Omar

And you laugh, and you weep not

Dr. Munir Munshey

You laugh and do not cry

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And will you laugh and not weep—

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And you laugh and do not wee

Muhammad Sarwar

and do they laugh instead of weeping

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and laugh (at it), and not weep

Shabbir Ahmed

And will you laugh and not weep

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And do you laugh, and do you not weep

Hamid S. Aziz

And will you laugh and not weep

Abdel Haleem

Why do you laugh instead of weeping

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And laugh and not weep

Ahmed Ali

And keep laughing and do not weep

Aisha Bewley

and laugh and do not cry,

Ali Ünal

And do you laugh and not weep (in consideration of your recalcitrance and sinfulness)

Ali Quli Qara'i

and laugh and not weep

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And you are laughing, while you should be crying?

Musharraf Hussain

Would you laugh and not cry?

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And will you laugh and not weep

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and you laugh (at it), and you do not cry

Maududi

Will you laugh at it rather than weep

Mohammad Shafi

Will you laugh at it and not weep!

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And do you laugh, and weep not.

Rashad Khalifa

Are you laughing, instead of crying?

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Or do you laugh, and do you not wee

Faridul Haque

And you laugh, and do not weep

Bijan Moeinian

That you laugh at it instead of crying [for your miserable future]

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And do you laugh and not weep,

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And you laugh/wonder, and you do not weep

Sher Ali

And do you laugh and weep not

Edip Yuksel

You are laughing, instead of crying?

Amatul Rahman Omar

(For on hearing the mention of the Hour of punishment) you laugh rather than weep

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And do you laugh and not weep

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And you laugh at it and weep not

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

and laugh instead of weeping

Arthur John Arberry

and do you laugh, and do you not weep

Edward Henry Palmer

and do ye laugh and not weep

George Sale

and do ye laugh, and not weep

John Medows Rodwell

And that ye laugh and weep not

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Wa) you are laughing (Tad'hakuuna) and (Wa) not (Laa) crying (Tab'kuun)?

Fode Drame

And you laugh and do not weep.

Munir Mezyed

And poke fun at it instead of weeping,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And laugh and do not cry?

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Will you laugh and not cry?

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and laugh and do not weep,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

You laugh, and do not weep

Samy Mahdy

And you laugh, and do not weep?

Ali Quli Qarai

and laugh and not weep,

Ahmed Hulusi

And you laugh rather than weeping!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And you laugh at it and weep not,

A. S. Mohamed

And you laugh and not weep

Mir Aneesuddin

and you laugh and do not weep,

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

And you laugh to scorn and manifest contempt, instead of weeping out your eyes and your heart

The Wise Quran Project

And you laugh and do not weep?

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And will ye laugh and not weep,

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And you are laughing, while you should be crying

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And you are laughing, instead of cryin

OLD Literal Word for Word

And you laugh and (do) not weep

OLD Transliteration

Watadhakoona wala tabkoona

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