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Muhammad Asad
They will answer: "We were not among those who prayed
Arthur John Arberry
They shall say, 'We were not of those who prayed, an
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed
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Transliteration-2
qālū lam naku mina l-muṣalīn
Word by Word (2021)
They will say, "Not we were of those who prayed,
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
They will answer: "We were not among those who prayed
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed
Mustafa Khattab 2018
They will reply, “We were not of those who prayed,
Safi Kaskas 2025
They will say, "We were not among those who prayed,
Wahiduddin Khan
and they shall reply, We were not among those who prayed
Shakir
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They would say: We be not among the ones who formally pray
T.B.Irving
They will say: "We were not among the prayerful
Abdul Hye
They will say: “We were not of those who used to offer prayers,
Saeed Malik
They said, “We were not of the ones who devoted time to Prayers.
The Study Quran
They say, “We were not among those who prayed
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
They will say, "We were not among those who prayed."
Talal Itani (2012)
They will say, 'We were not of those who prayed
Dr. Kamal Omar
They said : “We were not of those who offer Prayers regularly
M. Farook Malik
They will answer: "We did not use to offer the Salah (prayers)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They will say, "We were not of the ones who prayed
Muhammad Sarwar
They will reply, "We did not pray
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They will say, .We were not among those who offered Salah , (obligatory prayer
Shabbir Ahmed
They will reply, "We were not of the Musalleen."
Dr. Munir Munshey
They would reply, "We were not among those who established the ´salat´."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They will say: "We were not from those who prayed
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
They said: "We were not of those who connected."
Abdel Haleem
and they will answer, ‘We did not pray
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They will say. 'we have not been of those who prayed
Ahmed Ali
They will answer: "We did not fulfil our devotional obligations
Aisha Bewley
They will say, ´We were not among those who did salat
Ali Ãœnal
They will reply: "We were not of those who prayed (who turn to God in sincere worship)
Ali Quli Qara'i
They will answer, ‘We were not among those who prayed
Hamid S. Aziz
They shall say, "We were not of those who prayed
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They say: “We were not the performers of mandatory prayers
Bilal Muhammad 2018
They will say, “We were not of those who prayed
Musharraf Hussain
They will answer, “We neither worshipped,
Maududi
They will answer: "We were not among those who observed Prayer
Mohammad Shafi
They will say, "We were not among those who prayed;"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, We used not to offer prayer.
Rashad Khalifa
They will say, "We did not observe the contact prayers (Salat).
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They will reply: 'We were not among those who prayed
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They will say: We were not of those who prayed
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
They said: "We were not from praying."
Bijan Moeinian
“We did not worship the Lord.”
Faridul Haque
They said, “We never used to offer the prayer.”
Sher Ali
They will say, `We were not of those who offered Prayer
Edip Yuksel
They said, "We were not of those who maintained solidarity with community (or observed contact prayer)."
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They will say: ‘We were not of those who used to offer Prayers
Amatul Rahman Omar
They will reply, `We were not of those who offered Prayers
Hilali - Khan
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer their Salat (prayers
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
They shall say, 'We were not of those who prayed, an
George Sale
They shall answer, we were not of those who were constant at prayer
Edward Henry Palmer
They shall say, 'We weren't of those who prayed
John Medows Rodwell
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed
N J Dawood 2014
They will say: We were never of those who prayed
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
They (the criminals) will say (Qaalu'), "We were (Naku) not (Lam') of (Mina) those who were prayerful (107:4-5) (El'Musolliin),
Fode Drame
They said, “We were not among those who were dutiful in their prayers
MunirMezyed2023
They will say: "We were not among those who used to pray,
Mustaqim
They will say: we were not of those who pray,
Linda "iLham" Barto
They will say, “We were not among those who prayed.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
They said, “We were not of those who prayed,
Irving/Hegab
They will say: "We were not among the prayerful
Samy Mahdy
They said, “We were not among those who prayed.
Qarai
They will answer, ‘We were not among those who prayed.
Ahmed Hulusi
They say, “We were not of those who established (actively experienced) salat!”
Mubarakpuri
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salah,"
A. S. Mohamed
They said, "We were not of those who observed the Salat,
Mir Aneesuddin
They will say, “We were not of those who offered worship (salat)
[Al-Muntakhab]
" We were not among those who engaged in worship. " they will admit
The Wise Quran Project
They said, 'We were not of those who prayed,
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "We were not as those who made the contact prayer."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "We were not of those who reached out."
OLD Word by Word
They will say, "Not we were of those who prayed
Transliteration
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena