Ayah al-Layl (The Night) 92:9

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Muhammad Asad

and calls the ultimate good a lie –

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And cries lies to the fairest (reward)

Safi Kaskas

and denies goodness,

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Arabic

وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَىٰ

Arabic

وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

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wakadhaba bil-ḥus’nā

fasanuyassiruhu lil’ʿus’rā

wamā yugh’nī ʿanhu māluhu idhā taraddā

inna ʿalaynā lalhudā

wa-inna lanā lalākhirata wal-ūlā

fa-andhartukum nāran talaẓẓā

lā yaṣlāhā illā l-ashqā

alladhī kadhaba watawallā

wasayujannabuhā l-atqā

alladhī yu’tī mālahu yatazakkā

wamā li-aḥadin ʿindahu min niʿ’matin tuj’zā

illā ib’tighāa wajhi rabbihi l-aʿlā

walasawfa yarḍā

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and denies the best (i.e., finest reward)

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

And denies the best,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and calls the ultimate good a lie –

M. M. Pickthall

And disbelieveth in goodness

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And gives the lie to the best,

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and ˹staunchly˺ denies the finest reward,

Safi Kaskas

and denies goodness,

Wahiduddin Khan

and rejects what is right

Shakir

And rejects the best

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and denied the fairer,

T.B.Irving

and rejects the finest [things in life]

Abdul Hye

and denies the best (deed),

The Study Quran

and denies what is most beautiful

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

And denies the ultimate goodness.

Talal Itani (2012)

And denies goodness

Dr. Kamal Omar

and belied the best (law in Al-Kitab)

M. Farook Malik

and rejects the goodness

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And cries lies to the fairest (reward)

Muhammad Sarwar

and have no faith in receiving any reward (from God)

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and rejects the best (religion)

Shabbir Ahmed

And makes his life a manifest image of denial of goodness

Dr. Munir Munshey

And rejects the (basic) goodness (and morality)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And gives the lie to the best—

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And denies the best [reward]

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And denies goodness.

Abdel Haleem

who denies goodness––

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And who belieth the Good

Ahmed Ali

And rejects goodness

Aisha Bewley

and denies the Good,

Ali Ünal

And denies the best (in creed, action, and the reward to be given)

Ali Quli Qara'i

and denies the best promise

Hamid S. Aziz

And calls the good a lie

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and denies goodness

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And denies the best

Musharraf Hussain

and denies common good,

Maududi

and denied the Truth of goodness

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And denies goodness.

Mohammad Shafi

And belied what was good and right

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And belied the best,

Rashad Khalifa

And disbelieves in the scripture

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and he belied the fines

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And rejects what is good -

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And lied/denied/falsified with the best/most beautiful

Bijan Moeinian

and makes mockery of charity and Goodness

Faridul Haque

And denied the best matter

Sher Ali

And rejects what is right

Edip Yuksel

Denies goodness.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And (in this way) denies the good (the Din [Religion]) of truth and afterlife)

Amatul Rahman Omar

And belies all that is best

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And gives the lie to Al-Husna (see Verse No: 6 footnote)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

and cries lies to the reward most fair

George Sale

and shall deny the truth of that which is most excellent

Edward Henry Palmer

And calls the good a lie

John Medows Rodwell

And calleth the Good a lie

N J Dawood (2014)

and disbelieves in goodness

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Saeed Malik

and gave the lie to the most beautiful [attributes of the One]—

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) denied (Kazzaba Bi) goodness (El'Hus'naa),

Fode Drame

and belies the good promise,

Munir Mezyed

And denies the best word,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And denies goodness,

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and has disbelieved in ultimate goodness—

Linda “iLHam” Barto

…and denies the best.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and rejects the finest [things in life]

Samy Mahdy

And falsified by the bestest.

Sayyid Qutb

and rejects the truth of the ultimate good,

Ali Quli Qarai

and denies the best promise,

Thomas Cleary

and repudiate good and right,

Ahmed Hulusi

And denies the Most Beautiful (to be his essential reality),

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And denies Al-Husna.

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

and lies about (Allah's) goodness

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

Denying the Day of Judgment and the requital that is commensurate with one’s deed

Mir Aneesuddin

and denied that which was best,

The Wise Quran

And denied the best,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And gives the lie to the best,

OLD Literal Word for Word

And denies the best

OLD Transliteration

Wakaththaba bialhusna

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