Quran Ayah al-`Alaq (The Clot, Read) 96:16 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
the lying, rebellious forehead! –
Arthur John Arberry   
a lying, sinful forelock
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
A lying, sinful forelock

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Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
Arabic   
نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
www.quran.live   
nāṣiyatin kādhibatin khāṭi-atin
www.quran.live   
a lying, sinful forelock (i.e., of the one who prevents)
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
A forelock lying, sinful.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
the lying, rebellious forehead! –
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
A lying, sinful forelock
M. M. Pickthall   
The lying, sinful forelock
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
a lying, sinful forelock.
Wahiduddin Khan   
his lying, sinful forelock
Safi Kaskas   
a lying, sinning forelock.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
a lying, inequitable forelock.
T.B.Irving   
Such a lying, sinful forelock!
Shakir   
A lying, sinful forehead
Abdul Hye   
a lying, sinful forelock.
Saeed Malik   
a lying, wrongful, forehead.
The Study Quran   
a lying, iniquitous forelock
Talal Itani (2012)   
A deceitful, sinful forelock
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
A lying, sinful forelock.
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
A forelock which lies and errs.
M. Farook Malik   
a lying, sinful forelock
Dr. Kamal Omar   
a lying, denying, sinful forelock
Dr. Munir Munshey   
The lying sinful lock of hair
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
A lying, sinful hair
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
A lying, sinning forelock
Muhammad Sarwar   
his lying sinful forelock
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
a lying, sinful forelock
Shabbir Ahmed   
A forelock that is given to denial and committing fault upon fault
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
A lying, sinful forelock
Hamid S. Aziz   
The lying sinful forelock
Abdel Haleem   
his lying, sinful forehead
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
A forelock, lying, sinning
Ahmed Ali   
By the lying, the sinful forelock
Aisha Bewley   
a lying, sinful forelock.
Ali Ünal   
A lying, sinful forelock
Ali Quli Qara'i   
a lying, sinful forelock
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
His lying, sinful head
Musharraf Hussain   
that lying and sinful forelock
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
a sinful lying forelock.
Maududi   
by the lying forelock steeped in sin
Mohammad Shafi   
A lying, sinning forelock

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
forelock of what type, lying, sinful.
Rashad Khalifa   
A forelock that is disbelieving and sinful
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
a lying, sinful forelock
Faridul Haque   
A forelock that lies, is sinful
Bijan Moeinian   
… if he continues his animosity toward Islam, I (God) will grab him by his lying, sinful forehead to the fire
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
A lying, sinful forelock
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
A lying/denying/falsifying, sinning/erring/wronging forehead/forehead's hair
Sher Ali   
A forelock, lying, sinful
Edip Yuksel   
A frontal lobe which lies and errs.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
A lying, sinful forelock
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
His lying (and) sinful forehead
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
A lying, sinful forelock

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
his lying, sinful forelock
Arthur John Arberry   
a lying, sinful forelock
Edward Henry Palmer   
the lying sinful forelock
George Sale   
the lying, sinful forelock
John Medows Rodwell   
The lying sinful forelock

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
the forelock (Naasiyatin) of a liar (Kaazibatin) at fault (Khaatia’).
Fode Drame   
a forelock lying and sinful.
Munir Mezyed   
Lying, sinful forelock!
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
The lying, sinful forelock,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
[They are] lying, sinful frontal lobes.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
a lying, wrongful forelock.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Such a lying, sinful forelock!
Samy Mahdy   
A liar, guilty forelock.
Sayyid Qutb   
his lying, sinful forelock.
Ali Quli Qarai   
a lying, sinful forelock!
Thomas Cleary   
a lying sinning forelock.
Ahmed Hulusi   
A lying, mistaken (driven by corporeality) forehead (brain)!
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
A lying, sinful forehead!
A. S. Mohamed   
a lying, sinful forelock.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"a lying, sinful forelock;"
Mir Aneesuddin   
the denying, sinful forelock.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
A forehead that is false, pretending to be a forehead of divinity
The Wise Quran Project   
A lying, sinful forelock.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
A lying, sinful forelock
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
A forelock which lies and errs.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
A frontal lobe which lies and errs
OLD Literal Word for Word   
A forelock lying, sinful
OLD Transliteration   
Nasiyatin kathibatin khati-atin