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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 26:137 | |
| < 26:138 26:136 > |
| Transliteration | In hatha illa khuluqu al-awwaleena |
| Literal | That truly that (is) except the first's/beginner's nature/character. |
| Yusuf Ali | "This is no other than a customary device of the ancients, |
| Pickthal | This is but a fable of the men of old, |
| Arberry | this is nothing but the habit of the ancients, |
| Shakir | This is naught but a custom of the ancients; |
| Sarwar | your preaching is nothing but ancient legends and we shall not face any torment". |
| Khalifa | "That affliction was limited to our ancestors. |
| Hilali/Khan | "This is no other than the false-tales and religion of the ancients, (Tafsir At-Tabaree, Vol.19, Page 97) |
| H/K/Saheeh | This is not but the custom of the former peoples, |
| Malik | Such preaching is nothing but an ancient myth.[137] |
| QXP | This has been our life-style for generations. |
| Maulana Ali | This is naught but a fabrication of the ancients: |
| Free Minds | "This is nothing but an invention by the people of old." |
| Qaribullah | That is nothing but a habit of the ancients, |
| George Sale | This which thou preachest is only a device of the ancients; |
| JM Rodwell | This is but a tale of the ancients, |
| Asad | This [religion of ours] is none other than that to which our forebears clung, [Lit., "the innate habit of the earlier people (al-awwalin)". The noun khuluq denotes one's "nature" in the sense of "innate disposition" tabiah) or "moral character" (Taj al-Arus); hence the use of this term to describe "that to which one clings", i.e., one's "innate habit" or "custom", and, in a specific sense, one's religion (ibid.).] |
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