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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 40:41 | |
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| Transliteration | Waya qawmi malee adAAookum ila alnnajati watadAAoonanee ila alnnari |
| Literal | And you my nation, why (is it) for me (that) I call you to the salvation/rescue , and you call me (E) to the fire . |
| Yusuf Ali | "And O my people! How (strange) it is for me to call you to Salvation while ye call me to the Fire! |
| Pickthal | And, O my people! What aileth me that I call you unto deliverance when ye call me unto the Fire? |
| Arberry | O my people, how is it with me, that I call you to salvation, and you call me to the Fire? |
| Shakir | And, O my people! how is it that I call you to salvation and you call me to the fire? |
| Sarwar | My people, "How strange is it that I invite you to salvation when you invite me to the fire. |
| Khalifa | "O my people, while I invite you to be saved, you invite me to the hellfire. |
| Hilali/Khan | "And O my people! How is it that I call you to salvation while you call me to the Fire! |
| H/K/Saheeh | And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire? |
| Malik | And O my people! How is it that I call you to salvation, while you call me to the fire?[41] |
| QXP | O My people! What is my personal benefit that I call you to freedom from grief whereas you invite me to the Fire? |
| Maulana Ali | And, O my people, how is it that I call you to salvation and you call me to the Fire? |
| Free Minds | "And, O my people, why is it that I invite you to salvation, while you invite me to the Fire!" |
| Qaribullah | My nation, how is it that I call you to salvation and you call me to the Fire? |
| George Sale | And, O my people, as for me, I invite you to salvation; but ye invite me to hell fire: |
| JM Rodwell | And, O my people! how is it that I bid you to salvation, but that ye bid me to the fire? |
| Asad | "And, O my people, how is it that I summon you to salvation, the while you summon me to the fire? [Lit., "what is the matter with me": an expression of astonishment at the incongruity of the two attitudes referred to in the sequence.] |
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