Surah Al-An'am — Verse 26

The Cattle · 6:26 · 26/165

وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْـَٔوْنَ عَنْهُ ۖ وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Wahum yanhawna AAanhu wayan-awna AAanhuwa-in yuhlikoona illa anfusahum wama yashAAuroon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And they prevent [others] from him and are [themselves] remote from him. And they do not destroy except themselves, but they perceive [it] not.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

and tell others not to listen [to the Quran], while they themselves keep away from it. But they ruin no one but themselves, though they fail to realize this.

Marmaduke Pickthall

And they forbid (men) from it and avoid it, and they ruin none save themselves, though they perceive not.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep away; but they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

From it (the Qur’ān) they prevent others, and from it they keep themselves away. They ruin none but their own selves, while they do not realize it.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And they prevent others from him (from following Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and they themselves keep away from him, and (by doing so) they destroy not but their ownselves, yet they perceive (it) not.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

As for others, they prevent them from embracing the Truth; and themselves, they flee from it (so as to harm you). But they court their own ruin, although they do not realize it.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And they bar others therefrom. and go far away from it: but they destroy none but themselves, and perceive it not.