Surah Al-Furqan — Verse 72

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وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِٱللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا۟ كِرَامًا

Wallatheena layashhadoona azzoora wa-itha marroo billaghwimarroo kirama

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

[The servants of the Lord of Mercy are] those who do not give false testimony, and who, when they see some frivolity, pass by with dignity;

Marmaduke Pickthall

And those who will not witness vanity, but when they pass near senseless play, pass by with dignity.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Those who witness no falsehood, and, if they pass by futility, they pass by it with honourable (avoidance);

Mufti Taqi Usmani

- and those who do not witness falsehood, and when they pass by the absurd things, Pass by them with dignity,

Al-Hilali & Khan

And those who do not bear witness to falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

(The true servants of the Merciful One) are those who do not bear witness to any falsehood and who, when they pass by frivolity, pass by it with dignity;

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And [know that true servants of God are only] those who never bear witness to what is false, and [who], whenever they pass by [people engaged in] frivolity, pass on with dignity;

Rowwad · source edition

And those who do not witness falsehood[39], and when they pass by futility, they pass by with dignity;

Notes

[39] i.e., places of sin, evil, and indecency.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

72. And those who do not bear witness to falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.