Surah Al-Jinn — Verse 11

The Jinn · 72:11 · 11/28

وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًا

Waanna minna assalihoonawaminna doona thalika kunna tara-iqaqidada

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Some of us are righteous and others less so: we follow different paths.

Marmaduke Pickthall

And among us there are righteous folk and among us there are far from that. We are sects having different rules.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and that some of us are (already) righteous, and some of us are otherwise, and we were on different ways;

Al-Hilali & Khan

‘There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary; we are groups having different ways (religious sects).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

and that “some of us are upright and some of us are otherwise for we follow widely divergent paths”;

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Just as [we do not know how it happens] that some from among us are righteous, while some of us are [far] below that: we have always followed widely divergent paths.

Rowwad · source edition

Among us are some who are righteous and some who are otherwise, for we follow divergent ways[4].

Notes

[4] In beliefs and religious duties.

Noor International · source edition

(11) And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.[1768]

Notes

[1768]- In opinion, belief and religious practice.