Surah Al-Mutaffifin — Verse 33

The Defrauding · 83:33 · 33/36

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

though they were not sent to be their keepers-

Marmaduke Pickthall

Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But they had not been sent as keepers over them!

Mufti Taqi Usmani

while they were not sent as watchmen over them.

Al-Hilali & Khan

But they (disbelievers, sinners) had not been sent as watchers over them (the believers).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

(they said so although) they had not been appointed watchers over them.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And, withal, they have no call to watch over [the beliefs of] others...