Surah Ash-Shu'ara — Verse 136

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قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

Qaloo sawaon AAalaynaawaAAathta am lam takun mina alwaAAitheen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not,

Marmaduke Pickthall

They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) admonishers!

Mufti Taqi Usmani

They said, “It is all equal for us, whether you give us advice or you do not become one of the advisors.

Al-Hilali & Khan

They said: "It is the same to us whether you preach or be not of those who preach.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

They replied: "It is all the same for us whether you admonish us or not.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

[But] they answered. “It is all one to us whether thou preachest [something new] or art not of those who [like to] preach.