
Comparative Study
17:47
1 We know best how they listen to your recitation and what they say privately—when the wrongdoers say, “You would only be following a bewitched man.” Dr. Mustafa Khattab
2 We are fully aware of what they are listening for when they listen to thee: for when they are secluded among themselves, lo! these wrongdoers say [unto one another], "If you were to follow [Muhammad, you would follow] only a man bewitched!" Muhammad Asad
3 We know well what they listen to, when they listen to you, as they conspire, when the wrongdoers say, “You only follow a man bewitched.” Talal Itani
4 We are well aware of what they wish to hear when they listen to you and what they say when they confer in whispers, when the wrong-doers say: "You are only following one who is bewitched." Maududi
5 We know best of what they listen to, when they listen to you. And when they take secret counsel, behold, the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.) say: You follow none but a bewitched man. Muhsin Khan
6 We know best the way they listen, when they listen to you and when they confer in secret, and these wrongdoers say, ‘You are only following a man who is bewitched.’ Muhammad Abdel Haleem
7 We are greater in knowledge of what they listen for when they listen to thee. And when they conspire secretly, when the ones who are unjust say: You follow but a bewitched man. Dr.Leila Bakhtiar
8 We are best aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to thee and when they take secret counsel, when the evil doers say: Ye follow but a man bewitched. Marmaduke Pickthall
9 We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic." Sahih Int.
10 We know best why it is they listen, when they listen to thee; and when they meet in private conference, behold, the wicked say, "Ye follow none other than a man bewitched!" Yusuf Ali
11 we know best [of] what they listen to [it] when they listen to you, and when they (are) in private conversation, when say the wrongdoers, "not you follow but a man bewitched." Word by Word