
Comparative Study
4:86
1 And when you are greeted, respond with a better greeting or at least similarly. Surely Allah is a ˹vigilant˺ Reckoner of all things. Dr. Mustafa Khattab
2 But when you are greeted with a greeting [of peace], answer with an even better greeting, or [at least] with the like thereof. Verily, God keeps count indeed of all things. Muhammad Asad
3 When you are greeted with a greeting, respond with a better greeting, or return it. God keeps count of everything. Talal Itani
4 When you are greeted with a salutation then return it with a better one, or at least the same. Surely Allah takes good count of everything. Maududi
5 When you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with what is better than it, or (at least) return it equally. Certainly, Allah is Ever a Careful Account Taker of all things. Muhsin Khan
6 But [even in battle] when you [believers] are offered a greeting, respond with a better one, or at least return it: God keeps account of everything. Muhammad Abdel Haleem
7 And when you were given greetings with greetings, then, give greetings fairer than that or return the same to them. Truly, God had been over everything a Reckoner. Dr.Leila Bakhtiar
8 When ye are greeted with a greeting, greet ye with a better than it or return it. Lo! Allah taketh count of all things. Marmaduke Pickthall
9 And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return] with one better than it or [at least] return it [in a like manner]. Indeed, Allah is ever, over all things, an Accountant. Sahih Int.
10 When a (courteous) greeting is offered you, meet it with a greeting still more courteous, or (at least) of equal courtesy. Allah takes careful account of all things. Yusuf Ali
11 and when you are greeted with a greeting, then greet with better than it or return it. indeed, Allah is of every thing an accountant. Word by Word