Quran 27 : 55

Why do you approach the men (with) lust from instead of the women? Nay, you (are) a people ignorant."
أَئِنَّكُمْ
Aaiinnakum
لَتَأْتُونَ
Lataatūna
ٱلرِّجَالَ
Arrijāla
شَهْوَةً
Shahwahan
مِّن
Mmin
دُونِ
Dūni
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
Annisaaʾi
بَلْ
Bal
أَنتُمْ
Aantum
قَوْمٌ
Qawmun
تَجْهَلُونَ
Tajhalūna

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

"You are approaching the men out of desire instead of the women! Indeed, you are an ignorant people.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant

Wahiduddin Khan

Must you go lustfully to men instead of women? Indeed, you are a people who are deeply ignorant

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."

The Wise Quran

Do you indeed surely approach men lustfully rather than women? Nay, you are a people who are ignorant.'

The Study Quran

Do you really come with desire unto men instead of women? Nay, but you are an ignorant people!

Talal Itani (2012)

Do you lust after men instead of women? You are truly ignorant people.'

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Do you approach men with lust instead of women? You are a people acting ignorantly.”

T.B.Irving

Do you approach men passionately instead of women? Indeed you are folk who act out of ignorance!"

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Would you really run after men in your excessive (sexual) desire rather than after women? No! You are a people (totally) ignorant!"

Sher Ali

What ! do you approach men lustfully rather than women? Nay, you are indeed an ignorant people.

Shakir

What! do you indeed approach men lustfully rather than women? Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly

Shabbir Ahmed

You approach men with lust instead of women. Nay, you are people who disregard what you know (27:54)."

Samy Mahdy

Are you coming to the men as desires without the women? Nay, but you are kinfolk who ignore.”

Safi Kaskas

You lust after men instead of women? You are ignorant people."

Rashad Khalifa

"You practice sex with the men, lustfully, instead of the women. Indeed, you are ignorant people."

N J Dawood 2014

lustfully seeking men instead of women? Surely you are an ignorant people.‘

Mustaqim

Do you come to men with lust instead of women? But you are an ignorant people.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Do you really lust after men instead of women? In fact, you are ˹only˺ a people acting ignorantly.”

Musharraf Hussain

Do you approach other men with lust rather than women? You people are utterly foolish.”

MunirMezyed2023

What! Do you indeed approach men lustfully instead of women? Nay, but you are truly a people living in utter ignorance.”

Munir Mezyed

What! Do you indeed approach men lustfully instead of women? Nay, but you are truly a people in ignorance”(of the consequence of your conducts).

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Is it that you really come to men lustfully instead of women? No, you are a people committing acts of ignorance

Muhammad Sarwar

Do you have carnal relations with men rather than women? You are ignorant people"

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Must ye needs lust after men instead of women? Nay, but ye are folk who act senselessly

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Do you (really) come up with lust to men rather than women? No indeed, you are a people who are ignorant."

Muhammad Asad

Must you really approach men with lust instead of women? Nay, but you are people without any awareness (of right and wrong)!”

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

Are you that you are coming/doing/committing (E) the men (with) a lust/desire/craving from other than the women, but you are a nation being lowly/ignorant

Mohammad Shafi

"How could you really go to men instead of to women for sexual gratification? Nay, but you are a stupid people!"

Mir Aneesuddin

What! Do you indeed lustfully approach men besides women? No, you are an ignorant people?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Will you come to men lustfully rather than women? Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly

Maududi

Do you lustfully approach men instead of women? Nay, you engage in acts of sheer ignorance."

Linda "iLham" Barto

“Why would you [men] go to other men for sex rather than women? You are an ignorant people.”

John Medows Rodwell

What! come ye with lust unto men rather than to women? Surely ye are an ignorant people."

Irving/Hegab

Do you approach men passionately instead of women? Indeed you are folk who act out of ignorance!"

Hilali - Khan

"Do you approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, but you are a people who behave senselessly."

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Do you approach men lustfully instead of women! No, you are an ignorant nation.

Hamid S. Aziz

Must you needs lust after men instead of women? Nay! You are a senseless people."

George Sale

Do ye approach lustfully unto men, leaving the women? Ye are surely an ignorant people

Fode Drame

Do you go to the men for the fulfillment of your lust instead of the women? Nay! You are a people who are ignorant.”

Faridul Haque

“What! You lustfully go towards men, leaving the women?! In fact, you are an ignorant people.”

Edward Henry Palmer

do ye indeed approach men lustfully rather than women? nay! ye are a people who are ignorant.

Dr. Munir Munshey

"Instead of women, do you turn to men to gratify your carnal urges? Indeed, you are an utterly foolish nation!"

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Do you approach men rather than women to satisfy your sexual desire? The truth is that you are ignorant people.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Why approach you men with lust instead of women? Nay! You are a folk who are ignorant.

Dr. Kamal Omar

Is it (that) surely you people indeed approach men in sexual lust instead of women? Nay, you are a nation: you behave senselessly.

Corpus.Quran

Why do you approach the men (with) lust instead of instead of the women Nay you (are) a people ignorant

Bilal Muhammad 2018

"Are you really attracted to men more than, in addition to, or instead of women?" No, but you are unaware

Bijan Moeinian

What kind of people you are that prefers men to women for the gratification of your sexual desires? What a foolish people you are [unaware of punishment in reserve for you.]

Bakhtiari Nejad

Do you approach men lustfully instead of women? You are ignorant people.”

Arthur John Arberry

What, do you approach men lustfully instead of women? No, you are a people that are ignorant.

Amatul Rahman Omar

`What! (is it true) you approach men instead of (your) women to satisfy (your) lust? Nay, you are indeed a people who act senselessly.

Ali Ünal

"Will you go with lust to men in place of women? You are indeed an ignorant people with no sense (of decency and right and wrong)

Ali Quli Qara'i

Do you approach men with [sexual] desire instead of women?! Rather you are a senseless lot!’

Aisha Bewley

Do you come with lust to men instead of women? You are a people who are deeply ignorant.´

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Do you approach men lustfully leaving women? Rather you are a people ignorant.

Ahmed Hulusi

“Do you leave the women and lustfully sleep with men? No, you are a people in ignorance.”

Ahmed Ali

You lust after men in place of women. You are indeed a stolid people."

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Would ye go in lustfully unto men instead of women? Aye! ye are a people addicted to ignorant ways

Abdul Hye

Why do you come to men with lust instead of women? Nay, but you are a people who are ignorant.”

Abdel Haleem

How can you lust after men instead of women? What fools you are!’