Quran 71 : 7

And indeed, I every time, I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears and covered themselves (with) their garments and persisted and were arrogant (with) pride.
وَإِنِّى
Waiinniā
كُلَّمَا
Kullamā
دَعَوْتُهُمْ
Daʿawtuhum
لِتَغْفِرَ
Litaghfira
لَهُمْ
Lahum
جَعَلُوٓا۟
Jaʿaluwa
أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ
Aaṣaābiʿahum
فِىٓ
Fiā
ءَاذَانِهِمْ
ʾĀdhānihim
وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟
Waistaghshawa
ثِيَابَهُمْ
Thiyābahum
وَأَصَرُّوا۟
Waaṣarrūa
وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
Waistakbarūa
ٱسْتِكْبَارًا
Istikbārana

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

"And every time I called on them so that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears and they covered their heads with their outer garments and they insisted, and they became greatly arrogant.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance

Wahiduddin Khan

Every time I have called to them, so that You might forgive them, they have only thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance

The Wise Quran

And indeed, every time I called them that You might pardon them, they placed their fingers in their ears and covered themselves with their garments and persisted, and were big with pride, proud.

The Study Quran

Truly whenever I call them, that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, persist, and wax most arrogant

Talal Itani (2012)

Whenever I called them to Your forgiveness, they thrust their fingers into their ears, and wrapped themselves in their garments, and insisted, and became more and more arrogant

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Whenever I urged them to seek Your forgiveness, they would stick their fingers in their ears, cover their heads with their garments, persist in their stubbornness, and grow increasingly arrogant.

T.B.Irving

Each time I appeal to them to ask You to forgive them, they stick their fingers in their ears and try to wrap themselves up in their clothing. They persist in that and have become so overbearing!

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And verily, every time I have called to them, that You may forgive them, they have (only) pushed their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their clothes, grown firmer (against faith), and given themselves up to false pride

Sher Ali

`And every time I called them that Thou mightest forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, and drew close their garments, and persisted in their iniquities and were disdainfully proud

Shakir

And whenever I have called them that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, and persist and are puffed up with pride

Shabbir Ahmed

And, behold, whenever I call unto them to be forgiven by You, they thrust their fingers in their ears - and veil themselves in their garments. And they persist in this behavior glorifying themselves in pride. (11:5)

Samy Mahdy

And whenever I called them that You may forgive them, they set up their fingers into their ears, and over-covered themselves in their garments, and insisted, and arrogated, great arrogance.

Safi Kaskas

Every time I called them to Your forgiveness, they put their fingers into their ears, wrapped themselves in their garments, and insisted, and became increasingly more arrogant.

Rashad Khalifa

"Whenever I invited them to be forgiven by You, they placed their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their clothes, insisted, and turned arrogant.

N J Dawood 2014

Each time I call on them to seek Your pardon, they thrust their fingers into their ears and draw their cloaks over their heads, persisting in sin and bearing themselves with insolent pride

Mustaqim

And each time I call them so You forgive them, they place their fingers in their ears and pull their clothes over themselves and persist and are arrogant.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You, they press their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their clothes, persist ˹in denial˺, and act very arrogantly.

Musharraf Hussain

Each time I invited them to Your forgiveness, they put their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, persisted in their disbelief and were thoroughly arrogant.

MunirMezyed2023

And indeed whenever I call them to affirm their Faith in You so that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their garments, persist in denial and display an arrogant attitude (toward Your authority) with excessive pride.

Munir Mezyed

Whenever I invite them (to embrace the true monotheistic faith), so that You may forgive them. They thrust their fingers in their ears, covering themselves with their garments, persisting (in ignoring my preaching), and displaying an arrogant attitude (towards Faith) with excessive pride.

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Whenever I called them, so that You might forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, and wrapped their clothes around themselves, and grew obstinate, and waxed proud in extreme arrogance

Muhammad Sarwar

Evert time I invite them to Your (guidance) so that You can forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, cover their heads with their clothes, persist in their disbelief and display extreme arrogance

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And surely whenever I call them that You may forgive them, they set (Literally: made "up") their fingers in their ears, and enveloped themselves with their clothes, and persisted, and waxed proud (with insolent) arrogance (Literally: in "arrogant" pride)

Muhammad Asad

And behold, whenever I called unto them with a view to Thy granting them forgiveness, they put their fingers into their ears, and wrapped themselves up in their garments [of sin]; and grew obstinate, and became [yet more] arrogant in their false pride

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And that I, whenever I called them (for You) to forgive for them, they made/put their fingers in their ears, and they covered/darkened themselves (with) their clothes/garments , and they persisted/insisted, and they became arrogant, arrogantly

Mohammad Shafi

"And, indeed, whenever I preached to them [to come to the Right Path] so that You might forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up in their garments, grew obstinate, and became arrogant with false pride."

Mir Aneesuddin

And whenever I invited them that You will protectively forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears and covered, themselves with garments and persisted (in refusing) and considered themselves great (due to) pride.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And whenever I call to them Thou mayest forgive them, they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments, and persist and are big with pride

Maududi

And every time I called them so that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears and wrapped up their faces with their garments and obstinately clung to their attitude, and waxed very proud

Linda "iLham" Barto

“Every time I have called to them so You might forgive them, they have thrust their fingers into their ears. [They have] pulled their garments over themselves, become obstinate, and acquired arrogance.

John Medows Rodwell

So oft as I cry to them, that thou mayest forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, and wrap themselves in their garments, and persist in their error, and are disdainfully disdainful

Irving/Hegab

Each time I appeal to them to ask You to forgive them, they stick their fingers in their ears and try to wrap themselves up in their clothing. They persist in that and have become so overbearing!

Hilali - Khan

"And verily! Every time I called unto them that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, and persisted (in their refusal), and magnified themselves in pride

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Each time I called them so that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers in their ears and wrapped themselves in their garments, and persisted becomingvery proud

Hamid S. Aziz

"And whenever I have called them that you may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, grow obstinate and puffed up with pride

George Sale

And whensoever I call them to the true faith, that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, and cover themselves with their garments, and persist in their infidelity, and proudly disdain my counsel

Fode Drame

And indeed each time I call them so that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears and they cover their faces with their dresses and they persisted and they grew more arrogant in their arrogance.

Faridul Haque

“And whenever I called them, so that You may forgive them, they always thrust their fingers into their ears, and covered themselves with their clothes, and remained stubborn and were extremely haughty.”

Edward Henry Palmer

and, verily, every time I called them, that Thou mightest pardon them, they placed their fingers in their ears and tried to cover themselves with their garments and persisted, and were very big with pride

Dr. Munir Munshey

"In fact, whenever I call them (to say) that You might forgive them, they stick their fingers in their ears. They (hide their faces and) wrap their clothes around them (in defiance). They grew obstinate and became (rude and insulting, and) increasingly arrogant."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And every time I called them (towards faith) so that You might forgive them, they only thrust their fingers into their ears and wrapped their clothes over themselves and stuck obstinately (to disbelief) and behaved most arrogantly

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And, truly, as often as I called to them that Thou wouldst forgive them, they laid their fingertips over their ears and covered themselves with their garments. And they maintained growing arrogant as they grew arrogant.

Dr. Kamal Omar

And truly I, every time I called them that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, and covered themselves up with their garments and insisted (on their wrong beliefs) and behaved with pride in arrogance, patronising seriously arrogant pride

Corpus.Quran

And indeed, I every time I invited them that You may forgive them they put their fingers in their ears and covered themselves (with) their garments and persisted and were arrogant (with) pride

Bilal Muhammad 2018

“And every time I have called to them, so that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance

Bijan Moeinian

Anytime that I have given them the good news of your promises to forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their cloths and arrogantly avoid me

Bakhtiari Nejad

and indeed, every time I invited them so that You forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears and covered themselves with their clothes and insisted and were extremely arrogant.

Arthur John Arberry

And whenever I called them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, and wrapped them in their garments, and persisted, and waxed very proud

Amatul Rahman Omar

`As often as I called them to You so that You might protect them (against the commitment of further sins and also against the evil consequences of their sins) they plugged their ears with their fingers, and drew their cloaks around them (and thus covered their hearts), and persisted (in their stubbornness and denial) and behaved in an extremely insolent manner

Ali Ünal

"And every time I have called them so that You may forgive them, they have thrust their fingers in their ears, and wrapped themselves up in their garments, and grown obstinate and more and more arrogant (in refusing my call)

Ali Quli Qara'i

Indeed whenever I have summoned them, so that You might forgive them, they would put their fingers into their ears and draw their cloaks over their heads, and they were persistent [in their unfaith], and disdainful in [their] arrogance

Aisha Bewley

Indeed, every time I called them to Your forgiveness, they put their fingers in their ears, wrapped themselves up in their clothes and were overweeningly arrogant.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And every time I called them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, covered themselves with their garments, and persisted and waxed great proud

Ahmed Hulusi

“The more I invited them to your forgiveness, the more they put their fingers into their ears, covered themselves with their garments and persisted in their ways (beliefs) becoming more and more arrogant.”

Ahmed Ali

And every time I called them that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, and covered themselves with their garments, and became wayward, and behaved with downright insolence

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And verily so oft as I call them, that Thou mayest forgive them, they place their fingers into their ears, and wrap themselves with their garments, and persist, and are stiff-necked

Abdul Hye

Surely! Every time I called to them that Allah might forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, persisted (in their refusal), and magnified themselves in pride.

Abdel Haleem

every time I call them, so that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, cover their heads with their garments, persist in their rejection, and grow more insolent and arrogant