Quran 8:20 Word by Word & Translations

8:20 Word by Word (2021)

O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger. And (do) not turn away from him while you hear.


8:20 Arabic

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَلَا تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ

8:20 Transliteration

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo ateeAAoo Allaha warasoolahu wala tawallaw AAanhu waantum tasmaAAoona
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
O you who believe, obey God and His messenger, and do not turn away from him while you have heard.
Abdel Haleem
Believers, obey God and His Messenger: do not turn away when you are listening to him
Abdul Hye
O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and don’t turn away from him (Muhammad) while you hear.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
O Ye who believe! obey Allah and His apostle and turn not away therefrom while ye hearken
Ahmed Ali
O believers, obey God and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him when you hear (him speak)
Ahmed Hulusi
O believers... Obey Allah and His Rasul! Do not turn away from Him while you hear!
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
'O believers! Obey Allah ' and His Messenger, and turn not away from him after hearing him.
Aisha Bewley
You who have iman! obey Allah and His Messenger. And do not turn away from him when you are able to hear.
Ali Ünal
O you who believe! Obey God and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him when you are hearing (from him God’s Revelations)
Ali Quli Qara'i
O you who have faith! Obey Allah and His Apostle, and do not turn away from him while you hear [him]
Amatul Rahman Omar
O you who believe! obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn away from him whilst you hear (him speak)
Arthur John Arberry
O believers, obey God and His Messenger, and do not turn away from Him, even as you are listening
Bakhtiari Nejad
You who believe, obey God and His messenger, and do not turn away from him while you hear (him).
Bijan Moeinian
O’ You who believe; obey God and His messenger and do not disregard him after having heard his orders
Bilal Muhammad 2018
O you who believe, follow God and His messenger, and do not turn away from him when you hear him speak
Corpus.Quran
O you who believe Obey Allah and His Messenger And (do) not turn away from him while you hear
Dr. Kamal Omar
O you people who have Believed! Obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn from him while you are listening (him in some talk, discussion, advice or counselling)
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
O those who believed! Obey God and His Messenger and turn not away from him when you hear his command.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
O believers! Obey Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and do not turn away from him whilst you are hearing
Dr. Munir Munshey
Oh you who believe! Obey Allah and His messenger, and do not turn away and disregard after you hear the message
Edward Henry Palmer
O ye who believe! obey God and His Apostle, and turn not from Him while ye hear
Faridul Haque
O People who Believe! Obey Allah and His Noble Messenger, and do not turn away from him after you have heard him speak
Fode Drame
O you who believe! Obey Allah and His messenger and do not turn away from Him while you hear.
George Sale
O ye who believe! obey God and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him while you hear his commands
Hamid S. Aziz
O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and turn not from Him when you hear him speak
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Believers, obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him when you are hearing
Hilali - Khan
O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and turn not away from him (i.e. Messenger Muhammad SAW) while you are hearing
Irving/Hegab
You who believe, obey Allah (God) and His messenger; do not turn away from Him while you are within earshot.
John Medows Rodwell
O ye faithful! obey God and his apostle, and turn not away from Him, now that ye hear the truth
Linda "iLham" Barto
O Believers, obey Allah and His messenger. Do not turn away from him when you hear.
Maududi
Believers! Obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn away from him after you hear his command
Maulana Muhammad Ali
O you who believe, obey Allah and His Messenger and turn not away from Him while you hear
Mir Aneesuddin
O you who believe ! obey Allah and His messenger and do not turn away from him while you are hearing (him).
Mohammad Shafi
O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger and turn not away while listening to him
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
You, you those who believed, obey God and His messenger and do not turn from Him and you are hearing/listening
Muhammad Asad
[Hence,] O you who have attained to faith, pay heed unto God and His Apostle, and do not turn away from Him now that you hear [His message]
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
O you who have believed, obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn away from him, (even) as you hear (him speak)
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His messenger, and turn not away from him when ye hear (him speak)
Muhammad Sarwar
Believers, obey God and His Messengers and do not turn away from Him when you hear (His commands)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
O you who believe, obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not turn away from Him when you listen (to him)
Munir Mezyed
O’ you who adhere firmly to Islamic monotheism, obey Allâh and His (Blessed) ‘Messenger’, and turn not away from him while you are hearing his commands.
MunirMezyed2023
O’ you who live by Faith! Yield to ( the Commandments of) Allâh and (to what He has revealed to) His Messenger . And do not walk away from him when you hear (him giving you an order).
Musharraf Hussain
Believers, obey Allah and His Messenger and don’t turn away from him while you can hear him calling you;
Mustafa Khattab 2018
O believers! Obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn away from him while you hear ˹his call˺.
Mustaqim
Oh you believers, obey Allah and His messenger and do not turn away from him whilst you listen.
N J Dawood 2014
Believers, obey God and His apostle, and do not forsake him, now that you have heard all
Rashad Khalifa
O you who believe, obey GOD and His messenger, and do not disregard him while you hear.
Safi Kaskas
Believers obey God and His Messenger and now that you hear His message, do not turn away from Him.
Samy Mahdy
O you who believed! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him while you are hearing.
Shabbir Ahmed
O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! Obey Allah and His Messenger. Listen to him when he speaks, without getting distracted
Shakir
O you who believe! obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn back from Him while you hear
Sher Ali
O ye who believe ! obey ALLAH and HIS Messenger, and do not turn away from him while you hear his commands
Syed Vickar Ahamed
O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad) and do not turn away from him when you hear (him speaking to you)
T.B.Irving
You who believe, obey God and His messenger; do not turn away from Him while you are within earshot.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
O you who believe, obey God and His Messenger, and don’t turn away from him while you listen.
Talal Itani (2012)
O you who believe! Obey God and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him when you hear
The Study Quran
O you who believe! Obey God and His Messenger, and turn not away from him, even as you hear [him]
The Wise Quran
O you who believe! Obey God and His messenger, and do not turn away from Him while you hear.
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
O you who have believed, obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn from him while you hear [his order]
Wahiduddin Khan
Believers, obey God and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him now that you have heard all
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and turn not away from him when ye hear (him speak)