[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And He found you lost, and He guided you?
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And He found thee wandering, and He gave thee guidance
Wahiduddin Khan
Did He not find you wandering, and give you guidance
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And He found you lost and guided [you]
The Wise Quran
And He found you erring, then He guided.
The Study Quran
find thee astray and guide
Talal Itani (2012)
And found you wandering, and guided you
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And found you lost, and He offered guidance?
T.B.Irving
He found you lost and guided [you].
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And He found you wandering, and He gave you guidance
Sher Ali
And found thee lost in love for thy people and provided thee with guidance for them
Shakir
And find you lost (that is, unrecognized by men) and guide (them to you)
Shabbir Ahmed
And He found you looking for guidance, and showed you the way. ('Dhall' = Wandering = Looking for guidance = Straying)
Samy Mahdy
And He found you strayed, so He guided you?
Safi Kaskas
Did He not find you lost and guide you?
Rashad Khalifa
He found you astray, and guided you
N J Dawood 2014
And did He not find you in error and guide you
Mustaqim
And found you lost and guided you?
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Did He not find you unguided then guide you?
Musharraf Hussain
Didn’t He find you absorbed in Divine love, and guide you?
MunirMezyed2023
And did He not find you wandering and then revealed to you the Knowledge of the Truth?
Munir Mezyed
Did He not find you wandering, and gave you the revelation in the knowledge of Him?
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And He found you unaware of the way (the Shari‘ah ), then He guided you
Muhammad Sarwar
Did He not find you wandering about and give you guidance
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And He found you erring, so He guided (you)
Muhammad Asad
And found thee lost on thy way, and guided thee
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And He found you misguided so He guided (you)
Mohammad Shafi
Did He not find you wandering and give you guidance
Mir Aneesuddin
and find you wandering then guide you,
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And find thee groping, so He showed the way
Maududi
Did He not find you unaware of the Right Way, and then directed you to it
Linda "iLham" Barto
He found you wandering, and He provided guidance.
John Medows Rodwell
And found thee erring and guided thee
Irving/Hegab
He found you lost and guided [you].
Hilali - Khan
And He found you unaware (of the Quran, its legal laws, and Prophethood, etc.) and guided you
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Did He not find you a wanderer so He guided you
Hamid S. Aziz
And find you wandering (or astray), and guide you
George Sale
And did He not find thee wandering in error, and hath He not guided thee into the truth
Fode Drame
And He found you wandering and He guided you.
Faridul Haque
And found you deeply engrossed in His love, so directed you
Edward Henry Palmer
and find thee erring, and guide thee
Dr. Munir Munshey
He found you unguided, and guided you
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And He found you engrossed and lost in His love and then made you achieve the coveted objective. Or And He found in you (a leader) for a straying people so He provided them guidance (through you)
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And found He thee one who goes astray, then, He guided thee?
Dr. Kamal Omar
And He found you lost (in search of the Code in Al-Kitab), then He provided you Guidance
Corpus.Quran
And He found you lost so He guided
Bilal Muhammad 2018
And He found you wandering, and He gave you guidance
Bijan Moeinian
And for the longest time (years) you were lost in darkness and live like a pagan and He revealed you the truth about the meaning of the life, why you are here, etc
Bakhtiari Nejad
and found you misguided and guided you
Arthur John Arberry
Did He not find thee erring, and guide thee
Amatul Rahman Omar
He found you lost in (His) love (and that of His people), and gave you guidance (so as to enable you help the people reach the goal)
Ali Ünal
And find you unguided (by God’s Messengership), and guide (you)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Did He not find you astray, and guide you
Aisha Bewley
Did He not find you wandering and guide you?
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And He found you drown in His Love, therefore gave way unto Him.
Ahmed Hulusi
Did He not find you lost (unaware of your essential reality) and guided you to the reality?
Ahmed Ali
Did He not find you perplexed, and show you the way
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And He found thee wandering, so He guided thee
Abdul Hye
And did He not find you (O Muhammad) lost and gave you guidance?
Abdel Haleem
Did He not find you lost and guide you