Quran with Tafsir_English translation - Surah At-Taubah ayat 32 - التوبَة - Page - Juz 10
﴿يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطۡفِـُٔواْ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَيَأۡبَى ٱللَّهُ إِلَّآ أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُۥ وَلَوۡ كَرِهَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ﴾
[التوبَة: 32]
﴿يريدون أن يطفئوا نور الله بأفواههم ويأبى الله إلا أن يتم نوره﴾ [التوبَة: 32]
| Dr Kamal Omar They intend that they may extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths (by uttering anti-Al-Kitab statements and mahead of state false propaganda). And Allah puts a barrier (to every undesirable effort) leaving free His intention that He may put to perfection His Light even though the disbelievers felt disinclination |
| Dr Laleh Bakhtiar They want to extinguish the light of God with their mouths, but God refuses so that He fulfill His light even if the ones who are ungrateful disliked it |
| Dr Munir Munshey They desire to snuff out the light of Allah huffing and puffing at it with their mouths _ (by uttering banalities) _ but Allah insists upon bringing His light to perfection, much to the chagrin of the unbelievers |
| Edward Henry Palmer They desire to put out the light of God with their mouths, but God will not have it but that we should perfect His light, averse although the misbelievers be |
| Farook Malik They desire to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths but Allah seeks to perfect His light even though the disbelievers may dislike it |
| George Sale They seek to extinguish the light of God with their mouths; but God willeth no other than to perfect his light, although the infidels be averse thereto |
| Maududi They seek to extinguish the light of Allah by blowing through their mouths; but Allah refuses everything except that He will perfect His light howsoever the unbelievers might abhor it |