And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us astray from the [right] way. (Al-Ahzab [33] : 67)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
And they will say, “Our Lord, we obeyed our chiefs and our elders, and they made us to go astray from the path.
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And they will say, “Our Lord! We obeyed our leaders and elite, but they led us astray from the ˹Right˺ Way.
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
They will say, “Our Lord, we obeyed our chiefs and our elders, but they led us astray from the [right] way.
4 A. J. Arberry
They shall say, 'Our Lord, we obeyed our chiefs and great ones, and they led us astray from the way.
5 Abdul Haleem
and ‘Lord! We obeyed our masters and our chiefs, and they led us astray.
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And they will say: our Lord! verily we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they led us astray from the way.
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And they would say; "Our Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us as to the (right) Path.
8 Abul Ala Maududi
They will say: “Our Lord, we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they turned us away from the Right Way.
9 Ahmed Ali
They will say: "O our Lord, we obeyed our leaders and the elders, but they only led us astray.
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
And they will say, “Our Lord! We followed our chiefs and our elders – so they misled us from the path!”
11 Ali Quli Qarai
They will say, ‘Our Lord! We obeyed our leaders and elders, and they led us astray from the way.’
12 Ali Ünal
And they will say: "Our Lord! Surely we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they caused us to follow a misleading path.
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
The people (in general) will say, `Our Lord! we obeyed our leaders and our great ones but they led us astray from (Your) path.
14 English Literal
And they said: "Our Lord, that we obeyed our masters/rulers , and our bigger ones/oldest so they misguided us (from) the two ways/paths/way/path
15 Faridul Haque
And they will say, “Our Lord! We followed our chiefs and our elders – so they misled us from the path!”
16 Hamid S. Aziz
And they shall say, "O our Lord! Surely we obeyed our leaders and our great men, so they led us astray from the path
17 Hilali & Khan
And they will say: "Our Lord! Verily, we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us from the (Right) Way.
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
On the day when their leaders are turned back into the Fire, they say: O would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
And they shall say: O our Lord! surely we obeyed our leaders and our great men, so they led us astray from the path;
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
And they say: Our Lord! Lo! we obeyed our princes and great men, and they misled us from the Way.
21 Muhammad Sarwar
They will say, "Lord, we obeyed our chiefs and elders and they caused us to go astray.
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
And they shall say: 'Our Lord, We obeyed our masters and our eminent ones, but they misled us from the way.
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
And they will say: "Our Lord! Verily, we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us from the way."
24 Wahiduddin Khan
They shall say, "Our Lord, we paid heed to our leaders and our elders, but they led us away from the right path.
25 Talal Itani
And they will say, “Lord, we have obeyed our superiors and our dignitaries, but they led us away from the way.
26 Tafsir jalalayn
And they, namely, those who had been the followers [of the leaders of error], shall say, `Our Lord, we obeyed our leaders (read [plural] sdatan, or sdtan, which is the plural of the plural) and elders, and they led us astray from the way, the path of guidance.
27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir
And they will say;"Our Lord! Verily, we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us from the way."
Tawus said;
"`Our chiefs' means their nobles and `our great ones' means their scholars.
28 Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
And they shall say: "O Allah, our Creator, We have obeyed those who were invested with authority among us and those who were exalted in rank and in station and they led us by the nose to the wrong path