Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 55th verse of chapter 27 (sūrat l-naml). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants)

Sahih International: Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."

Pickthall: Must ye needs lust after men instead of women? Nay, but ye are folk who act senselessly.

Yusuf Ali: Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!

Shakir: What! do you indeed approach men lustfully rather than women? Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly.

Muhammad Sarwar: Do you have carnal relations with men rather than women? You are ignorant people".

Mohsin Khan: "Do you approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, but you are a people who behave senselessly."

Arberry: What, do you approach men lustfully instead of women? No, you are a people that are ignorant.'

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See Also

• Verse (27:55) Morphology - description of each Arabic word