English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
And the blind and the seeing are not alike,
English - Five Volume Translation
Not alike are the blind and the seeing;
Commentary:
Whenever a Prophet comes into the world the people to whom he preaches his Message become split up into two groups: (1) those who accept his Message and follow his lead; (2) those who reject and oppose him. These two groups of men are likened in the present verse to "the seeing" i.e. those who having been endowed with spiritual eyes see the heavenly light, and "the blind" i.e. those who are afflicted with spiritual blindness as the result of their refusal to see the light. These two classes of men have been further likened to "the living" and "the dead" in verse 23 below. The believers have been called "the living" because by accepting the truth they receive new life, and the disbelievers are called "the dead" because by rejecting truth which is the elixir of life eternal they bring spiritual death upon themselves.
English - Short Commentary Translation
The blind and the seeing are not alike,
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
اور اندھا اور بِینا ایک جیسے نہیں ہوتے۔
French
Et l’aveugle et celui qui voit ne sont pas semblables,
German
Der Blinde ist dem Sehenden nicht gleich,
Italian
Il cieco e chi vede non sono uguali,
Spanish
Los ciegos y los que ven no son iguales,
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
اور اندھا اور آنکھوں والا برابر نہیں ہو سکتے۔
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
اندھا اور آنکھوں والا برابر نہیں ہے
English - Sahih
Not equal are the blind and the seeing,
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
اور اندھا اور دیکھنے والا برابر نہیں ہے
English - Talal Itani
And not equal (are) the blind and the seeing,
English - Arberry
Not equal are the blind and the seeing man,
English - Maududi
The blind and the seeing are not alike,
English - Ahmed Ali
Equal are not the blind and those who can see,
English - Yusuf Ali
The blind and the seeing are not alike;
English - Five Volume Commentary *
Cross Refs: a
11:25; 13:17; 40:59.
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Commentary:
Whenever a Prophet comes into the world the people to whom he preaches his Message become split up into two groups: (1) those who accept his Message and follow his lead; (2) those who reject and oppose him. These two groups of men are likened in the present verse to "the seeing" i.e. those who having been endowed with spiritual eyes see the heavenly light, and "the blind" i.e. those who are afflicted with spiritual blindness as the result of their refusal to see the light. These two classes of men have been further likened to "the living" and "the dead" in verse 23 below. The believers have been called "the living" because by accepting the truth they receive new life, and the disbelievers are called "the dead" because by rejecting truth which is the elixir of life eternal they bring spiritual death upon themselves.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
Cross Refs: d
11:25; 13:17; 40:59.
English - Pickthall
The blind man is not equal with the seer;
English - Muhammad Ali ra
And the blind and the seeing are not alike,
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
The blind and the seeing are not alike,