Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 65th verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets)

Sahih International: Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"

Pickthall: And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not.

Yusuf Ali: Then were they confounded with shame: (they said), "Thou knowest full well that these (idols) do not speak!"

Shakir: Then they were made to hang down their heads: Certainly you know that they do not speak.

Muhammad Sarwar: With their heads cast down they said, "Abraham, you know that idols do not speak. How then can you ask such a question?"

Mohsin Khan: Then they turned to themselves (their first thought and said): "Indeed you [Ibrahim (Abraham)] know well that these (idols) speak not!"

Arberry: Then they were utterly put to confusion saying, 'Very well indeed thou knowest these do not speak.'

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See Also

• Verse (21:65) Morphology - description of each Arabic word