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Verse (26:40) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 40th verse of chapter 26 (sūrat l-shuʿarā). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (26) sūrat l-shuʿarā (The Poets)

Sahih International: That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"

Pickthall: (They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.

Yusuf Ali: "That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"

Shakir: Haply we may follow the magicians, if they are the vanquishers.

Muhammad Sarwar: and the people were asked, "Will you all be there so that we may follow the magicians if they become victorious?"

Mohsin Khan: "That we may follow the sorcerers [who were on Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) religion of disbelief] if they are the winners."

Arberry: Haply we shall follow the sorcerers if it should be they are the victors.'

See Also

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