Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the thirteenth verse of chapter 47 (sūrat muḥammad). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (47) sūrat muḥammad

Sahih International: And how many a city was stronger than your city [Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.

Pickthall: And how many a township stronger than thy township (O Muhammad) which hath cast thee out, have We destroyed, and they had no helper!

Yusuf Ali: And how many cities, with more power than thy city which has driven thee out, have We destroyed (for their sins)? and there was none to aid them.

Shakir: And how many a town which was far more powerful than the town of yours which has driven you out: We destroyed them so there was no helper for them.

Muhammad Sarwar: (Muhammad), how many towns, much more powerful than the one from which you have been expelled, have We destroyed and left helpless?

Mohsin Khan: And many a town, stronger than your town (Makkah) (O Muhammad SAW) which has driven you out We have destroyed. And there was none to help them.

Arberry: How many a city that was stronger in might than thy city which has expelled thee have We destroyed! And there was no helper for them.

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See Also

• Verse (47:13) Morphology - description of each Arabic word