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Verse (8:23) - 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 23rd verse of chapter 8 (sūrat l-anfāl). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War)

Sahih International: Had Allah known any good in them, He would have made them hear. And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned away, while they were refusing.

Pickthall: Had Allah known of any good in them He would have made them hear, but had He made them hear they would have turned away, averse.

Yusuf Ali: If Allah had found in them any good. He would indeed have made them listen: (As it is), if He had made them listen, they would but have turned back and declined (Faith).

Shakir: And if Allah had known any good in them He would have made them hear, and if He makes them hear they would turn back while they withdraw.

Muhammad Sarwar: Had they possessed any virtue, God would certainly have made them hear. Even if God were to make them hear, they would still turn away from (the words of God).

Mohsin Khan: Had Allah known of any good in them, He would indeed have made them listen, and even if He had made them listen, they would but have turned away, averse (to the truth).

Arberry: If God had known of any good in them He would have made them hear; and if He had made them hear, they would have turned away, swerving aside.

See Also

Language Research Group
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