Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus , an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran.
This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 170th verse of
chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah ).
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Chapter (1) sūrat l-fātiḥah (The Opening) Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) Chapter (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women) Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) Chapter (6) sūrat l-anʿām (The Cattle) Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) Chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah) Chapter (11) sūrat hūd (Hud) Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) Chapter (13) sūrat l-raʿd (The Thunder) Chapter (14) sūrat ib'rāhīm (Abraham) Chapter (15) sūrat l-ḥij'r (The Rocky Tract) Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) Chapter (19) sūrat maryam (Mary) Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets) Chapter (22) sūrat l-ḥaj (The Pilgrimage) Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light) Chapter (25) sūrat l-fur'qān (The Criterion) Chapter (26) sūrat l-shuʿarā (The Poets) Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants) Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories) Chapter (29) sūrat l-ʿankabūt (The Spider) Chapter (30) sūrat l-rūm (The Romans) Chapter (31) sūrat luq'mān Chapter (32) sūrat l-sajdah (The Prostration) Chapter (33) sūrat l-aḥzāb (The Combined Forces) Chapter (34) sūrat saba (Sheba) Chapter (35) sūrat fāṭir (The Originator) Chapter (36) sūrat yā sīn Chapter (37) sūrat l-ṣāfāt (Those Ranges in Ranks) Chapter (38) sūrat ṣād Chapter (39) sūrat l-zumar (The Groups) Chapter (40) sūrat ghāfir (The Forgiver God) Chapter (41) sūrat fuṣṣilat (Explained in Detail) Chapter (42) sūrat l-shūrā (Consultation) Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment) Chapter (44) sūrat l-dukhān (The Smoke) Chapter (45) sūrat l-jāthiyah (Crouching) Chapter (46) sūrat l-aḥqāf (The Curved Sand-hills) Chapter (47) sūrat muḥammad Chapter (48) sūrat l-fatḥ (The Victory) Chapter (49) sūrat l-ḥujurāt (The Dwellings) Chapter (50) sūrat qāf Chapter (51) sūrat l-dhāriyāt (The Wind that Scatter) Chapter (52) sūrat l-ṭūr (The Mount) Chapter (53) sūrat l-najm (The Star) Chapter (54) sūrat l-qamar (The Moon) Chapter (55) sūrat l-raḥmān (The Most Gracious) Chapter (56) sūrat l-wāqiʿah (The Event) Chapter (57) sūrat l-ḥadīd (The Iron) Chapter (58) sūrat l-mujādilah (She That Disputeth) Chapter (59) sūrat l-ḥashr (The Gathering) Chapter (60) sūrat l-mum'taḥanah (The Woman to be examined) Chapter (61) sūrat l-ṣaf (The Row) Chapter (62) sūrat l-jumuʿah (Friday) Chapter (63) sūrat l-munāfiqūn (The Hypocrites) Chapter (64) sūrat l-taghābun (Mutual Loss & Gain) Chapter (65) sūrat l-ṭalāq (The Divorce) Chapter (66) sūrat l-taḥrīm (The Prohibition) Chapter (67) sūrat l-mulk (Dominion) Chapter (68) sūrat l-qalam (The Pen) Chapter (69) sūrat l-ḥāqah (The Inevitable) Chapter (70) sūrat l-maʿārij (The Ways of Ascent) Chapter (71) sūrat nūḥ Chapter (72) sūrat l-jin (The Jinn) Chapter (73) sūrat l-muzamil (The One wrapped in Garments) Chapter (74) sūrat l-mudathir (The One Enveloped) Chapter (75) sūrat l-qiyāmah (The Resurrection) Chapter (76) sūrat l-insān (Man) Chapter (77) sūrat l-mur'salāt (Those sent forth) Chapter (78) sūrat l-naba (The Great News) Chapter (79) sūrat l-nāziʿāt (Those who Pull Out) Chapter (80) sūrat ʿabasa (He frowned) Chapter (81) sūrat l-takwīr (The Overthrowing) Chapter (82) sūrat l-infiṭār (The Cleaving) Chapter (83) sūrat l-muṭafifīn (Those Who Deal in Fraud) Chapter (84) sūrat l-inshiqāq (The Splitting Asunder) Chapter (85) sūrat l-burūj (The Big Stars) Chapter (86) sūrat l-ṭāriq (The Night-Comer) Chapter (87) sūrat l-aʿlā (The Most High) Chapter (88) sūrat l-ghāshiyah (The Overwhelming) Chapter (89) sūrat l-fajr (The Dawn) Chapter (90) sūrat l-balad (The City) Chapter (91) sūrat l-shams (The Sun) Chapter (92) sūrat l-layl (The Night) Chapter (93) sūrat l-ḍuḥā (The Forenoon) Chapter (94) sūrat l-sharḥ (The Opening Forth) Chapter (95) sūrat l-tīn (The Fig) Chapter (96) sūrat l-ʿalaq (The 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Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow)
Sahih International : And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?
Pickthall : And when it is said unto them: Follow that which Allah hath revealed, they say: We follow that wherein we found our fathers. What! Even though their fathers were wholly unintelligent and had no guidance?
Yusuf Ali : When it is said to them: "Follow what Allah hath revealed:" They say: "Nay! we shall follow the ways of our fathers." What! even though their fathers Were void of wisdom and guidance?
Shakir : And when it is said to them, Follow what Allah has revealed, they say: Nay! we follow what we found our fathers upon. What! and though their fathers had no sense at all, nor did they follow the right way.
Muhammad Sarwar : When some people are asked to follow the revelations of God, they say, "We would rather follow what our fathers have followed," even though their fathers had no understanding and could not find the true guidance.
Mohsin Khan : When it is said to them: "Follow what Allah has sent down." They say: "Nay! We shall follow what we found our fathers following." (Would they do that!) Even though their fathers did not understand anything nor were they guided?
Arberry : And when it is said to them, 'Follow what God has sent down,' they say, 'No; but we will follow such things as we found our fathers doing.' What? And if their fathers had no understanding of anything, and if they were not guided?
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