Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the second 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: No mention comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

Pickthall: Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play,

Yusuf Ali: Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but they listen to it as in jest,-

Shakir: There comes not to them a new reminder from their Lord but they hear it while they sport,

Muhammad Sarwar: Whenever a new revelation comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it in a playful manner,

Mohsin Khan: Comes not unto them an admonition (a chapter of the Quran) from their Lord as a recent revelation but they listen to it while they play,

Arberry: no Remembrance from their Lord comes to them lately renewed, but they listen to it yet playing,

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See Also

• Verse (21:2) Morphology - description of each Arabic word