Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 48th 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: And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder for the righteous

Pickthall: And We verily gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion (of right and wrong) and a light and a Reminder for those who keep from evil,

Yusuf Ali: In the past We granted to Moses and Aaron the criterion (for judgment), and a Light and a Message for those who would do right,-

Shakir: And certainly We gave to Musa and Haroun the Furqan and a light and a reminder for those who would guard (against evil).

Muhammad Sarwar: To Moses and Aaron We granted the criteria of discerning right from wrong, and We gave them the light and a reminder to the pious ones

Mohsin Khan: And indeed We granted to Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) the criterion (of right and wrong), and a shining light [i.e. the Taurat (Torah)] and a Reminder for Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2).

Arberry: We gave Moses and Aaron the Salvation and a Radiance, and a Remembrance for the godfearing

Verse 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53

See Also

• Verse (21:48) Morphology - description of each Arabic word