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Verse (21:63) - 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 63rd 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: He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."

Pickthall: He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak.

Yusuf Ali: He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask them, if they can speak intelligently!"

Shakir: He said: Surely (some doer) has done it; the chief of them is this, therefore ask them, if they can speak.

Muhammad Sarwar: He replied, "I think the biggest among them has broken the smaller ones. Ask them if they are able to speak".

Mohsin Khan: [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it. Ask them, if they can speak!"

Arberry: He said, 'No; it was this great one of them that did it. Question them; if they are able to speak!'

See Also

Language Research Group
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