Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the thirteenth verse of chapter 24 (sūrat l-nūr). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light)

Sahih International: Why did they [who slandered] not produce for it four witnesses? And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allah , who are the liars.

Pickthall: Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah.

Yusuf Ali: Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove it? When they have not brought the witnesses, such men, in the sight of Allah, (stand forth) themselves as liars!

Shakir: Why did they not bring four witnesses of it? But as they have not brought witnesses they are liars before Allah.

Muhammad Sarwar: Would that they had brought four witness to testify to their report. Since they brought none, they are liars before God.

Mohsin Khan: Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they (the slanderers) have not produced witnesses! Then with Allah they are the liars.

Arberry: Why did they not bring four witnesses against it? But since they did not bring the witnesses, in God's sight they are the liars.

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See Also

• Verse (24:13) Morphology - description of each Arabic word