Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the twentieth 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: And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Kind and Merciful.

Pickthall: Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, and that Allah is Clement, Merciful, (ye had been undone).

Yusuf Ali: Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, and that Allah is full of kindness and mercy, (ye would be ruined indeed).

Shakir: And were it not for Allah's grace on you and His mercy, and that Allah is Compassionate, Merciful.

Muhammad Sarwar: Were it not for the favor and mercy of God upon you (you would have faced painful punishment in this world and the life to come). God is Compassionate and Merciful.

Mohsin Khan: And had it not been for the Grace of Allah and His Mercy on you, (Allah would have hastened the punishment upon you). And that Allah is full of kindness, Most Merciful.

Arberry: But for God's bounty to you and His mercy and that God is All-gentle, All-compassionate --

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See Also

• Verse (24:20) Morphology - description of each Arabic word