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 43 (sūrat l-zukh'ruf). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment)

Sahih International: And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

Pickthall: And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again.

Yusuf Ali: We showed them Sign after Sign, each greater than its fellow, and We seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us).

Shakir: And We did not show them a sign but it was greater than its like, and We overtook them with chastisement that they may turn.

Muhammad Sarwar: Of all the miracles which We showed to them the latter ones were greater than the former. We struck them with torment so that perhaps they would return to Us.

Mohsin Khan: And not an Ayah (sign, etc.) We showed them but it was greater than its fellow, and We seized them with torment, in order that they might turn [from their polytheism to Allah's Religion (Islamic Monotheism)].

Arberry: And not a sign We showed them, but it was greater than its sister sign; and We seized them with chastisement, that haply they should return.

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See Also

• Verse (43:48) Morphology - description of each Arabic word