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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 20:51 | |
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| Transliteration | Qala fama balu alqurooni al-oola |
| Literal | He said: "So what (about the) affair/condition (of) the first/beginning generations/centuries ?" |
| Yusuf Ali | (Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?" |
| Pickthal | He said: What then is the state of the generations of old? |
| Arberry | Pharaoh said, 'And what of the former generations?' |
| Shakir | He said: Then what is the state of the former generations? |
| Sarwar | He then asked, "What do you know about the past generations?" |
| Khalifa | He said, "What about the past generations?" |
| Hilali/Khan | (Firaun (Pharaoh)) said: "What about the generations of old?" |
| H/K/Saheeh | [Pharaoh] said, Then what is the case of the former generations? |
| Malik | Pharoah asked: "What do you say about the condition of previous generations?"[51] |
| QXP | (Pharaoh in front of his courtiers thought up a tricky question). He said, "What then is the state of the previous generations?" (The forefathers of the dignitaries sitting around, who never believed in your Lord.) |
| Maulana Ali | He said: What then is the state of the former generations? |
| Free Minds | He said: "What then has happened to the previous generations?" |
| Qaribullah | He (Pharaoh) asked: 'How was it then, with the former generations? ' |
| George Sale | Pharaoh said, what therefore is the condition of the former generations? |
| JM Rodwell | But what, said he, "was the state of generations past?" |
| Asad | Said [Pharaoh]: "And what of all the past generations?" |
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