Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 21:38 | |
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| Transliteration | Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeena |
| Literal | And they say: "When (is) that the promise if you were truthful?" |
| Yusuf Ali | They say: "When will this promise come to pass, if ye are telling the truth?" |
| Pickthal | And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful? |
| Arberry | They say, 'And when shall the promise come to pass, if you speak truly?' |
| Shakir | And they say: When will this threat come to pass if you are truthful? |
| Sarwar | They say, "When shall the Day of Judgment come to pass if you are true in your claim?". |
| Khalifa | They challenge: "Where is that (retribution), if you are truthful?" |
| Hilali/Khan | And they say: "When will this promise (come to pass), if you are truthful." |
| H/K/Saheeh | And they say, When is this promise, if you should be truthful? |
| Malik | They ask: "When will this promise be fulfilled if you are telling the truth?"[38] |
| QXP | And they say, "When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are men of truth?" |
| Maulana Ali | And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you are truthful? |
| Free Minds | And they Say: "When will this promise come to pass if you are truthful?" |
| Qaribullah | They say: 'If you are truthful, when will this promise come? ' |
| George Sale | They say, when will this threat be accomplished, if ye speak truth? |
| JM Rodwell | They say, "When will this threat be made good? Tell us, if ye be men of truth?" |
| Asad | But they [who reject My messages are wont to] ask, "When is that promise [of God's judgment] to be fulfilled? [Answer this, O you who believe in it,] if you are men of truth!" [The Quranic answer to this question is given in 7:187.] |
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