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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 21:63 | |
| < 21:64 21:62 > |
| Transliteration | Qala bal faAAalahu kabeeruhum hatha fais-aloohum in kanoo yantiqoona |
| Literal | He said: "But/rather their oldest/biggest , that, made/did it, so ask/question them, if they were speaking." |
| Yusuf Ali | He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask them, if they can speak intelligently!" |
| Pickthal | He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak. |
| Arberry | He said, 'No; it was this great one of them that did it. Question them; if they are able to speak!' |
| Shakir | He said: Surely (some doer) has done it; the chief of them is this, therefore ask them, if they can speak. |
| Sarwar | He replied, "I think the biggest among them has broken the smaller ones. Ask them if they are able to speak". |
| Khalifa | He said, "It is that big one who did it. Go ask them, if they can speak." |
| Hilali/Khan | (Ibrahim (Abraham)) said: "Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it. Ask them, if they can speak!" |
| H/K/Saheeh | He said, Rather, this — the largest of them — did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak. |
| Malik | He replied, "Surely someone has done it; the chief of them, that is! Ask them, if they can speak!"[63] |
| QXP | Abraham grabbed the opportunity of driving home the point, "Whoever did it, did it. This is their chief. Ask them if they speak." |
| Maulana Ali | He said: Surely (someone) has done it. The chief of them is this; so ask them, if they can speak. |
| Free Minds | He said: "It was the biggest one of them here who did it, so ask them, if they do speak!" |
| Qaribullah | 'No, ' he replied. 'It was their great one amongst them that did it. Ask them, if they are able to speak. ' |
| George Sale | He answered, nay, that biggest of them hath done it: But ask them, if they can speak. |
| JM Rodwell | He said, "Nay, that their chief hath done it: but ask ye them, if they can speak." |
| Asad | He answered: "Nay, it was this one, the biggest of them, that did it: but ask them [yourselves] - provided they can speak!" |
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