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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 36:14 | |
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| 36:14 اذ ارسلنا اليهم اثنين فكذبوهما فعززنا بثالث فقالوا انا اليكم مرسلون | |
| Transliteration | Ith arsalna ilayhimu ithnayni fakaththaboohuma faAAazzazna bithalithin faqaloo inna ilaykum mursaloona |
| Literal | When We sent to them two, so they denied/falsified them (B) , so We strengthened/ supported with a third, so they said: "We (E) (are) sent/being sent to you." |
| Yusuf Ali | When We (first) sent to them two messengers, they rejected them: But We strengthened them with a third: they said, "Truly, we have been sent on a mission to you." |
| Pickthal | When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you. |
| Arberry | when We sent unto them two men, but they cried them lies, so We sent a third as reinforcement. They said, 'We are assuredly Envoys unto you. |
| Shakir | When We sent to them two, they rejected both of them, then We strengthened (them) with a third, so they said: Surely we are messengers to you. |
| Sarwar | We sent them two Messengers whom they rejected. We supported them by sending a third one who told the people, "We are the Messengers (of God) who have been sent to you". |
| Khalifa | When we sent to them two (messengers), they disbelieved them. We then supported them by a third. They said, "We are (God's) messengers to you." |
| Hilali/Khan | When We sent to them two Messengers, they belied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: "Verily! We have been sent to you as Messengers." |
| H/K/Saheeh | When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened them with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you." |
| Malik | At first We sent to them two Messengers, but when they rejected both, We strengthened them with a third and they all said: "Surely we have been sent to you as Messengers."[14] |
| QXP | When We sent to them two Messengers, they denied them. We then strengthened them with a third and they said, "Verily, We have been sent unto you." |
| Maulana Ali | When We sent to them two, they rejected them both; then We strengthened (them) with a third, so they said: Surely we are sent to you. |
| Free Minds | Where We sent two to them, but they disbelieved in them, so We supported them with a third one, thus they said: "We are messengers to you." |
| Qaribullah | We sent to them two, but they belied them so We reinforced them with a third. They said: 'We have surely been sent as Messengers to you. ' |
| George Sale | When We sent unto them two of the said Apostles; but they charged them with imposture. Wherefore We strengthened them with a third. And they said, verily we are sent unto you by God. |
| JM Rodwell | When we sent two unto them and they charged them both with imposture- therefore with a third we strengthened them: and they said, "Verily we are the Sent unto you of God." |
| Asad | Lo! We sent unto them two [apostles], and. they gave the lie to both; and so We strengthened [the two] with a third; and thereupon they said: "Behold, we have been sent unto you [by God]!" [As is usual with such passages, the commentators advance various speculations as to the "identity" of the town and the apostles. Since, however, the story is clearly described as a parable, it must be understood as such and not as an historical narrative. It seems to me that we have here an allegory of the three great monotheistic religions, successively propounded by Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, and embodying, essentially, the same spiritual truths. The "township" (qaryah) mentioned in the parable represents, I think, the common cultural environment within which these three religions appeared. The apostles of the first two are said to have been sent "together", implying that the teachings of both were - and are - anchored in one and the same scripture, the Old Testament of the Bible. When, in the course of time, their impact proved insufficient to mould the ethical attitude of the people or peoples concerned, God "strengthened" them by means of His final message, conveyed to the world by the third and last of the apostles, Muhammad.] |
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