Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 43:31 | |
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Transliteration | Waqaloo lawla nuzzila hatha alqur-anu AAala rajulin mina alqaryatayni AAatheemun |
Literal | And they said: "If only this the Koran was descended on a great man from the two villages/urban cities." |
Yusuf Ali | Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man in either of the two (chief) cities?" |
Pickthal | And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns? |
Arberry | They say, 'Why was this Koran not sent down upon some man of moment in the two cities?' |
Shakir | And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns? |
Sarwar | Then they said, "Why this Quran had not been revealed to a man from either of the two great towns". |
Khalifa | They said, "If only this Quran was sent down through another man from the two communities (Mecca or Yathrib) who is prominent!" |
Hilali/Khan | And they say: "Why is not this Quran sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Taif)?" |
H/K/Saheeh | And they said, "Why was this Qurâ an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?" |
Malik | They also say: "Why is this Qur’an not revealed to a man of great importance in the two towns (Mecca and Ta'if)"?[31] |
QXP | And they say, "Why was not this Qur'an sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Taif)." |
Maulana Ali | And they say: Why was not this Qur’an revealed to a man of importance in the two towns? |
Free Minds | And they said: "If only this Quran was sent down to a great man from the two towns!" |
Qaribullah | They also said: 'Why was this Koran not sent down to a great man from the two Villages? ' |
George Sale | And they say, had this Koran been sent down unto some great man of either of the two cities, we would have received it. |
JM Rodwell | And they say, "Had but this Koran been sent down to some great one of the two cities . . .!" |
Asad | And they say, too, "Why was not this Quran bestowed from on high on some great man of the two cities?" [I.e., Mecca and Taif - implying that if it were really a divine revelation it would have been bestowed on a person of "great standing", and not on Muhammad, who had neither wealth nor a position of eminence in his native city.] |
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