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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 56:45 | |
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| Transliteration | Innahum kanoo qabla thalika mutrafeena |
| Literal | That they truly were before that luxuriated, ungrateful and arrogant. |
| Yusuf Ali | For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury), |
| Pickthal | Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury |
| Arberry | and before that they lived at ease, |
| Shakir | Surely they were before that made to live in ease and plenty. |
| Sarwar | They had lived in luxury before this |
| Khalifa | They used to be rich. |
| Hilali/Khan | Verily, before that, they indulged in luxury, |
| H/K/Saheeh | Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence, |
| Malik | For they lived in comfort before meeting this fate.[45] |
| QXP | Behold, before this, they were sunk in luxury, exploiting the poor. |
| Maulana Ali | Surely they lived before that in ease. |
| Free Minds | They used to be indulged in luxury before this. |
| Qaribullah | Before they lived at ease, |
| George Sale | For they enjoyed the pleasures of life before this, while on earth; |
| JM Rodwell | For they truly, ere this, were blessed with worldly goods, |
| Asad | For, behold, in times gone by they were wont to abandon themselves wholly to the pursuit of pleasures, [I.e., to the exclusion of all moral considerations. For the meaning of the term mutraf, see the second note on 11:116.] |
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