Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | And they say, too, “Why was not this Qur’an bestowed from on high on some great man of the two cities?&rdquo |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man in either of the two (chief) cities?" | |
Shakir | | And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | They said, Why was this Quran not sent down to one of the great men of the two cities | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | They said: Why was this, the Quran, not sent down to some eminent man of the two towns? | |
| T.B.Irving | | They said: ´If this Reading were only sent down to some important man from either town!" | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | And they exclaimed, “If only this Quran was revealed to a great man from ˹one of˺ the two cities!” | |
| Safi Kaskas | | They also said, "If only this Qur'an was sent down to a great man from the two cities." | |
| Abdul Hye | | And they said: “Why is this Qur’an not sent down to some great man of the 2 towns (Makkah and Taif)?” | |
| The Study Quran | | And they said, “Why was this Quran not sent down to a great man from one of the two towns? | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | And they said: "If only this Quran was sent down to a great man from the two towns!" | |
Abdel Haleem | | and they said, ‘Why was this Quran not sent down to a distinguished man, from either of the two cities?&rsquo | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | And they say: wherefore hath not this Qur'an been revealed to a man of the two cities who was great | |
Ahmed Ali | | They also said: "Why was this Qur'an not sent down to some great man of the two cities?" | |
Aisha Bewley | | They say, ´Why was this Qur´an not sent down to one of the great men of the two cities?´ | |
Ali Ünal | | They also say: "If only this Qur’an had been sent down on a man of leading position of the two (chief) cities!" | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | And they said, ‘Why was not this Qur’an sent down to some great man from the two cities?&rsquo | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | And they say, "Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns?" | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | And they have said, "Had this Qur'an been successively sent down upon a man of eminence in the two towns?" (Makkah and At-Taif | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | Then they said, "Why this Quran had not been revealed to a man from either of the two great towns" | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | They say, .Why was this Qur‘an not revealed on a great man from (either of) the two towns? | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | And they say, "Why was not this Qur'an sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Taif)." | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | And they also say: "Why is this Quran not sent down to some leading man in either of the two (main) cities? (Makkah and Taif.) " | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | And they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?" | |
Farook 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)" | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | They ask, "Why is it that this Qur´an is not being revealed to one of the more prominent men of the two cities (Makkah And Taif)?" | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | And they said, “Why is not this Al-Quran sent down to a great person of the twain cities?” [Throughout the parent human world (i.e., the Arabic-speahead of state area of the planet) the most important city is Makka, while the next important is Al-Madinah] | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | They also said, 'If only this Quran was sent down to a man of importance from the two cities.' | |
Maududi | | They say: "Why was this Qur´an not sent down upon some great man from the two (main) cities?" | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | And they said: why this Quran was not sent down to a great man from the two towns (Mecca and Taif) | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | They also say, “Why is this Quran not sent down to some great person in either of the two cities? | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | And said, “Why was this Quran not sent down on a famous personality from one of the two towns?” | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | And they said: "If only this Qur'an was sent down to a man of greatness from the two towns! | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | And they say, "Why is not this Qur'aan sent down to some leading man in either of the two cities?" | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | Their objection was: “Why this Qur’an is not revealed to a “great” man of our two main cities?&rdquo | |
| Faridul Haque | | And they said, “Why was the Qur’an not sent down upon some chieftain of these two great towns?” (The chiefs of Mecca and Taif) | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | They also said: 'Why was this Koran not sent down to a great man from the two Villages? | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | And they say: Why was not this Qur’an revealed to a man of importance in the two towns | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | And they said: "If only this the Koran was descended on a great man from the two villages/urban cities." | |
Sher Ali | | And they say, `Why has not the Qur'an been sent to some great man of the two towns? | |
Rashad Khalifa | | They said, "If only this Quran was sent down through another man from the two communities (Mecca or Yathrib) who is prominent!" | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | And they said, 'why has not this Quran sent down upon any great man of the two cities'? | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | Moreover they said, `Why has not this Qur'an been revealed to some man of importance from (either of) the two townships (- Makkah or Ta'if, the two centres of social and political life). | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | And they said: ‘Why has this Qur’an not been sent down upon some high-ranking personage (i.e., some chief, landlord, or the affluent) of the two towns (Mecca and Ta’if)? | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | And they say: "Why is not this Quran sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Taif)?" | |
