Surah Al-Ahqaf — Verse 22

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قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

Qaloo aji'tana lita'fikanaAAan alihatina fa'tina bima taAAidunain kunta mina assadiqeen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

but they said, ‘Have you come to turn us away from our gods? If what you say is true, bring down that punishment you threaten us with!’

Marmaduke Pickthall

They said: Hast come to turn us away from our gods? Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of the truthful.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "Hast thou come in order to turn us aside from our gods? Then bring upon us the (calamity) with which thou dost threaten us, if thou art telling the truth?"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

They said, “Have you come to make us deviate from our gods? So bring us that with which you are threatening us, if you are truthful.”

Al-Hilali & Khan

They said: "Have you come to turn us away from our âlihah (gods)? Then bring us that with which you threaten us, if you are one of the truthful!"

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

They said: “Have you come to us to turn us away from our gods? Then, bring upon us the scourge that you threaten us with. Do so if you are truthful.”

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

They answered: “Hast thou come to seduce us away from our gods? Bring, then, upon us that [doom] with which thou threaten us, if thou art a man of truth!”