Surah Al-An'am — Verse 156

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أَن تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ عَلَىٰ طَآئِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَـٰفِلِينَ

An taqooloo innama onzila alkitabuAAala ta-ifatayni min qablina wa-in kunnaAAan dirasatihim laghafileen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

[We revealed it] lest you say, "The Scripture was only sent down to two groups before us, but we were of their study unaware,"

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

lest you say, ‘Scriptures were only sent down to two communities before us: we were not aware of what they studied,’

Marmaduke Pickthall

Lest ye should say: The Scripture was revealed only to two sects before us, and we in sooth were unaware of what they read;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Lest ye should say: "The Book was sent down to two Peoples before us, and for our part, we remained unacquainted with all that they learned by assiduous study:"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

(Had We not sent this book,) you would (have an excuse to) say, “The Book was sent down only upon two groups before us, (i.e. the Jews and the Christians) and we were unaware of what they read.”

Al-Hilali & Khan

Lest you (pagan Arabs) should say: "The Book was sent down only to two sects before us (the Jews and the Christians), and for our part, we were in fact unaware of what they studied."

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

(You may no longer) say now that the Book was revealed only to two groups of people before Us and that we had indeed been unaware of what they read.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

It has been given to you] lest you say, "Only unto two groups of people, [both of them] before our time, has a divine writ been bestowed from on high and we were indeed unaware of their teachings";