Surah Al-'Ankabut — Verse 18
The Spider · 29:18 · 18/69
وَإِن تُكَذِّبُوا۟ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أُمَمٌ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ۖ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
Wa-in tukaththiboo faqad kaththabaomamun min qablikum wama AAala arrasooliilla albalaghu almubeen
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
If you say this is a lie, [be warned that] other communities before you said the same. The messenger’s only duty is to give clear warning.’
Marmaduke Pickthall
But if ye deny, then nations have denied before you. The messenger is only to convey (the message) plainly.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
"And if ye reject (the Message), so did generations before you: and the duty of the messenger is only to preach publicly (and clearly)."
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And if you reject me, then many nations have rejected their messengers before you. The messenger has no more obligation than to convey the message clearly.”
Al-Hilali & Khan
"And if you deny, then nations before you have denied (their Messengers). And the duty of the Messenger is only to convey (the Message) plainly."
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
And if you give the lie (to the Messenger), then many nations before you also gave the lie (to their Messengers). The Messenger is charged with no other duty than to deliver the Message in clear terms.”
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
“And if you give [me] the lie - well, [other] communities have given the lie [to Gods prophets] before your time: but no more is an apostle bound to do than clearly deliver the message [entrusted to him].”
Rowwad · source edition
If you reject [the message], so did many nations reject before you. The duty of the Messenger is only to deliver the message clearly[5].”
Notes
[5] It is either the continuation of the words of Abraham or Allah’s words given as a comfort to the Prophet (ﷺ).
Noor International · source edition
(18) And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.[1129]
Notes
[1129]- Commentators have differed over this verse - whether it is a continuation of the words of Prophet Abraham or words of comfort given by Allāh to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ), which according to context seems more likely.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
18. "And if you deny, then nations before you have denied (their Messengers). And the duty of the Messenger is only to convey (the Message) plainly."