Surah Al-'Ankabut — Verse 3

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وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۖ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

Walaqad fatanna allatheena minqablihim falayaAAlamanna Allahu allatheena sadaqoowalayaAAlamanna alkathibeen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allāh will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

We tested those who went before them: God will certainly mark out which ones are truthful and which are lying.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Lo! We tested those who were before you. Thus Allah knoweth those who are sincere, and knoweth those who feign.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We did test those before them, and Allah will certainly know those who are true from those who are false.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Indeed We have tested those who were before them. So Allah will surely know the ones who are truthful, and He will surely know the liars.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And We indeed tested those who were before them. And Allâh will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars, (although Allâh knows all that before putting them to test).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

for We indeed tested those who went before them? Allah will most certainly ascertain those who spoke the truth and those who lied.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Yea, indeed, We did test those who lived before them; and so, [too, shall be tested the people now living: and] most certainly will God mark out those who prove themselves true, and most certainly will He mark out those who are lying.

Rowwad · source edition

We certainly tested those who came before them. For Allah will surely make known those who are truthful and those who are liars.

Noor International · source edition

(3) But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allāh will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

3. And We indeed tested those who were before them. And Allâh will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars, (although Allâh knows all that before putting them to test).