Surah As-Saffat — Verse 168

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لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Law anna AAindana thikranmina al-awwaleen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

"If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,

‘If only we had a scripture like previous people,

If we had but a reminder from the men of old

"If only we had had before us a Message from those of old,

“Had there been a scripture with us like that of the former people,

"If we had a reminder as had the men of old (before the coming of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم as a Messenger of Allâh),

“If only we had the Reminder which had been granted to the people of yore

“If only we had a tradition [to this effect] from our forebears,

“If only we had a scripture[43] like the previous people,

Notes

[43] Such as the Torah and the Gospel.

(168) "If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,

168. "If we had a reminder as had the men of old (before the coming of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم as a Messenger of Allâh),