Surah Az-Zukhruf — Verse 21

The Ornaments of Gold · 43:21 · 21/89

أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ كِتَـٰبًا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ فَهُم بِهِۦ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ

Am ataynahum kitabanmin qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

or have We perhaps given them a book before this one, to which they hold fast?

Or have We given them any scripture before (this Qur'an) so that they are holding fast thereto?

What! have We given them a Book before this, to which they are holding fast?

Or have We given to them a book before this, and they are adhering to it?

Or have We given them any Book before this (the Qur’ân) to which they are holding fast?

Or did We bestow upon them a Book before on whose authority they are holding on (to angel-worship)?

Or have We, perchance, vouchsafed them, before this one, a revelation [to the contrary,] to which they are still holding fast?

Or have We given them a Book before this [Qur’an], to which they are holding fast?

(21) Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

21. Or have We given them any Book before this (the Qur’ân) to which they are holding fast?