Surah Az-Zukhruf — Verse 48
The Ornaments of Gold · 43:48 · 48/89
وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Wama nureehim min ayatin illahiya akbaru min okhtiha waakhathnahum bilAAathabilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
even though each sign We showed them was greater than the previous one. We inflicted torment on them so that they might return to the right path.
Marmaduke Pickthall
And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
We showed them Sign after Sign, each greater than its fellow, and We seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us).
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And We did not show them a sign, but it used to be greater than the one that preceded it. And We seized them with punishment, so that they may return.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And not an Ayâh (sign, etc.) We showed them but it was greater than its fellow , and We seized them with torment, in order that they might turn [from their polytheism to Allâh’s religion (Islâmic Monotheism)].
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Every Sign that We showed them was greater than its predecessor; and then We seized them with Our chastisement so that they may return (to the Right Way).
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
although each sign that We showed them was weightier than the preceding one: and [each time] We took them to task through suffering, so that they might return [to Us].
Rowwad · source edition
Every sign We showed them was greater than the one before it[16], and We seized them with punishment[17] so that they may turn in repentance.
Notes
[16] i.e., the bright hand and the staff turning into a serpent. See 20:17-22. [17] i.e., the famine, scarcity of crops, floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood. See 7:130-133.
Noor International · source edition
(48) And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].
Hilali and Khan · source edition
48. And not an Ayâh (sign, etc.) We showed them but it was greater than its fellow , and We seized them with torment, in order that they might turn [from their polytheism to Allâh’s religion (Islâmic Monotheism)].