Surah Sad — Verse 21

The Letter "Saad" · 38:21 · 21/88

۞ وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ

Wahal ataka nabao alkhasmi ithtasawwaroo almihrab

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Have you heard the story of the two litigants who climbed into his private quarters?

Marmaduke Pickthall

And hath the story of the litigants come unto thee? How they climbed the wall into the royal chamber;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Has the Story of the Disputants reached thee? Behold, they climbed over the wall of the private chamber;

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Has there come to you the story of the litigants, when they entered the sanctuary by climbing over the wall?

Al-Hilali & Khan

And has the news of the litigants reached you? When they climbed over the wall into (his) Mihrâb (a praying place or a private room);

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Has the story of the litigants reached you � of those who entered his private chambers by climbing over the wall?

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

AND YET, has the story of the litigants come within thy ken - [the story of the two] who surmounted the walls of the sanctuary [in which David prayed]?