Surah Taha — Verse 104

Ta-Ha · 20:104 · 104/135

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا

Nahnu aAAlamu bima yaqooloonaith yaqoolu amthaluhum tareeqatan in labithtum illayawma

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner [i.e., wisdom or speech] will say, "You remained not but one day."

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

We know best what they say- but the more perceptive of them will say, ‘Your stay [on earth] was only a single day.’

Marmaduke Pickthall

We are Best Aware of what they utter when their best in conduct say: Ye have tarried but a day.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We know best what they will say, when their leader most eminent in conduct will say: "Ye tarried not longer than a day!"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

We know very well what they say, when the best of them in his ways will say, “You did not remain more than one day.”

Al-Hilali & Khan

We know very well what they will say, when the best among them in knowledge and wisdom will say: "You stayed no longer than a day!"

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

We know well what they will say to one another: We also know that even the most cautious in his estimate will say: "You lived in the world no more than a day."

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

[But] We know best what they will be saying when the most perceptive of them shall say, "You have spent [there] but one day!"