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 7

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."