Quran with English_Maududi translation - Surah Al-‘Ankabut ayat 48 - العَنكبُوت - Page - Juz 21
﴿وَمَا كُنتَ تَتۡلُواْ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ مِن كِتَٰبٖ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُۥ بِيَمِينِكَۖ إِذٗا لَّٱرۡتَابَ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ ﴾
[العَنكبُوت: 48]
﴿وما كنت تتلو من قبله من كتاب ولا تخطه بيمينك إذا لارتاب﴾ [العَنكبُوت: 48]
| Abdel Haleem You never recited any Scripture before We revealed this one to you; you never wrote one down with your hand. If you had done so, those who follow falsehood might have had cause to doubt |
| Abdul Hye Neither you (O Muhammad) have read any book before it (this Qur’an), nor have you written with your right hand. In that case, indeed, the followers of falsehood might have doubted |
| Abdullah Yusuf Ali And thou wast not (able) to recite a Book before this (Book came), nor art thou (able) to transcribe it with thy right hand: In that case, indeed, would the talkers of vanities have doubted |
| Abdul Majid Daryabadi And thou hast not been reciting any book before it, nor hast thou been writing it With thine right hand, for then might the followers of falsehood have doubted |
| Ahmed Ali You did not read any Scripture before this, nor wrote one with your right hand, or else these dissemblers would have found a cause to doubt it |
| Aisha Bewley You never recited any Book before it nor did you write one down with your right hand. If you had, the purveyors of falsehood would have voiced their doubts |
| A. J. Arberry Not before this didst thou recite any Book, or inscribe it with thy right hand, for then those who follow falsehood would have doubted |
| Ali Quli Qarai You did not use to recite any scripture before it, nor did you write it with your right hand, for then the impugners would have been skeptical |