"If only we had received a reminder from the previous generations,

‘If only we had a scripture like previous people

“If we had a reminder like the people of old received (before the coming of Muhammad)

Had we but an admonition as had the ancients

If we had the account of earlier people with us

“If only we had been passed down the knowledge from our forefathers...”

'If we had any admonition from the ancients.'

´If we had only had a Reminder from the previous peoples,

"If only We had had a Reminder of the like those who lived before us had

‘Had we possessed a reminder from the ancients

`Had there been with us an exhortation from the people of old

'If only we had had a Reminder from the ancients

“Indeed, if we had a reminder (or a scripture) from the earlier ones with us,

“Had we received the correct (authentic/pure and nothing added to) guidance from…

“If only we had before us a message from those in the past

If that we had a reminder from the former (people)

“If (it be) that (there is available) unto us Zikr (‘Message’) moving down from the earlier people

Had been with us a Remembrance from the ancient ones,

‘If we (too) had some (Book) of direction and guidance from the bygone people

"Like the earlier people, if we had received the (divine) advice,"

'Had we a reminder from those of yor

“If we had some advice from the earlier generations,”

“Had there been with us a remembrance from those of old,

if we had been favoured with a book of divine revelations, of those which were delivered to the ancients

"Had we a reminder from those of yore

'If only we had a reminder from the ancients

"If we had a reminder as had the men of old (before the coming of Prophet Muhammad SAW as a Messenger of Allah)

"If we only had a reminder from early men

"Had we a revelation transmitted to us from those of old

…“If only we had a message from the ancestors,…

"If only we had the Reminder which had been granted to the people of yor

We would have been sincere servants of Allah

“Had we with us, a reminder of the ancients,

"If only we had a scripture from the ancestors,"

If that (E) at us (is) a reminder/remembrance from the first/beginners

“If only we had a tradition [to this effect] from our forebears

"If only we had in our presence a Remembrance (i.e., Scriptures) from the earliest (people)

If we had but a reminder from the men of ol

"Had we received guidance from the people living before us

.Had there been a scripture with us like that of the former people

“If only we had had a Reminder like that of the people of old,

“If only we had received a Scripture like that of the people of old,

“If we had the Scripture like the past people,

“If only we had a Reminder like ˹those of˺ earlier peoples,

If only we had a reminder from the earlier communities,

Had we received an Admonition from the ancients

"Had we received the correct instructions from our parents,

"If only we had a message from those who lived before us,

“If only, we had a reminder from the formers.

"If only we had a reminder from the old generations, or a Scripture as they had

Had we a reminder from those of yore

`If we had with us a Reminder like that of the people of old

"If only we have had a Message before us from those (Books) of old

If we only had a reminder from early men

“If we had a sermon from the ancients.

'Had we received advice from the ancients

“If only we had a reminder from those of old

'If that with us was a reminder from the former people,

"If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples

If we had had with us a Book like that of the people of old

"If only we had had before us a Message from those of old