Quran 37 : 168

"If that we had a reminder from the former (people),
لَوْ
Law
أَنَّ
Aanna
عِندَنَا
ʿIndanā
ذِكْرًا
Dhikrana
مِّنَ
Mmina
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Alaawwalīna

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

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

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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

Wahiduddin Khan

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

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

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

The Wise Quran

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

The Study Quran

“If only we had a reminder from those of old

Talal Itani (2012)

'Had we received advice from the ancients

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

“If we had a sermon from the ancients.

T.B.Irving

If we only had a reminder from early men

Syed Vickar Ahamed

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

Sher Ali

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

Shakir

Had we a reminder from those of yore

Shabbir Ahmed

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

Samy Mahdy

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

Safi Kaskas

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

Rashad Khalifa

"Had we received the correct instructions from our parents,

N J Dawood 2014

Had we received an Admonition from the ancients

Mustaqim

If only we had a reminder from the earlier communities,

Mustafa Khattab 2018

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

Musharraf Hussain

“If we had the Scripture like the past people,

MunirMezyed2023

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

Munir Mezyed

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

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

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

Muhammad Sarwar

"Had we received guidance from the people living before us

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

If we had but a reminder from the men of ol

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

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

Muhammad Asad

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

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

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

Mohammad Shafi

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

Mir Aneesuddin

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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

We would have been sincere servants of Allah

Maududi

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

Linda "iLham" Barto

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

John Medows Rodwell

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

Irving/Hegab

"If we only had a reminder from early men

Hilali - Khan

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

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

'If only we had a reminder from the ancients

Hamid S. Aziz

"Had we a reminder from those of yore

George Sale

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

Fode Drame

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

Faridul Haque

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

Edward Henry Palmer

'Had we a reminder from those of yor

Dr. Munir Munshey

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

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

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

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Had been with us a Remembrance from the ancient ones,

Dr. Kamal Omar

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

Corpus.Quran

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

Bilal Muhammad 2018

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

Bijan Moeinian

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

Bakhtiari Nejad

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

Arthur John Arberry

'If only we had had a Reminder from the ancients

Amatul Rahman Omar

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

Ali Ünal

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

Ali Quli Qara'i

‘Had we possessed a reminder from the ancients

Aisha Bewley

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

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

'If we had any admonition from the ancients.'

Ahmed Hulusi

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

Ahmed Ali

If we had the account of earlier people with us

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Had we but an admonition as had the ancients

Abdul Hye

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

Abdel Haleem

‘If only we had a scripture like previous people