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

Edward Henry Palmer

'Had we a reminder from those of yor

Shakir

Had we a reminder from those of yore

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

“If we had a sermon from the ancients.

T.B.Irving

If we only had a reminder from early men

Irving/Hegab

"If we only had a reminder from early men

Hamid S. Aziz

"Had we a reminder from those of yore

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

If we had but a reminder from the men of ol

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Had we but an admonition as had the ancients

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

'If only we had a reminder from the ancients

Maulana Muhammad Ali

We would have been sincere servants of Allah

Mir Aneesuddin

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

The Study Quran

“If only we had a reminder from those of old

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

'If we had any admonition from the ancients.'

Samy Mahdy

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

Talal Itani (2012)

'Had we received advice from the ancients

Musharraf Hussain

“If we had the Scripture like the past people,

Ahmed Ali

If we had the account of earlier people with us

Linda "iLham" Barto

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

N J Dawood 2014

Had we received an Admonition from the ancients

Arthur John Arberry

'If only we had had a Reminder from the ancients

Corpus.Quran

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

Ali Quli Qara'i

‘Had we possessed a reminder from the ancients

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Had been with us a Remembrance from the ancient ones,

Abdel Haleem

‘If only we had a scripture like previous people

Mustaqim

If only we had a reminder from the earlier communities,

The Wise Quran

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

Fode Drame

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

Safi Kaskas

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

Bilal Muhammad 2018

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

Mohammad Shafi

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

Wahiduddin Khan

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

Sher Ali

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

Amatul Rahman Omar

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

John Medows Rodwell

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

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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

Aisha Bewley

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

Muhammad Sarwar

"Had we received guidance from the people living before us

Munir Mezyed

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

Rashad Khalifa

"Had we received the correct instructions from our parents,

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

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

Faridul Haque

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

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

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

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

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

MunirMezyed2023

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

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

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

Ahmed Hulusi

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

Mustafa Khattab 2018

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

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

Dr. Munir Munshey

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

Ali Ünal

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

Bakhtiari Nejad

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

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

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

Maududi

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

Muhammad Asad

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

Shabbir Ahmed

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

Abdul Hye

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

Bijan Moeinian

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

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

George Sale

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

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)

Dr. Kamal Omar

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