[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And they said: "If only this Qur'an was sent down to a man of greatness from the two towns!
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man in either of the two (chief) cities?"
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, Why was this Quran not sent down to one of the great men of the two cities
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"
The Wise Quran
And they say, 'Unless this Quran were sent down to a man great in the two cities.'
The Study Quran
And they said, “Why was this Quran not sent down to a great man from one of the two towns?
Talal Itani (2012)
They also said, 'If only this Quran was sent down to a man of importance from the two cities.'
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They ask, “Why wasn’t this Quran revealed to a notable man from one of the two cities?”
T.B.Irving
They said: ´If this Reading were only sent down to some important man from either town!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And they also say: "Why is this Quran not sent down to some leading man in either of the two (main) cities? (Makkah and Taif.) "
Sher Ali
And they say, `Why has not the Qur'an been sent to some great man of the two towns?
Shakir
And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns
Shabbir Ahmed
And they say, "Why was not this Qur'an sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Taif)."
Samy Mahdy
And they said, “If only this Quran was sent down to a man among the two villages, great.”
Safi Kaskas
They also said, "If only this Qur'an was sent down to a great man from the two cities."
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "If only this Quran was sent down through another man from the two communities (Mecca or Yathrib) who is prominent!"
N J Dawood 2014
They also say: ‘Why has this Koran not been revealed to some important man from the two cities?‘¹
Mustaqim
And they said: why was not this Qur´an revealed to a man of the two great towns?
Mustafa Khattab 2018
And they exclaimed, “If only this Quran was revealed to a great man from ˹one of˺ the two cities!”
Musharraf Hussain
And said, “Why was this Quran not sent down on a famous personality from one of the two towns?”
MunirMezyed2023
They said: "Why was not this Qur’ān sent down upon a great man from one of the two cities?"
Munir Mezyed
They said: "Why was not this ‘Qur’ān’ sent down upon a great man from one of the two cities?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They say, .Why was this Qur‘an not revealed on a great man from (either of) the two towns?
Muhammad Sarwar
Then they said, "Why this Quran had not been revealed to a man from either of the two great towns"
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And they have said, "Had this Qur'an been successively sent down upon a man of eminence in the two towns?" (Makkah and At-Taif
Muhammad Asad
And they say, too, “Why was not this Qur’an bestowed from on high on some great man of the two cities?”
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And they said: "If only this the Koran was descended on a great man from the two villages/urban cities."
Mohammad Shafi
And they say, "Why is not this Qur'aan sent down to some leading man in either of the two cities?"
Mir Aneesuddin
And they said, “Why was this Quran not sent down on ( some ) great man from ( either of ) the two cities ( of Mecca or Taif )?”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And they say: Why was not this Qur’an revealed to a man of importance in the two towns
Maududi
They say: "Why was this Qur´an not sent down upon some great man from the two (main) cities?"
Linda "iLham" Barto
Also, they say, “Why is this Qur’an not sent down to some leader of the two cities?”
John Medows Rodwell
And they say, "Had but this Koran been sent down to some great one of the two cities . . .!"
Irving/Hegab
They said: 'If this Quran were only sent down to some important man from either town!"
Hilali - Khan
And they say: "Why is not this Quran sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Taif)?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They also said: 'Why was this Koran not sent down to a great man from the two Villages?
Hamid S. Aziz
And they say, "Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns?"
George Sale
And they say, had this Koran been sent down unto some great man of either of the two cities, we would have received it
Fode Drame
And they said, “If only this Quran was sent down on a great man of the two townships.”
Faridul Haque
And they said, “Why was the Qur’an not sent down upon some chieftain of these two great towns?” (The chiefs of Mecca and Taif)
Edward Henry Palmer
And they say, 'Unless this Qur'an were sent down to a man great in the two cities. . . . .
Dr. Munir Munshey
They ask, "Why is it that this Qur´an is not being revealed to one of the more prominent men of the two cities (Makkah And Taif)?"
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And they said: ‘Why has this Qur’an not been sent down upon some high-ranking personage (i.e., some chief, landlord, or the affluent) of the two towns (Mecca and Ta’if)?
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: Why was this, the Quran, not sent down to some eminent man of the two towns?
Dr. Kamal Omar
And they said, “Why is not this Al-Quran sent down to a great person of the twain cities?” [Throughout the parent human world (i.e., the Arabic-speahead of state area of the planet) the most important city is Makka, while the next important is Al-Madinah]
Corpus.Quran
And they say Why not was sent down this the Quran to a man from the two towns great
Bilal Muhammad 2018
They also say, “Why is this Quran not sent down to some great person in either of the two cities?
Bijan Moeinian
Their objection was: “Why this Qur’an is not revealed to a “great” man of our two main cities?”
Bakhtiari Nejad
And they say: “Why this Quran was not sent down to a great man from the two towns (Mecca and Taif)?”
Arthur John Arberry
They say, 'Why was this Koran not sent down upon some man of moment in the two cities?
Amatul Rahman Omar
Moreover they said, `Why has not this Qur'an been revealed to some man of importance from (either of) the two townships (- Makkah or Ta'if, the two centres of social and political life).
Ali Ünal
They also say: "If only this Qur’an had been sent down on a man of leading position of the two (chief) cities!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
And they said, ‘Why was not this Qur’an sent down to some great man from the two cities?’
Aisha Bewley
They say, ´Why was this Qur´an not sent down to one of the great men of the two cities?´
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And they said, 'why has not this Quran sent down upon any great man of the two cities'?
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “Why was this Quran not sent to one of the great men of these two cities?”
Ahmed Ali
They also said: "Why was this Qur'an not sent down to some great man of the two cities?"
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And they say: wherefore hath not this Qur'an been revealed to a man of the two cities who was great
Abdul Hye
And they said: “Why is this Qur’an not sent down to some great man of the 2 towns (Makkah and Taif)?”
Abdel Haleem
and they said, ‘Why was this Quran not sent down to a distinguished man, from either of the two cities?’