Quran 87:18 Word by Word & Translations

87:18 Word by Word (2021)

Indeed, this surely (is) in the Scriptures [the] former,

87:18 Arabic

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
87:18 Transliteration

Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi al-oola
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
This has been revealed in the previous scripts.
Abdel Haleem
All this is in the earlier scriptures
Abdul Hye
Surely! This is in the former Scriptures,
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily this is in Writs ancien
Ahmed Ali
This is surely in the earlier Books
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, this (knowledge of the reality) was also in the previously disclosed knowledge.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly, this is in the ancient Books.
Aisha Bewley
This is certainly in the earlier texts,
Ali Ãœnal
This is surely contained in the former Scrolls
Ali Quli Qara'i
This is indeed in the former scriptures
Amatul Rahman Omar
These (teachings) are so stated in the earlier Scriptures
Arthur John Arberry
Surely this is in the ancient scrolls
Bakhtiari Nejad
Indeed, this is in the earlier scriptures,
Bijan Moeinian
The above mentioned fact is not something new
Bilal Muhammad 2018
And this is in the Ancient Books
Corpus.Quran
Indeed this surely (is) in the Scriptures [the] former
Dr. Kamal Omar
Surely, this, indeed is in As-Suhuf-il-oola
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, this is in the previous scrolls,
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Indeed, this (enlightenment) is (also contained) in earlier scriptures
Dr. Munir Munshey
Certainly, this (is what) was (written) in the earlier scriptures
Edward Henry Palmer
Verily, this was in the books of yore,
Faridul Haque
Indeed this is in the former scriptures
Fode Drame
Indeed this most certainly was in the earlier scrolls,
George Sale
Verily this is written in the ancient books
Hamid S. Aziz
Verily, this was in the former books
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Surely, this is in the ancient Scrolls
Hilali - Khan
Verily! This is in the former Scriptures
Irving/Hegab
This has been [written] on the earliest scrolls,
John Medows Rodwell
This truly is in the Books of old
Linda "iLham" Barto
Truly, this is in the earlier Scriptures.
Maududi
This, indeed, was in the ancient Scrolls
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely this is in the earlier scripture
Mir Aneesuddin
This is certainly there in the earlier books (too),
Mohammad Shafi
This fact, indeed, was [also stated] in the earlier Scriptures —
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
That truly that (is) in (E) the written pages (Books/Scriptures) the first/beginning
Muhammad Asad
Verily, [all] this has indeed been [said] in the earlier revelations –
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Surely this is in the earliest Scrolls
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Lo! This is in the former scrolls
Muhammad Sarwar
This is what is written in the ancient heavenly Books
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Indeed this is (written) in the earlier divine scripts
Munir Mezyed
Indeed! This is written in the early Scriptures.
MunirMezyed2023
Indeed! This is written in the early Scriptures.
Musharraf Hussain
This fact is also mentioned in the previous Scriptures,
Mustafa Khattab 2018
This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—
Mustaqim
This is found in the earliest records,
N J Dawood 2014
This is surely set down in earlier Scriptures
Rashad Khalifa
This is recorded in the earlier teachings
Safi Kaskas
All this is can be found in the earlier Scriptures,
Samy Mahdy
Surely this was in the first scrolls.
Shabbir Ahmed
Behold, this has been said in the former Revelations as well. ('Suhuf' = Scrolls = Revelations)
Shakir
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures
Sher Ali
This, indeed, is what is taught in the former Scriptures
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And this is in the pages (of Books) of the very early (Revelations)—
T.B.Irving
This has been [written] on the earliest scrolls,
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
This is in the earlier Scriptures.
Talal Itani (2012)
This is in the former scriptures
The Study Quran
Truly this is in the scriptures of old
The Wise Quran
Indeed, this is surely in the former books,
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures
Wahiduddin Khan
This indeed is what is taught in the former scripture
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),