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اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْاُو۫لٰىۙ

Inna hatha lafee assuhufial-oola

This is certainly in the earlier texts,

  • Progressive Muslims

    This is in the previous scripts.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Behold, this has been said in the former Revelations as well. ('Suhuf' = Scrolls = Revelations).

  • Sam Gerrans

    This is in the former scriptures,

  • The Monotheist Group

    This has been revealed in the previous scripts.

  • Edip-Layth

    This has been revealed in the previous scripts.

  • Aisha Bewley

    This is certainly in the earlier texts,

  • Rashad Khalifa

    This is recorded in the earlier teachings.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    This is surely in the earlier Books,

  • Sahih International

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

  • Muhammad Asad

    Verily, [all] this has indeed been [said] in the earlier revelations –

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    This indeed, has been emphasized in the earlier Scriptures,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The above mentioned fact is not something new.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

  • Mustafa Khattab

    This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

  • Taqi Usmani

    Indeed this is (written) in the earlier divine scripts,

  • Abdul Haleem

    All this is in the earlier scriptures,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Surely this is in the ancient scrolls,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Verily, this was in the books of yore,-

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Verily, this was in the former books,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Surely this is in the earliest Scrolls,

  • George Sale

    Verily this is written in the ancient books,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And this is in the pages (of Books) of the very early (Revelations)—

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    These (teachings) are so stated in the earlier Scriptures;

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    This is indeed in the former scriptures,