16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 43
وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ اِلَّا رِجَالاً نُوح۪ٓي اِلَيْهِمْ فَسْـَٔلُٓوا اَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَۙ
Wama arsalna min qablika illarijalan noohee ilayhim fas-aloo ahla aththikriin kuntum la taAAlamoon
We have only ever sent before you men who were given Revelation – ask the People of the Reminder if you do not know – who brought Clear Signs and Revealed Books.
- Progressive Muslims
And We did not send any except men before you whom We inspired, so ask the people who received the Reminder if you do not know.
- Shabbir Ahmed
(O Prophet) Before you We sent none but men to whom We granted Revelation. (Tell the deniers), "If you do not know this, ask the followers of previous Revelations."
- Sam Gerrans
And We sent before thee only men to whom We revealed — so ask the people of the remembrance, if you know not —
- The Monotheist Group
And We did not send any except men before you whom We inspired, so ask the people who have received the Reminder if you do not know.
- Edip-Layth
We did not send any except men/walkers before you whom We inspired, so ask the people who received the Reminder if you do not know.
- Aisha Bewley
We have only ever sent before you men who were given Revelation – ask the People of the Reminder if you do not know – who brought Clear Signs and Revealed Books.
- Rashad Khalifa
We did not send before you except men whom we inspired. Ask those who know the scripture, if you do not know.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
We sent before you none (as apostles) but men, to whom We sent revelations. In case you are unaware, enquire of those who are keepers of the Oracles of God.
- Sahih International
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
- Muhammad Asad
AND [even] before thy time, [O Muhammad,] We never sent [as Our apostles] any but [mortal] men, whom We inspired: and if you have not [yet] realized this, ask the followers of [earlier] revelation,"
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom We inspired - Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not! -
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And never did Allah send Messengers before you O Muhammad but were men and not angels to whom We inspired Our message. Therefore, you -infidels- may ask those who are well versed in the antecedent Scriptures -Jews and Christians- if indeed you do not know;
- Bijan Moeinian
Any Prophet sent before you was a human being armed with My Revelations. If you have any doubt about it (and think that the Prophet of God must be an angel or something, ) ask those who know the Scripture.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And We sent not (as Our Messengers) before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) any but men, whom We sent revelation, (to preach and invite mankind to believe in the Oneness of Allâh). So ask (you, O pagans of Makkah) of those who know the Scripture [learned men of the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)], if you know not.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
- Mustafa Khattab
We did not send ˹messengers˺ before you ˹O Prophet˺ except mere men inspired by Us. If you ˹polytheists˺ do not know ˹this already˺, then ask those who have knowledge ˹of the Scriptures˺.
- Taqi Usmani
We did not send (messengers) before you other than men whom We inspired with revelation. So, ask the people (having the knowledge) of the Reminder (the earlier Scriptures), if you do not know.
- Abdul Haleem
[Prophet], all the messengers We sent before you were simply men to whom We had given the Revelation: you [people] can ask those who have knowledge if you do not know.
- Arthur John Arberry
We sent not any before thee, except men to whom We revealed: 'Question the people of the Remembrance, if it should be that you do not know --
- E. Henry Palmer
And we have not sent before thee any but men whom we inspire, - ask ye those who have the Reminder, if ye know not yourselves,-
- Hamid S. Aziz
And We have not sent before you any but men, whom We inspired - Ask you those who possess the Reminder (or the Message), if you know not yourselves,
- Mahmoud Ghali
And in no way did We send (even) before you, except men to whom We revealed. "So ask the population of the Remembrance, in case you (i.e. the pagan Arabs) do not know."
- George Sale
We have not sent any before thee, as our apostles, other than men, unto whom We spake by revelation. Inquire therefore of those who have the custody of the scriptures, if ye know not this to be truth.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And also before you the messengers that We sent were only men, to whom We gave (the Message by) revelation: If you do not realize this, ask of those who possess the Message.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And we sent not (as Messengers) before you but they were men to whom We revealed (Our teachings). So ask the people of the Reminder (-the Qur'ân), if you do not know.
- Ali Quli Qarai
We did not send [any apostles] before you except as men to whom We revealed —ask the People of the Reminder if you do not know—