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27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 71

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وَيَقُولُونَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Wayaqooloona mata hathaalwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeen

They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled if you are telling the truth?’

  • Progressive Muslims

    And they Say: "When is this promise if you are truthful"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And they say, "When is this promise to be fulfilled, if you are men of truth?"

  • Sam Gerrans

    And they say: “When is this promise, if you be truthful?”

  • The Monotheist Group

    And they say: "When is this promise if you are truthful?"

  • Edip-Layth

    They say, "When is this promise if you are truthful?"

  • Aisha Bewley

    They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled if you are telling the truth?’

  • Rashad Khalifa

    They say, "When will that promise come to pass, if you are truthful?"

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Yet they say: "When will this promise come to pass? (Tell Us) if you speak the truth. "

  • Sahih International

    And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • Muhammad Asad

    And [when] they ask, "When is this promise [of resurrection] to be fulfilled? [Answer this, O you who believe in it,] if you are men of truth!" –

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    And in their challenge to the occurrence of punishment they say: " When will that promised punishment come to pass if indeed you are declaring the truth!"

  • Bijan Moeinian

    They say: "If you tell the truth, let the Day of Resurrection take place today [so that we see it with our own eyes and then believe in it. ]"

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And they (the disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) say: "When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if you are truthful?"

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    They also say: "When will this promise (come to pass)? (Say) if ye are truthful."

  • Mustafa Khattab

    They ask ˹the believers˺, "When will this threat come to pass, if what you say is true?"

  • Taqi Usmani

    They say, "When shall this promise come to pass if you are true?"

  • Abdul Haleem

    They also say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled if what you say is true?’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    They say, 'When shall this promise come to pass, if you speak the truth?'

  • E. Henry Palmer

    They say, 'When shall this threat be if ye do tell the truth?'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And grieve not you for them, and be not in distress because of what they plot. "

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), in case you are sincere?"

  • George Sale

    And they say, when will this threat be accomplished, if ye speak true?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And they say: "When will this promise (be true)? (Speak) if you are truthful. "

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    They say, `When will this promise (of your victory) come to pass if you are truthful?'

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’