28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 49
قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ هُوَ اَهْدٰى مِنْهُمَٓا اَتَّبِعْهُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ
Qul fa/too bikitabin min AAindi Allahihuwa ahda minhuma attabiAAhu in kuntum sadiqeen
Say: ‘Bring a Book, then, from Allah which guides better than both of them and follow it if you are telling the truth. ’
- Progressive Muslims
Say: "Then bring forth a scripture from God that is better in guidance so I may follow it, if you are truthful. "
- Shabbir Ahmed
Say, "Produce then, a Book from Allah that would offer better Guidance than either of these two (the Torah and the Qur'an) - and I shall follow it! Do it if you are men of truth. "
- Sam Gerrans
Say thou: “Then bring a writ from God that gives better guidance than these: I will follow it, if you be truthful.”
- The Monotheist Group
Say: "Then bring forth a book from God that is better than them in guidance so I may follow it, if you are truthful."
- Edip-Layth
Say, "Then bring forth a book from God that is better in guidance so I may follow it, if you are truthful."
- Aisha Bewley
Say: ‘Bring a Book, then, from Allah which guides better than both of them and follow it if you are telling the truth. ’
- Rashad Khalifa
Say, "Then produce a scripture from GOD with better guidance than the two, so I can follow it, if you are truthful."
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Say: "Then bring a Book from God which gives better guidance than these so that I may follow it, if you speak the truth. "
- Sahih International
Say, "Then bring a scripture from Allah which is more guiding than either of them that I may follow it, if you should be truthful. "
- Muhammad Asad
Say: "Produce, then, [another] revelation from God which would offer better guidance than either of these two [and] I shall follow it, if you speak the truth!"
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Then bring a scripture from the presence of Allah that giveth clearer guidance than these two (that) I may follow it, if ye are truthful.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Say to them O Muhammad: "If indeed you are declaring the truth then try to bring down from the realm of heaven a better book that you consider to be the truth that guides into all truth and I will be happy to follow it. "
- Bijan Moeinian
Tell them: "If you have a better revelation from the Lord, than Qur’an and Torah, containing better guidance, let me know. I will follow such book to the point with you, if you are sincere.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Say (to them, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Then bring a Book from Allâh, which is a better guide than these two [the Taurât (Torah) and the Qur’an], that I may follow it, if you are truthful."
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Say: "Then bring ye a Book from Allah, which is a better guide than either of them, that I may follow it! (do), if ye are truthful!"
- Mustafa Khattab
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ "Bring then a scripture from Allah which is a better guide than these two so I may follow it, if your claim is true."
- Taqi Usmani
Say, "Then bring a book from Allah which is better than both, in guidance, and I shall follow it, if you are true."
- Abdul Haleem
Say [Muhammad], ‘Then produce a book from God that gives better guidance than these two and I will follow it, if you are telling the truth.’
- Arthur John Arberry
Say: 'Bring a Book from God that gives better guidance than these, and follow it, if you speak truly. '
- E. Henry Palmer
Say, 'Bring, then, a book from God which shall be a better guide than both, and I will follow it, if ye do tell the truth!'
- Hamid S. Aziz
But when the truth comes to them from Us they say, "Why are not signs given to him the like of what Moses was given. " Did they not disbelieve in what Moses was given before? They say, "Two works of sorcery back up each other (The Torah and the Quran)." And they say, "Verily, we do disbelieve in both."
- Mahmoud Ghali
Say, "Then come up with a Book from the Providence of Allah that gives (fairer) guidance (Literally: more guiding) than these (two), (and) I (should) closely follow it, in case you are sincere. "
- George Sale
Say, produce therefore a book from God, which is more right than these two, that I may follow it; if ye speak truth.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Say (to such rejecters): "Then you bring a Book from Allah, which is a better Guide than earlier of them, that I may follow it! If you are truthful!"
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Say, `If (Moses and Muhammad are both fraudulent and) you speak the truth, then bring a Book from Allâh which is a better guide than these two (- the Torah and the Qur'ân), that I may follow it. '
- Ali Quli Qarai
Say, ‘Then bring some Book from Allah better in guidance than the two so that I may follow it, should you be truthful. ’