37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 51
قَالَ قَٓائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ اِنّ۪ي كَانَ ل۪ي قَر۪ينٌۙ
Qala qa-ilun minhum innee kanalee qareen
One of them will say, ‘I used to have a friend
- Progressive Muslims
One of them said: "I used to have a friend. "
- Shabbir Ahmed
One of them speaks thus, "Behold, I had a close companion. "
- Sam Gerrans
(A speaker among them will say: “I had a companion,
- The Monotheist Group
One of them said: "I used to have a friend."
- Edip-Layth
One of them said, "I used to have a friend."
- Aisha Bewley
One of them will say, ‘I used to have a friend
- Rashad Khalifa
One of them will say, "I used to have a friend.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Said one of the speakers: "I had a friend
- Sahih International
A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth]
- Muhammad Asad
One of them speaks thus: "Behold, I had [on earth] a close companion
- Marmaduke Pickthall
A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
One of them (a representative) will say: "I had a companion in life below".
- Bijan Moeinian
One of them will say:…
- Al-Hilali & Khan
A speaker of them will say: "Verily, I had a companion (in the world),
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
One of them will start the talk and say: "I had an intimate companion (on the earth),
- Mustafa Khattab
One of them will say, "I once had a companion ˹in the world˺
- Taqi Usmani
A speaker from them will say, "I had a companion (in the worldly life)
- Abdul Haleem
one will say, ‘I had a close companion on earth
- Arthur John Arberry
One of them says, 'I had a comrade
- E. Henry Palmer
and a speaker amongst them shall say, 'Verily, I had a mate,
- Hamid S. Aziz
A speaker from among them shall say, "Surely I had a comrade on earth,
- Mahmoud Ghali
A speaker of them says, "Surely I used to have a comrade.
- George Sale
And one of them shall say, verily I had an intimate friend while I lived in the world,
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
One of them will start the speak and say: "Verily, I had a close companion (on the earth),
- Amatul Rahman Omar
One of them will say, `Surely I had an intimate companion (in the world),
- Ali Quli Qarai
One of them will say, ‘Indeed I had a companion