43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 48
وَمَا نُر۪يهِمْ مِنْ اٰيَةٍ اِلَّا هِيَ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ اُخْتِهَاۘ وَاَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Wama nureehim min ayatin illahiya akbaru min okhtiha waakhathnahum bilAAathabilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon
We showed them no Sign which was not greater than the one before it. We seized them with punishment so that hopefully they would turn back.
- Progressive Muslims
And every sign We showed them was greater than the one before it, and We seized them with the torment, perhaps they would revert.
- Shabbir Ahmed
We showed them Sign after Sign each greater than the previous like of it, and We took them to task with suffering so that they might turn (to make amends (7:133).
- Sam Gerrans
And We showed them no proof save it was greater than its sister; and We seized them with the punishment, that they might return.
- The Monotheist Group
And every sign We showed them was greater than the one before it, and We seized them with the torment, perhaps they would return.
- Edip-Layth
Every sign We showed them was greater than the one before it, and We seized them with the torment, perhaps they would revert.
- Aisha Bewley
We showed them no Sign which was not greater than the one before it. We seized them with punishment so that hopefully they would turn back.
- Rashad Khalifa
Every sign we showed them was bigger than the one before it. We afflicted them with the plagues, perhaps they repent.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
(Even though) each miracle that We showed them was greater than the other. So We seized them with chastisement so that they may turn back.
- Sahih International
And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].
- Muhammad Asad
although each sign that We showed them was weightier than the preceding one: and [each time] We took them to task through suffering, so that they might return [to Us].
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And no sign did We present them with but was greater than the sign displayed before, and by consequence We made ruin seize them so that, with hearts travailed, they might hopefully turn to Us and lift their inward sight.
- Bijan Moeinian
The miracles were more and more majestic in nature till I sent them the plagues so that they may [come into their senses and] seek refuge in God.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And not an Ayâh (sign, etc.) We showed them but it was greater than its fellow , and We seized them with torment, in order that they might turn [from their polytheism to Allâh’s religion (Islâmic Monotheism)].
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
We showed them Sign after Sign, each greater than its fellow, and We seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us).
- Mustafa Khattab
although every sign We showed them was greater than the one before.[1] Ultimately, We seized them with torments so that they might return ˹to the Right Path˺.[2]
- Taqi Usmani
And We did not show them a sign, but it used to be greater than the one that preceded it. And We seized them with punishment, so that they may return.
- Abdul Haleem
even though each sign We showed them was greater than the previous one. We inflicted torment on them so that they might return to the right path.
- Arthur John Arberry
And not a sign We showed them, but it was greater than its sister sign; and We seized them with chastisement, that haply they should return.
- E. Henry Palmer
And we did not show them a sign, but it was greater than its fellow; and we seized them with the torment, haply they might turn.
- Hamid S. Aziz
And every sign that We showed them was greater than its predecessor, and We overtook them with chastisement that they may turn (to Us).
- Mahmoud Ghali
And in no way did We show them any sign except that it was greater than its sister sign; and We took (hold) of them with the torment, that possibly they would return.
- George Sale
although We shewed them no sign, but it was greater than the other: And We inflicted a punishment on them, that peradventure they might be converted.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And We showed them Sign after Sign, (see verse 7. 133) each greater than the other, and (then) We gave them the punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us).
- Amatul Rahman Omar
We showed them no sign but it was greater than its kind (preceding it). And We seized them with the calamity so that they might return (to the ways of righteousness).
- Ali Quli Qarai
And We did not show them a sign but it was greater than the other, and We seized them with punishment so that they might come back.