69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 12
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَٓا اُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratanwataAAiyaha othunun waAAiya
to make it a reminder for you and something to be retained by retentive ears.
- Progressive Muslims
That We would make it as a reminder for you, and so that any listening ear may understand.
- Shabbir Ahmed
(These events are conveyed to you) so that We might make it a lesson for you, and that any attentive ear might take it to memory.
- Sam Gerrans
That We might make it a reminder for you, and that a conscious ear might be conscious of it.
- The Monotheist Group
That We would make it as a reminder for you, and so that any listening ear may understand.
- Edip-Layth
That We would make it as a reminder for you, and so that any listening ear may understand.
- Aisha Bewley
to make it a reminder for you and something to be retained by retentive ears.
- Rashad Khalifa
We rendered it a lesson for you, that any listening ear may understand.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
In order to make it a warning for you, and that the ear retentive may preserve it.
- Sahih International
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
- Muhammad Asad
so that We might make all this a [lasting] reminder to you all, and that every wide-awake ear might consciously take it in.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
An incident which was a signal instance serving as a deterrent in order that you preserve its memory and the bowing ear absorbs it.
- Bijan Moeinian
…May the ears that appreciate the truth retain it as a remembrance.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
That We might make it (Noah’s ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.
- Mustafa Khattab
so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.
- Taqi Usmani
so that We make it a reminder for you, and so that a preserving ear (that hears their story) may preserve it.
- Abdul Haleem
making that event a reminder for you: attentive ears may take heed.
- Arthur John Arberry
that We might make it a reminder for you and for heeding ears to hold.
- E. Henry Palmer
to make it a memorial for you, and that the retentive ear might hold it.
- Hamid S. Aziz
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it (in memory).
- Mahmoud Ghali
That We might make it a Reminder for you and for heeding ear (s) to heed.
- George Sale
that We might make the same a memorial unto you, and the retaining ear might retain it.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
That We might make it a Message for you, that (your) ears (may listen) and retain (its extraordinary lessons) in memory
- Amatul Rahman Omar
(We relate these events to you) so that We might make them an example for you (O mankind!), and so that the listening ear might listen (and bear in mind).
- Ali Quli Qarai
that We might make it a reminder for you, and that receptive ears might remember it.