The Quran

سورة المؤمنون

Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:113

The Believers · Verse 113 of 118

قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَاسْأَلِ الْعَادِّينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They will say, `We tarried only for a day or part of a day (we have no exact idea), but ask those who keep the count.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day: but ask those who keep account.

Ahmed Ali

They will say: "A day or less than a day. Ask the enumerators of numbers."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

They say: "We stayed for a day or part of a day. Ask of those who are able to keep count of this."

Daryabadi

-They will say we tarried a day or part of a day; ask those who keep count.

Faridul Haque

They will say, "We stayed a day or part of a day, so ask those who keep count."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They will say: We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask those who keep account.

Maulvi Sher Ali

They will say, `We tarried for a day or part of a day, but ask those who keep count.'

Muhammad Asad

They will answer: "We have spent there a day, or part of a day; but ask those who [are able to] count [time]..."

Muhammad Musin Khan

They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep account."

Muhammad Pickthall

They will say: We tarried by a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep count!

Muhammad Sarwar

They will reply. "We remained for about a day or part of it, but ask those who have kept count".

Muhammed ali Shakir

They will say: We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask those who keep account.

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "We lasted a day or part of a day. Ask those who counted."

Shabbir Ahmed

They will say, “We stayed a day or part of a day. But ask those who keep count.”