The Quran

سورة المؤمنون

Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:68

The Believers · Verse 68 of 118

أَفَلَمْ يَدَّبَّرُوا الْقَوْلَ أَمْ جَاءَهُمْ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِ آبَاءَهُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Have they not then pondered over the (Divine) word? As a matter of fact there has come to them that which had not come to their fathers of old.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Do they not ponder over the Word (of Allah), or has anything (new) come to them that did not come to their fathers of old?

Ahmed Ali

Why did they not think over the message? Or has something come to them which had not come to their fathers?

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Ali Unal

Have they ever pondered over this Word (of God) or has there come to them something (completely novel in human history) which never came to their forefathers of old?

Daryabadi

Pondered they not over the Word? or came there unto them that which came not unto their fathers ancient?

Faridul Haque

Have they not pondered the matter, or did that come to them, which did not come to their forefathers?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Do they not then ponder the Word? Or has there come to them that which did not come to their fathers of old?

Maulvi Sher Ali

Have they not, then, pondered over the divine Word, or has there come to them that which did not come to their fathers of old?

Muhammad Asad

Have they, then, never tried to understand this word [of God]? Or has there [now] come to them something that never came to their forefathers of old

Muhammad Musin Khan

Have they not pondered over the Word (of Allah, i.e. what is sent down to the Prophet SAW), or has there come to them what had not come to their fathers of old?

Muhammad Pickthall

Have they not pondered the Word, or hath that come unto them which came not unto their fathers of old?

Muhammad Sarwar

Was it that you did not give any thought to it (the Quran)? Was it different from what was revealed to your fathers?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Is it then that they do not ponder over what is said, or is it that there has come to them that which did not come to their fathers of old?

Rashad Khalifa

Why do they not reflect upon this scripture? Do they not realize that they have received something never attained by their ancestors?

Shabbir Ahmed

Have they not pondered the Word? Is the revelation something that never came to their remote ancestors?