The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:197

The Poets · Verse 197 of 227

أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Is it not a sufficient proof for them that the learned among the Children of Israel recognize it (- the Qur´ân)?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Is it not a Sign to them that the Learned of the Children of Israel knew it (as true)?

Ahmed Ali

Was it not a proof for them that the learned men of Israel knew about this?

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Is it not an evidence enough for them that the scholars of the Children of Israel know it (to be so)?

Daryabadi

Is it not a sign unto them that the learned among the Children of Isra´il know it?

Faridul Haque

And was this not a sign for them, that the scholars of the Descendants of Israel may recognise this Prophet?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the Children of Israel know it?

Maulvi Sher Ali

And is it not a sufficient Sign for them that the learned among the Children of Israel know it?

Muhammad Asad

Is it not evidence enough for them that [so many] learned men from among the children of Israel have recognized this [as true]?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Is it not a sign to them that the learned scholars (like 'Abdullah bin Salam radhiallahu'anhu who embraced Islam) of the Children of Israel knew it (as true)?

Muhammad Pickthall

Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it?

Muhammad Sarwar

Is not the fact (that the Israelite scholars already knew about the Quran through their Book) sufficient evidence for the pagans of the truthfulness (of the Quran)?

Muhammed ali Shakir

Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the Israelites know it?

Rashad Khalifa

Is it not a sufficient sign for them that it was known to the scholars among the Children of Israel?

Shabbir Ahmed

Is it not an evidence enough for them that learned men among the Children of Israel have recognized it?

Commentary 26:197 Here the learned among the Jews and the Christians are addressed, such as ‘Abdullah bin Salâm and Ka‘b bin Malik in the lifetime of the Holy Prophet…

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ آيَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

26:197 Here the learned among the Jews and the Christians are addressed, such as ‘Abdullah bin Salâm and Ka‘b bin Malik in the lifetime of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), and Ka‘b al-Ahbar of Yemen and a number of his compatriots during the reign of ‘Umar(rz), as well as many others in the course of centuries and even today.