The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:22

The Poets · Verse 22 of 227

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدْتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`And this insignificant favour (of your bringing me up) that you (so tauntingly) remind me of (can be no reasonable excuse) for you have enslaved (the whole community of) the Children of Israel (for no fault of theirs).´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And this is the favour with which thou dost reproach me,- that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel!

Ahmed Ali

But the favour you oblige me with is that you have enslaved the children of Israel."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

"As for that favor you taunt me with: (it is owed to the fact) that you have enslaved the Children of Israel."

Daryabadi

And that favour wherewith thou didst oblige me was that thou hadst enslaved the Children of Isra´il?

Faridul Haque

“And is this some great reward for which you express favour upon me – that you have enslaved the Descendants of Israel?”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And is it a favour of which thou remindest me that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel?

Maulvi Sher Ali

`And this favour of bringing me up as a child with which thou now tauntest me, dost thou put forward against thy having enslaved the Children of Israel?'

Muhammad Asad

And [as for] that favour of which thou so tauntingly remindest me - [was it not) due to thy having enslaved the children of Israel?"

Muhammad Musin Khan

And this is the past favour with which you reproach me, that you have enslaved the Children of Israel.

Muhammad Pickthall

And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.

Muhammad Sarwar

And this is the favor with which you oblige me: You have made the Israelites your slaves.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And is it a favor of which you remind me that you have enslaved the children of Israel?

Rashad Khalifa

You are boasting that you did me a favor, while enslaving the Children of Israel!

Shabbir Ahmed

And this, the past favor you so tauntingly remind me! Yes, you raised me in your palaces. But it was so since you enslaved the Children of Israel.”