The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:4

The Poets · Verse 4 of 227

إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

If We so please We can send down upon them such a sign from above that their necks would bend (and heads bow down) in submission to it.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If (such) were Our Will, We could send down to them from the sky a Sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.

Ahmed Ali

We could send down from the heavens a sign to them if We pleased, before which their heads would remain bowed.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

If We will, We can send down a (compelling) sign on them from heaven, so that they are forced to bow their necks before it (in humility).

Daryabadi

If We list, We can send down unto them a sign from the heaven so that their necks would became to it submissive.

Faridul Haque

If We will, We can send down on them a sign from the sky so that their leaders would remain bowed before it.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

If We please, We could send down on them a sign from heaven, so that their necks would bend before it.

Maulvi Sher Ali

If WE please, WE can send down to them a Sign from the Heaven, so that their necks will bow down before it.

Muhammad Asad

Had We so willed, We could have sent down unto them a message from the skies, so that their necks would [be forced to] bown down before it in humility.

Muhammad Musin Khan

If We will, We could send down to them from the heaven a sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.

Muhammad Pickthall

If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.

Muhammad Sarwar

Had We wanted, We would have sent them a miracle from the sky to make their heads hang down in submission.

Muhammed ali Shakir

If We please, We should send down upon them a sign from the heaven so that their necks should stoop to it.

Rashad Khalifa

If we will, we can send from the sky a sign that forces their necks to bow.

Shabbir Ahmed

Had We so willed, We could have sent down to them a sign from the heaven, to which they would bend their necks in humility.