سورة النَّمل
Surah Al-Naml 27:71
The Tribe of Naml-Namlites · Verse 71 of 93
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
They say, `When will this promise (of your victory) come to pass if you are truthful?´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They also say: "When will this promise (come to pass)? (Say) if ye are truthful.î
Ahmed Ali
Yet they say: "When will this promise come to pass? (Tell Us) if you speak the truth."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
They also say: "(So tell us) when is this threat to be fulfilled, if you are truthful?"
Daryabadi
And they say: when will this Promise be fufilled if ye say sooth?
Faridul Haque
And they say, “When will this promise come, if you are truthful?”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And they say: When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?
Maulvi Sher Ali
And they say, `When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?'
Muhammad Asad
And [when] they ask, "When is this promise [of resurrection] to be fulfilled? [Answer this, O you who believe in it,] if you are men of truth!" -
Muhammad Musin Khan
And they (the disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) say: "When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if you are truthful?"
Muhammad Pickthall
And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?
Muhammad Sarwar
They ask, "When the Day of Judgment will come, if it is true at all?".
Muhammed ali Shakir
And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you are truthful?
Rashad Khalifa
They say, "When will that promise come to pass, if you are truthful?"
Shabbir Ahmed
And they say, “When is this promise to be fulfilled, if you are men of truth?”
Commentary 27:71 The question “When will this promise come?” is put by the Muslims in this verse. In verse 34:29 and in 36:48 the same question was asked by the…
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
27:71 The question “When will this promise come?” is put by the Muslims in this verse. In verse 34:29 and in 36:48 the same question was asked by the non-believers. The reply given here is in the words Radaf ردف indicating “it will follow him”—i.e., when the Holy Prophet (pbuh) is not there. Verse 32:29 also contains the answer to this question.