The Quran

سورة الزّخرُف

Surah Al-Zukhruf 43:21

The Ornaments · Verse 21 of 89

أَمْ آتَيْنَاهُمْ كِتَابًا مِنْ قَبْلِهِ فَهُمْ بِهِ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Have We given them a Scripture before this (Qur´ân) so that they are thereby adducing an argument (in support of their conjectures)?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

What! have We given them a Book before this, to which they are holding fast?

Ahmed Ali

Did We give them a Scripture before this to which they are holding fast?

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Ali Unal

Or did We give them a Book before this (Qur’an) and so they are holding fast to it (and worshipping their false deities by its authority)?

Daryabadi

Have We vouchsafed Unto them any Book before this, so that they are to it holding fast?

Faridul Haque

Or have We given them some Book before this, to which they hold fast?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or have We given them a Book before it so that they hold fast to it?

Maulvi Sher Ali

Have WE given them a Scripture before this, so that they are holding fast to it?

Muhammad Asad

Or have We, perchance, vouchsafed them, before this one, a revelation [to the contrary,] to which they are still holding fast?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Or have We given them any Book before this (the Qur'an), to which they are holding fast?

Muhammad Pickthall

Or have We given them any scripture before (this Qur'an) so that they are holding fast thereto?

Muhammad Sarwar

Had We, before sending the Quran, given them a book to which they now refer as an authority?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Or have We given them a book before it so that they hold fast to it?

Rashad Khalifa

Have we given them a book before this, and they are upholding it?

Shabbir Ahmed

What! Have We given them a scripture before this to which they are holding fast?