سورة الزّخرُف
Surah Al-Zukhruf 43:48
The Ornaments · Verse 48 of 89
وَمَا نُرِيهِمْ مِنْ آيَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
We showed them no sign but it was greater than its kind (preceding it). And We seized them with the calamity so that they might return (to the ways of righteousness).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
We showed them Sign after Sign, each greater than its fellow, and We seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us).
Ahmed Ali
(Even though) each miracle that We showed them was greater than the other. So We seized them with chastisement so that they may turn back.
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Ali Unal
We displayed to them sign after sign, each greater than the other, and We seized them with (diverse forms of) punishment so that they might turn back (from the way they followed).
Daryabadi
And not a sign We shewed them but it was greater than the like thereof; and We laid hold of them with the torment that haply they might turn.
Faridul Haque
And all the signs We showed them were always greater than the earlier ones; and We seized them with calamities, so that they may return.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And We showed them not a sign but it was greater than its fellow, and We seized them with chastisement that they might turn.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And WE showed them no Sign but it was greater than its preceding sister Sign, and WE seized them with punishment, that they might turn to US.
Muhammad Asad
although each sign that We showed them was weightier than the preceding one: and [each time] We took them to task through suffering, so that they might return [to Us].
Muhammad Musin Khan
And not an Ayah (sign, etc.) We showed them but it was greater than its fellow, and We seized them with torment, in order that they might turn [from their polytheism to Allah's Religion (Islamic Monotheism)].
Muhammad Pickthall
And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again.
Muhammad Sarwar
Of all the miracles which We showed to them the latter ones were greater than the former. We struck them with torment so that perhaps they would return to Us.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And We did not show them a sign but it was greater than its like, and We overtook them with chastisement that they may turn.
Rashad Khalifa
Every sign we showed them was bigger than the one before it. We afflicted them with the plagues, perhaps they repent.
Shabbir Ahmed
We showed them sign after sign, each greater than the previous like of it, and We took them to task with suffering so that they may turn (to make amends).