Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
“If only we had a tradition [to this effect] from our forebears
Arthur John Arberry
'If only we had had a Reminder from the ancients
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"If only we had had before us a Message from those of old
Arabic
لَوۡ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكۡرࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ١٦٨
Transliteration (2021)
law anna ʿindanā dhik'ran mina l-awalīn