Quran Ayah az-Zukhruf (Ornaments of Gold, Luxury, The Embellishment) 43:6 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

And how many a prophet did We send to people of olden times

Arthur John Arberry

How many a Prophet We sent among the ancients

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

But how many were the prophets We sent amongst the peoples of old

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Arabic

وَكَمۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن نَّبِیࣲّ فِی ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٦

Transliteration (2021)

wakam arsalnā min nabiyyin fī l-awalīn

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And how many we sent from a Prophet among the former (people),

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And how many a prophet did We send to people of olden times

M. M. Pickthall

How many a prophet did We send among the men of old

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

˹Imagine˺ how many prophets We sent to those ˹destroyed˺ before!

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

But how many were the prophets We sent amongst the peoples of old

Wahiduddin Khan

We have sent many a prophet to earlier people

Safi Kaskas

How many prophets We sent among the earlier people

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And how many a Prophet sent We among the ancient ones!

T.B.Irving

How many prophets have We sent to early men?

Shakir

And how many a prophet have We sent among the ancients

Abdul Hye

And how many prophets have We sent amongst the previous people?

Saeed Malik

And how many a prophet did WE send into the midst of the former peoples?

The Study Quran

How many a prophet did We send among those of old

Talal Itani (2012)

How many a prophet did We send to the ancients

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

How many prophets did We send to earlier peoples!

Ali Quli Qara'i

How many a prophet We have sent to the ancients

Ali Ünal

How many a Prophet have We sent to convey Our Message among the former peoples

Aisha Bewley

How many Prophets We sent to the previous peoples!

Ahmed Ali

Many a prophet had We sent to the earlier communities

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And how many a prophet We sent among the ancients

Abdel Haleem

We have sent many a prophet to earlier people

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And how many a Prophet We sent among the earliest (people)

Hamid S. Aziz

And how many a prophet have We sent among the ancients

Shabbir Ahmed

And how many a Prophet did We send to the previous generations

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

How many a messenger We have sent to the earlier people

Muhammad Sarwar

How many Messengers did We send to the ancient people

Dr. Kamal Omar

And how many a Prophet have We sent among the initial people

M. Farook Malik

And how many Prophets have We sent among the ancient peoples

Dr. Munir Munshey

Many a prophet did We send to the earlier generations

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And how many prophets We sent among the peoples of the old

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And how many a prophet did We send to the previous generations!

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And how many prophets did We send among the earlier ones?

Musharraf Hussain

We sent many prophets to the past generations;

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

But how many were the messengers We sent among peoples throughout history

Maududi

How many a Prophet did We send to the earlier peoples

Mohammad Shafi

And how many of the prophets did We send amongst the ancient peoples!

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And how many a communicator of unseen (a prophet) did We send among the earlier people.

Rashad Khalifa

We have sent many a prophet to the previous generations.

Sher Ali

And how many a Prophet did WE send among the earlier peoples

Faridul Haque

And how many Prophets We did send among the earlier people

Bijan Moeinian

Before Mohammad, God sent many prophets to their own people. …

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And how many We sent from a prophet in the first/beginners

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And how many a prophet did We send among the ancients

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

How many a Prophet did We send to the ancients

Edip Yuksel

How many a prophet did We send to the previous generations!

Amatul Rahman Omar

And so many a Prophet did We send among the earlier peoples

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And how many a Messenger We sent amongst the preceding communities

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And how many a Prophet have We sent amongst the men of old

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

Many a prophet did We send forth to the ancients

John Medows Rodwell

Yet how many prophets sent we among those of old

Arthur John Arberry

How many a Prophet We sent among the ancients

Edward Henry Palmer

How many prophets have we sent amongst those of yore

George Sale

And how many prophets have We sent among those of old

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

How many (Kam') a (Min) prophet (7:94) (Nabiyyin) have We sent (Ar'sal'naa) among (Fii) the predecessors (El'Awwaliin),

Fode Drame

And how many a prophets did We send among the past nations.

Munir Mezyed

And (be sure), We sent so many Prophets among the ancients!

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And how many a prophet have We sent to the earliest communities.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

And how many a prophet did We send to the ancients!

Linda “iLHam” Barto

How many prophets did We send among the ancient peoples?

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

How many prophets have We sent to early men?

Samy Mahdy

And how many among a prophet, We sent within the former?

Ali Quli Qarai

How many a prophet We have sent to the former peoples!

Ahmed Hulusi

And many Nabis We have disclosed within previous peoples.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And how many a Prophet have We sent amongst the men of old.

A. S. Mohamed

How many a prophet We have sent to the previous ones,

Mir Aneesuddin

And how many a prophet did We send among the ancients?

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

Nor is it a novelty to send you a prophet as a spectacle and a warning, How many did We send to those dating far back into the distant pas

The Wise Quran Project

And how many a prophet have We sent among the former people?

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

But how many were the prophets We sent amongst the peoples of old

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And how many a prophet did We send to the previous generations

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And how many a prophet did We send to the previous generations

OLD Literal Word for Word

And how many We sent a Prophet among the former (people)

OLD Transliteration

Wakam arsalna min nabiyyin fee al-awwaleena

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