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Quran 41:21

Surah Fussilat (Explained in Detail), verse 21 of 54 · Juz 24

وَقَالُوا۟ لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Translations of Quran 41:21
EnglishTalal Itani

And they will say to their skins, “Why did you testify against us?” They will say, “Allah, who made all things speak, made us speak. It is He who created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And they say unto their skins: Why testify ye against us? They say: Allah hath given us speech Who giveth speech to all things, and Who created you at the first, and unto Whom ye are returned.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Derilerine niçin aleyhimizde şahidlik ettiniz? derler, bizi, derler: her şey'i söyleten Allah söyletti, sizi de ilk def'a o yarattı yine ona götürülüyorsunuz

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Ils diront à leurs peaux : Pourquoi témoignez-vous contre nous ? et leurs peaux répondront : C’est Dieu qui nous fait parler, ce Dieu qui a donné la parole à tout être. Il vous avait déjà créés une fois, et vous retournerez encore à lui.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

En zij zullen tot hunne huiden zeggen: Waarom legt gij getuigenis tegen ons af? Deze zullen antwoorden: God heeft ons doen spreken; hij die de spraak schenkt aan alle wezens, hij schiep u eens, en tot hem zijt gij teruggekeerd.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Diranno alle loro pelli: Perchè deponete contro di noi? e le loro pelli risponderanno: È Dio che ci fa parlare, quel Dio che ha dato la parola ad ogni essere. Vi aveva già creati una volta, e tornerete a lui.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.