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Quran 20:134

Surah Taha (Ta-Ha), verse 134 of 135 · Juz 16

وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ

Translations of Quran 20:134
EnglishTalal Itani

Had We destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, “Our Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger, we would have followed Your revelations before we were humiliated and disgraced.”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they would assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a messenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we were (thus) humbled and disgraced!

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Eğer biz onları bundan evvel âzâb ile ihlâk etmiş olsa idik derlerdi ki o rabbımız! Ne olurdu bize bir Resul gönderseydin de biz zelil ve rüsvay olmadan evvel âyetlerine ittiba etseydik

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Si nous les avions anéantis par notre châtiment avant la venue de Mohammed, ils auraient dit : Pourquoi ne nous as-tu point envoyé d’apôtre ? Nous aurions suivi tes enseignements, plutôt que de tomber dans l’avilissement et dans l’opprobre.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Indien wij hen door een oordeel hadden verdelgd, vóór de Koran werd geopenbaard zouden zij bij de opstanding hebben gezegd: O Heer! hoe konden wij gelooven, naardien gij ons geen gezant hebt gezonden, om uwe teekenen te doen volgen, alvorens wij vernederd en met schande bedekt werden?

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Se noi li avessimo annientati col nostro gastigo prima (della venuta di Maometto), avrebbero detto: Perchè non ci hai mandato un apostolo? Avremmo seguito i tuoi insegnamenti, anzichè cadere nell’avvilimento, e nell’obbrobrio.

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