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Quran 10:16

Surah Yunus (Jonah), verse 16 of 109 · Juz 11

قُل لَّوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَلَوْتُهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَدْرَىٰكُم بِهِۦ ۖ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ فِيكُمْ عُمُرًا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Translations of Quran 10:16
EnglishTalal Itani

Say, “Had Allah willed, I would not have recited it to you, and He would not have made it known to you. I have lived among you for a lifetime before it. Do you not understand?”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

Say: If Allah had so willed I should not have recited it to you nor would He have made it known to you. I dwelt among you a whole lifetime before it (came to me). Have ye then no sense?

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

De ki: eğer Allah dilese idi ben onu size okumazdım, hiç bir suretle de size onu bildirmezdi bilirsiniz ki ben sizin içinizde bundan evvel bir ömür durdum, artık bir kerre aklınıza müracat etmezmisiniz?

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Dis-leur : Si Dieu ne le voulait pas, je ne vous les lirais pas (les versets du Koran), et je ne vous les aurais jamais fait connaître. J’avais pourtant habité au milieu de vous sans le faire, de longues années. Ne le comprendrez-vous donc pas ?

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Zeg: Indien het Gode had behaagd, zou ik ze (de verzen) u niet voorlezen en nimmer zou ik u die hebben doen kennen. Ik heb reeds tot den ouderdom van veertig jaren onder u gewoond, alvorens ik die ontving. Zult gij het dan niet begrijpen?

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Di’ loro: Se Dio non l’avesse voluto, io non vi leggerei (il Corano), e non ve lo insegnerei. Avea pertanto abitato fra voi senza farlo fino all’età di quarantanni. E non comprenderete dunque mai?

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