Quran Ayah Ghafir (The Forgiver, The Forgiving One) 40:23 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

THUS, INDEED, did We send Moses with Our messages and a manifest authority [from Us]

Arthur John Arberry

We also sent Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Of old We sent Moses, with Our Signs and an authority manifest

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Arabic

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا وَسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینٍ ۝٢٣

Transliteration (2021)

walaqad arsalnā mūsā biāyātinā wasul'ṭānin mubīni

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

And certainly, We sent Musa with Our Signs and an authority clear,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

THUS, INDEED, did We send Moses with Our messages and a manifest authority [from Us]

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Of old We sent Moses, with Our Signs and an authority manifest

M. M. Pickthall

And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear warran

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Indeed, We sent Moses with Our signs and compelling proof

Wahiduddin Khan

We sent Moses with Our signs and clear authorit

Safi Kaskas

We sent Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And, certainly, We sent Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

T.B.Irving

We sent Moses with Our signs and clear authority

Shakir

And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications and clear authority

Abdul Hye

And indeed We sent Moses with Our Verses, and a clear authority,

Saeed Malik

And WE did send Moses with OUR signs and with evident authority--

The Study Quran

And indeed We sent Moses with Our signs and a manifest authorit

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

We sent Moses with Our signs and clear authority.

Talal Itani (2012)

We sent Moses with Our signs, and a clear authority

M. Farook Malik

Indeed We sent Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

Dr. Kamal Omar

And surely, indeed We sent Musa with Ayaatina (‘Our Signs’) and Sultanin Mobin (‘Evident Power’)

Dr. Munir Munshey

We had certainly sent Musa with Our signs, and the manifest proofs

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And indeed (earlier), We sent Musa (Moses), with Our Signs (verses) and a clear Authority

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authorit

Muhammad Sarwar

We sent Moses with Our miracles and clear authority

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Indeed We sent Musa with Our signs and a manifest proo

Shabbir Ahmed

Thus indeed, We sent Moses with Our Messages and a clear authority

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed We already sent Musa (Moses) with Our signs and an evident all-binding authority

Hamid S. Aziz

And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations (message, communications) and a clear authority

Abdel Haleem

We sent Moses with Our signs and clear authorit

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And assuredly We sent Musa with Our signs and a manifest authority

Ahmed Ali

We sent Moses with Our signs and clear authorit

Aisha Bewley

We sent Musa with Our Signs and clear authority

Ali Ünal

We surely sent Moses with clear signs from Us (including miracles to support him), and a manifest authority

Ali Quli Qara'i

Certainly We sent Moses with Our signs and a manifest authorit

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And We had sent Moses with Our signs, and a clear authority.

Musharraf Hussain

We sent Musa with Our signs and a mandate

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Indeed We sent Moses with Our signs and a manifest authority

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And We certainly sent Moses with Our signs and clear power

Maududi

Verily We sent Moses with Our Signs and a clear authorit

Mohammad Shafi

And We did send Moses with Our signs and a clear warran

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And undoubtedly, We sent Musa with our signs and a clear testimony,

Rashad Khalifa

We sent Moses with our signs and a profound authority.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

We sent Moses with Our signs and with clear authorit

Faridul Haque

And indeed We sent Moosa with Our signs and a clear proof

Bijan Moeinian

I sent Moses with such miracles that left no doubt about his prophet hood to Pharaoh, [his chief advisor] Haman and Korah [the wealthiest man of the time]. …

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And certainly We sent Moses with Our messages and clear authority

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And We had (E) sent Moses with Our verses/evidences/signs, and a clear/evident proof/power

Sher Ali

And, surely, WE sent Moses with Our Signs and manifest authority

Edip Yuksel

We had sent Moses with Our signs, and a clear authority.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And indeed We had already sent Moses with Our Messages and a clear authority

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And indeed We sent Musa (Moses) with Our signs and a clear authority

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And indeed We sent Moosa (Moses) with Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and a manifest authority

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

We sent forth Moses with Our signs and with veritable authorit

Arthur John Arberry

We also sent Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

Edward Henry Palmer

And we did send Moses with our signs, and with obvious authority

George Sale

We heretofore sent Moses with our signs and manifest power

John Medows Rodwell

Moreover we had sent Moses of old with our signs and with clear authority

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Wa) We certainly (Laqad') sent (Ar'sal'naa) Moses (Muusaa) with (Bi) Our signs (Aayaati-naa) and (Wa) a clear (Mubiin) authority (Sul'toanin)

Fode Drame

And indeed We had sent Moses with Our signs and with a most evident authority

Munir Mezyed

Surely We sent Moses with Our Sings and decisive argument

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And We sent Musa (Moses) with Our signs and a clear authority.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Certainly, We sent Moses with Our signs and an evident authority.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

And We sent Moses with Our signs and an evident manifestation

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

We sent Moses with Our signs and clear authority

Samy Mahdy

And We already sent Moses with Our verses, and an obvious Sultan.

Ali Quli Qarai

Certainly We sent Moses with Our signs and a manifest authority

Ahmed Hulusi

Indeed, We disclosed Moses with Our signs and a clear and undeniable evidence.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And indeed We sent Musa with Our Ayat, and a manifest authority,

A. S. Mohamed

We sent Moses with Our signs and clear authority

Mir Aneesuddin

And We had sent Musa with Our signs and a clear authority,

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

To this effect I may example My Omnipotence and Authority by a brief account of Mussa (Moses) whom We sent equipped with Signs, serving to demonstrate divine power ant authorit

The Wise Quran Project

And surely, certainly We sent Moses with Our signs, and clear authority,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Of old We sent Moses, with Our Signs and an authority manifest

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And We had sent Moses with Our signs, and a clear authority

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And We had sent Moses with Our signs, and a clear authority

OLD Literal Word for Word

And certainly, We sent Musa with Our Signs and an authority clear

OLD Transliteration

Walaqad arsalna moosa bi-ayatina wasultanin mubeenin

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