Quran Ayah al-Qalam (The Pen) 68:37 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

Or have you, perchance, a [special] divine writ which you study

Arthur John Arberry

Or have you a Book wherein you study

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Or have ye a book through which ye learn

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Arabic

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَـٰبࣱ فِیهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ ۝٣٧

Transliteration (2021)

am lakum kitābun fīhi tadrusūn

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

Or (is) for you a book wherein you learn,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

Or have you, perchance, a [special] divine writ which you study

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Or have ye a book through which ye learn

M. M. Pickthall

Or have ye a scripture wherein ye lear

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Or do you have a scripture, in which you read

Wahiduddin Khan

Have you a Scripture that tells yo

Safi Kaskas

Or do you have a Book which you study?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Or have you a Book by which you study

T.B.Irving

Or do you have some book to study from?

Shakir

Or have you a book wherein you read

Abdul Hye

Or do you have a book from which you learn,

Saeed Malik

Or do you have a book in which you delve studying?

The Study Quran

Or do you have a book wherein you lear

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Or do you have a scripture that you study?

Talal Itani (2012)

Or do you have a scripture in which you study

M. Farook Malik

Or do you have a Book in which you read

Dr. Kamal Omar

Is for you a book in which you take lesson

Dr. Munir Munshey

Or did you learn it from your scriptures

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Or do you have a Book through which you learn—

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Or do you have a scripture in which you lear

Muhammad Sarwar

Do you have a book from which you stud

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Do you have a book in which you rea

Shabbir Ahmed

Or do you have a scripture wherein you learn

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Or even do you have a Book wherein you study

Hamid S. Aziz

Or have you a Book wherein you learn

Abdel Haleem

Do you have a Scripture that tells yo

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Is there with you a Book wherein ye study

Ahmed Ali

Or have you a Book in which you rea

Aisha Bewley

Or do you have a Book which you study,

Ali Ünal

Or do you have a Book (revealed by God) that you rea

Ali Quli Qara'i

Do you possess a scripture in which you rea

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Or do you have a book which you study?

Musharraf Hussain

Or do you have a book from where you have learnt

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Or do you have a book through which you learn

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

Do you have a book that you study from,

Maududi

Or do you have a Book wherein you rea

Mohammad Shafi

Have you any book wherein you lear

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Have you any Book wherein you read?

Rashad Khalifa

Do you have another book to uphold?

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Or, have you a Book from which you stud

Faridul Haque

Is there a Book for you, from which you read

Bijan Moeinian

In which book did you read that …

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or have you a book wherein you rea

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

Or for you (is) a Book in it you study/read

Sher Ali

Have you a book wherein you read

Edip Yuksel

Or do you have another book which you study?

Amatul Rahman Omar

(O Makkans!) have you a Book wherein you read

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Do you have any Book with you in which you read (this)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Or have you a Book through which you learn

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

Or have you a scripture to stud

Arthur John Arberry

Or have you a Book wherein you study

Edward Henry Palmer

Or have ye a book in which ye can study

George Sale

Have ye a book from heaven, wherein ye rea

John Medows Rodwell

Have ye a Scripture wherein ye can search out

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

Or (Am') do you (p) have (Lakum') a book (34:44) (Kitaabun) in which (Fiihi) you study (Tad'rusuun)

Fode Drame

Or do you have a book in which you study?

Munir Mezyed

Or do you have a book in which you learn

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Or do you have a book which you study?

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Or do you have a book from which you learn…

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

Or do you have a scripture in which you study,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

Or do you have some book (scripture) to study from?

Samy Mahdy

Or for you a book within it you study.

Ali Quli Qarai

Do you possess a scripture in which you read

Ahmed Hulusi

Or do you have a book from which you learn?

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Or have you a Book wherein you learn,

A. S. Mohamed

Or do you have some book in which you are studying?

Mir Aneesuddin

Or have you a book through which you learn,

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

Or do you people have a Book which was revealed to you and you use it as a valid reference and you apply the rules which bear upon it.

The Wise Quran Project

Or there is for you a book, in it you study;

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Or have ye a book through which ye learn

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Or do you have a book which you study?

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Or do you have another book which you stud

OLD Literal Word for Word

Or (is) for you a book wherein you learn

OLD Transliteration

Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona

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