Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

This is in the former scriptures,

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْاُو۫لٰىۙ
Inna hatha lafee assuhufial-oola
#wordmeaningroot
1innaIndeed
2hādhāthis
3lafīsurely (is) in
4l-ṣuḥufithe Scripturesصحف
5l-ūlā[the] formerاول
  • Aisha Bewley

    This is certainly in the earlier texts,

  • Progressive Muslims

    This is in the previous scripts.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Behold, this has been said in the former Revelations as well. ('Suhuf' = Scrolls = Revelations).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    This is in the former scriptures,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    This has been revealed in the previous scripts.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    This has been revealed in the previous scripts.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    This is recorded in the earlier teachings.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    This is surely in the earlier Books,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

  • Muhammad Asad

    Verily, this has indeed been in the earlier revelations –

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    This, indeed, was in the ancient Scrolls,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    This indeed, has been emphasized in the earlier Scriptures,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The above mentioned fact is not something new.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

  • Taqi Usmani

    Indeed this is (written) in the earlier divine scripts,

  • Abdul Haleem

    All this is in the earlier scriptures,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Surely this is in the ancient scrolls,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Verily, this was in the books of yore,-

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Verily, this was in the former books,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Surely this is in the earliest Scrolls,

  • George Sale

    Verily this is written in the ancient books,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And this is in the pages (of Books) of the very early (Revelations)—

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    These (teachings) are so stated in the earlier Scriptures;

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    This is indeed in the former scriptures,