Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And We sent Noah, and Abraham, and placed among their progeny prophethood and the Writ. And among them is he who is guided; but many of them are perfidious.

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً وَاِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَجَعَلْنَا ف۪ي ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ فَمِنْهُمْ مُهْتَدٍۚ وَكَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ
Walaqad arsalna noohan wa-ibraheemawajaAAalna fee thurriyyatihima annubuwwatawalkitaba faminhum muhtadin wakatheerun minhum fasiqoon
#wordmeaningroot
1walaqadAnd certainly
2arsalnāWe sentرسل
3nūḥanNuh
4wa-ib'rāhīmaand Ibrahim
5wajaʿalnāand We placedجعل
6in
7dhurriyyatihimātheir offspringذرر
8l-nubuwataProphethoodنبا
9wal-kitābaand the Scriptureكتب
10famin'humand among them
11muh'tadin(is) a guided oneهدي
12wakathīrunbut mostكثر
13min'humof them
14fāsiqūna(are) defiantly disobedientlyفسق
  • Aisha Bewley

    We sent Nuh and Ibrahim and placed Prophethood and the Book among their descendants. Some of them are guided but many of them are deviators.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And We had sent Noah and Abraham, and We placed in their progeny the prophethood and the Scripture. Some of them were guided, while many were wicked.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And indeed, We sent Noah and Abraham and granted their descendants Prophethood and the Scripture. And among them there is he who goes aright, but a great many of them have drifted away.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And We sent Noah, and Abraham, and placed among their progeny prophethood and the Writ. And among them is he who is guided; but many of them are perfidious.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And We had sent Noah and Abraham, and We placed in their progeny the prophethood and the Book. Some of them were guided, while many were wicked.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    We had sent Noah and Abraham, and We placed in their progeny the prophethood and the book. Some of them were guided, while many were wicked.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    We sent Noah and Abraham, and we granted their descendants prophethood and the scripture. Some of them were guided, while many were wicked.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    We sent Noah and Abraham, and gave prophethood to their progeny and the Book, and some of them are well-directed, but many of them are disobedient.

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

    And We have already sent Noah and Abraham and placed in their descendants prophethood and scripture; and among them is he who is guided, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

  • Muhammad Asad

    And, indeed, We sent forth Noah and Abraham , and established prophethood and revelation among their descendants; and some of them were on the right way, but many were iniquitous.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And We verily sent Noah and Abraham and placed the prophethood and the scripture among their seed, and among them there is he who goeth right, but many of them are evil-livers.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Indeed We sent forth Noah and Abraham and established in their line Prophecy and the Book. Then some of them embraced the guidance and many of them are wicked.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    We did send Nuh and Ibrahim and We kept the Divine prerogative of prophethood and the Book in their line, Among their descendants were those who opened their hearts' ears and their minds' eyes, but also those who counselled deaf and were disposed to wickedness, and they were many.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    I (God) appointed Noah as a Prophet and Abraham (after him). I chose the Prophets after them from the descendants of Abraham and gave them the Scriptures. Some of their followers were righteous but most of them chose wickedness.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And indeed, We sent Nûh (Noah) and Ibrâhîm (Abraham), and placed in their offspring Prophethood and Scripture. And among them there are some who are guided; but many of them are Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their line Prophethood and Revelation: and some of them were on right guidance. But many of them became rebellious transgressors.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And indeed, We sent Noah and Abraham and reserved prophethood and revelation for their descendants. Some of them are ˹rightly˺ guided, while most are rebellious.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Indeed We sent NūH and Ibrāhīm, and kept the Book and prophet-hood (continuing) in their progeny. So, some of those (to whom they were sent) were on the right path, and many of them were sinners.

  • Abdul Haleem

    We sent Noah and Abraham, and gave prophethood and scripture to their offspring: among them there were some who were rightly guided, but many were lawbreakers.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    And We sent Noah, and Abraham, and We appointed the Prophecy and the Book to be among their seed; and some of them are guided, and many of them are ungodly.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And we sent Noah and Abraham; and placed in their seed prophecy and the Book; and some of them are guided, though many of them are workers of abomination!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And certainly We sent Noah and Abraham and We gave to their offspring the gift of prophecy and the Book; so there are among them those who go aright, but most of them are transgressors.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And indeed We already sent N?h and Ibrahîm, (Noah and Abraham, respectively) and We have made the Prophet hood and the Book in their (two) off springs. So, among them are (some) right-guided, and many of them are immoral.

  • George Sale

    We formerly sent Noah and Abraham, and We established in their posterity the gift of prophecy, and the scripture: And of them some were directed, but many of them were evil doers.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And indeed, We sent Nuh (Noah) and Ibrahim (Abraham) and established in their line prophet-hood and revelation: And some of them (their people) were on right guidance but many of them became rebellious transgressors.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Indeed, We sent Noah and Abraham and We set up among their children (a system of) Prophethood and the Book. So some of them followed true guidance but many of them became transgressors.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Certainly We sent Noah and Abraham and We ordained among their descendants prophethood and the Book. Some of them are guided, and many of them are transgressors.