“Were we to have had a remembrance from the former peoples
‘If we had only had a Reminder from the previous peoples,
"If only we had received a reminder from the previous generations, "
"If only we had a reminder from the old generations, or a Scripture as they had,
“Were we to have had a remembrance from the former peoples
"If only we had received a reminder from the previous generations,"
"If only we had received a reminder from the previous generations,"
"Had we received the correct instructions from our parents,
If we had the account of earlier people with us,
"If we had a message from the former peoples,
"If only we had a tradition from our forebears,
If we had but a reminder from the men of old
"If only we had the Reminder which had been granted to the people of yore
"Had we received a Book", they said, "like the Scriptures of those of old,
"Had we received the correct (authentic/pure and nothing added to) guidance from….
"If we had a reminder as had the men of old (before the coming of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم as a Messenger of Allâh),
"If only we had had before us a Message from those of old,
"If only we had a Reminder like ˹those of˺ earlier peoples,
"Had there been a scripture with us like that of the former people,
‘If only we had a scripture like previous people,
'If only we had had a Reminder from the ancients,
'Had we a reminder from those of yore
"Had we a reminder from those of yore,
"If only we had in our presence a Remembrance (i. e., Scriptures) from the earliest (people).
if we had been favoured with a book of divine revelations, of those which were delivered to the ancients,
"If only we have had a Message before us from those (Books) of old,
`Had there been with us an exhortation from the people of old.
‘Had we possessed a reminder from the ancients,