Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And has the report of the litigant come to thee: — when they scaled the wall of the chamber?

وَهَلْ اَتٰيكَ نَـبَؤُا الْخَصْمِۢ اِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَۙ
Wahal ataka nabao alkhasmi ithtasawwaroo almihrab
#wordmeaningroot
1wahalAnd has (there)
2atākacome to youاتي
3naba-u(the) newsنبا
4l-khaṣmi(of) the litigantsخصم
5idhwhen
6tasawwarūthey climbed over the wallسور
7l-miḥ'rāba(of) the chamberحرب
  • Aisha Bewley

    Has the story of the litigants reached you? How they climbed up to the Upper Room

  • Progressive Muslims

    Did the news come to you of the disputing party who came over into the temple enclosure

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Have you heard of the story of the two disputing men when they climbed the wall into his private chamber?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And has the report of the litigant come to thee: — when they scaled the wall of the chamber?

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Did the news come to you of the disputing party who came over into the temple enclosure?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Did the news come to you of the disputing party who came over into the temple enclosure?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Have you received news of the feuding men who sneaked into his sanctuary?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Have you heard of the litigants who jumped over the wall into his chamber?

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

    And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of prayer chamber -

  • Muhammad Asad

    AND YET, has the story of the litigants come within thy ken - who surmounted the walls of the sanctuary ?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And hath the story of the litigants come unto thee? How they climbed the wall into the royal chamber;

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Has the story of the litigants reached you — of those who entered his private chambers by climbing over the wall?*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    -In this connection- did you hear O Muhammad of the narrative of the litigants -the disguised angels- the claimant and the defendant who climbed the wall leading to Dawud's private chamber which he had used for religious observances

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Have you heard this story of David when two men climbed the wall in order to talk to him in private?

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And has the news of the litigants reached you? When they climbed over the wall into (his) Mihrâb (a praying place or a private room);

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Has the Story of the Disputants reached thee? Behold, they climbed over the wall of the private chamber;

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Has the story of the two plaintiffs, who scaled the ˹wall of David’s˺ sanctuary, reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

  • Taqi Usmani

    Has there come to you the story of the litigants, when they entered the sanctuary by climbing over the wall?

  • Abdul Haleem

    Have you heard the story of the two litigants who climbed into his private quarters?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Has the tiding of the dispute come to thee? When they scaled the Sanctuary,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Has there come to thee the story of the antagonists when they scaled the chamber wall?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And has there come to you the story of the Disputants (litigants), when they made an entry into the private chamber by ascending over the walls?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And has the tiding of the adversaries come up to you? As they scaled the chamber,

  • George Sale

    Hath the story of the two adversaries come to thy knowledge; when they ascended over the wall into the upper apartment,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And, has the story of the (two) who disagreed reached you? When they climbed over the wall of the private room (where he prayed);

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Have you heard the news of the adversaries (of David) who scaled the rampart of the fortress (to take David unawares in his chamber)?

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Has there not come to you the account of the contenders, when they scaled the wall into the sanctuary?