Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:104

20:104

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا

naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna idh yaqūlu amthaluhum ṭarīqatan in labith'tum illā yawman

We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner [i.e., wisdom or speech] will say, "You remained not but one day."

— Saheeh International

We know best what they say- but the more perceptive of them will say, ‘Your stay [on earth] was only a single day.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

We know very well what they will say, when the best among them in knowledge and wisdom will say: "You stayed no longer than a day!"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 16Page 319meccan

Word by Word

نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknow best
بِمَاbimāwhat
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey will say
إِذْidhwhen
يَقُولُyaqūluwill say
أَمْثَلُهُمْamthaluhum(the) best of them
طَرِيقَةًṭarīqatan(in) conduct
إِنinNot
لَّبِثْتُمْlabith'tumyou remained
إِلَّاillāexcept (for)
يَوْمًۭاyawmana day