Surah As-Saffat (الصافات) • Those who set the Ranks

Quran 37:168

37:168

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

law anna ʿindanā dhik'ran mina l-awalīna

"If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,

— Saheeh International

‘If only we had a scripture like previous people,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"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),

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

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لَوْlawIf
أَنَّannathat
عِندَنَاʿindanāwe had
ذِكْرًۭاdhik'rana reminder
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former (people)