Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:31

43:31

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ

waqālū lawlā nuzzila hādhā l-qur'ānu ʿalā rajulin mina l-qaryatayni ʿaẓīmin

And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"

— Saheeh International

and they said, ‘Why was this Quran not sent down to a distinguished man, from either of the two cities?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they say: "Why is not this Qur’ân sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Tâ’if)?"

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

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وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
لَوْلَاlawlāWhy not
نُزِّلَnuzzilawas sent down
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
عَلَىٰʿalāto
رَجُلٍۢrajulina man
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِl-qaryataynithe two towns
عَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat