Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 2:53
16 scholarly English translations of verse 53 from Surah Al-Baqarah, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf AliAnd remember We gave Moses the Scripture and the Criterion (Between right and wrong): There was a chance for you to be guided aright.
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanAnd (remember) when We gave Musa (Moses) the Scripture [the Taurat (Torah)] and the criterion (of right and wrong) so that you may be guided aright.
Remember, We gave Moses the Book and Discernment of falsehood and truth, that you may be guided.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanAnd when We gave Moosa the Book (Taurat / Torah) and the criterion to judge right from wrong, so that you may attain guidance.
And when We gave to Moses the Book and the Salvation, that haply you should be guided.
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiAnd recall what time We vouchsafed unto Musa the Book and the distinction that haply ye may be guided.
And recall that We gave Moses the Scripture and the Criterion, so that you may be guided.
Remember that (at that very time, when you were committing this gross iniquity) We gave Moses the Book and the criterion of right and wrong so that you might be guided aright.
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriAnd (remember) when We gave Musa the Scripture (the Tawrah) and the criterion (of right and wrong) so that you may be guided aright.
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when We gave unto Moses the Scripture and the criterion (of right and wrong), that ye might be led aright.
And when We gave Moses the Book and the Criterion so that you might be guided.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishAnd when We gave Moses the Book and the Criterion, so that you might be guided;
We gave Moses the Book and the criteria (of discerning right from wrong) so that perhaps you would be rightly guided.
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirAnd when We gave Musa the Book and the distinction that you might walk aright.
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanRemember when We gave Moses the Scripture, and the criterion [to distinguish between right and wrong], so that you might be guided.