Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 3:166
16 scholarly English translations of verse 166 from Surah Ali 'Imran, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf AliWhat ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of Allah, in order that He might test the believers,-
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanAnd what you suffered (of the disaster) on the day (of the battle of Uhud when) the two armies met, was by the leave of Allah, in order that He might test the believers.
What you suffered on the day the two armies had met was by God's dispensation, so that He may distinguish the faithful,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanAnd the calamity that struck you on the day the two armies met, was by Allah’s command – and in order that He may make known the believers.
And what visited you, the day the two hosts encountered, was by God's leave, and that He might know the believers;
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiAnd that which befell you on the day whereon the two hosts met was by Allah's leave, and that he might know the believers.
What befell you on the day the two armies clashed was with God’s permission; that He may know the believers.
What befell you on the day when the two hosts met was by the leave of Allah, and in order that He might mark out those who believe
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriAnd what you suffered on the day the two armies met, was by the leave of Allah, in order that He might test the believers.
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat which befell you, on the day when the two armies met, was by permission of Allah; that He might know the true believers;
What befell you on the day when the two hosts met, was by Allah’s permission, so that He may ascertain the faithful,
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishWhat hit you the day the two armies met was by the permission of Allah, so that He might know the believers
What befell you, when the two armies confronted each other, was by the permission of God so that He would know who were the true believers
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirAnd what befell you on the day when the two armies met (at Ohud) was with Allah's knowledge, and that He might know the believers.
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin Khanthe misfortune which befell you on the day when the two armies met happened by God's leave, so that He might mark out the [true] believers