Verse 20:51
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قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ 
51
Transliteration
qāla famā bālu l-qurūni l-ūlā
Saheeh International
[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"
Quran 20:51 · 51st verse of 135
Surah Taha
Ta-Ha
20 130
Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 20:51
16 scholarly English translations of verse 51 from Surah Taha, presented for comparative study.
Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali(Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin Khan[Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] said: "What about the generations of old?"
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Ali(The Pharaoh) said: "And what about the former generations?"
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanSaid Firaun, “What is the state of the former generations?”
Arberry
A. J. ArberryPharaoh said, 'And what of the former generations?'
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiHe said: then what happened to the former generations?
Itani
Talal ItaniHe said, “What about the first generations?”
Maududi
Abul Ala MaududiPharaoh asked: "Then, what is the state of the former generations?"
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri[Fir`awn] said: "What about the generations of old"
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: What then is the state of the generations of old?
Qarai
Ali Quli QaraiHe said, ‘What about the former generations?’
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishHe (Pharaoh) asked: 'How was it then, with the former generations'
Sarwar
Muhammad SarwarHe then asked, "What do you know about the past generations?"
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirHe said: Then what is the state of the former generations?
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanPharaoh asked, "What about the previous generations?"