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Al-Qur'an Surah Al-A'la Verse 18

Al-A'la [87]: 18 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِى الصُّحُفِ الْاُوْلٰىۙ (الأعلى : ٨٧)

inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
hādhā
هَٰذَا
this
lafī
لَفِى
surely (is) in
l-ṣuḥufi
ٱلصُّحُفِ
the Scriptures
l-ūlā
ٱلْأُولَىٰ
[the] former

Transliteration:

Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa (QS. al-ʾAʿlā:18)

English / Sahih Translation:

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures, (QS. Al-A'la, ayah 18)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Indeed this is (written) in the earlier divine scripts,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

Ruwwad Translation Center

Indeed, this was in the earlier Scriptures,

A. J. Arberry

Surely this is in the ancient scrolls,

Abdul Haleem

All this is in the earlier scriptures,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily this is in Writs ancient

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

Abul Ala Maududi

This, indeed, was in the ancient Scrolls,

Ahmed Ali

This is surely in the earlier Books,

Ahmed Raza Khan

Indeed this is in the former scriptures.

Ali Quli Qarai

This is indeed in the former scriptures,

Ali Ünal

This is surely contained in the former Scrolls.

Amatul Rahman Omar

These (teachings) are so stated in the earlier Scriptures;

English Literal

That truly that (is) in (E) the written pages (Books/Scriptures) the first/beginning.

Faridul Haque

Indeed this is in the former scriptures.

Hamid S. Aziz

Verily, this was in the former books,

Hilali & Khan

Verily! This is in the former Scriptures,

Maulana Mohammad Ali

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

Muhammad Sarwar

This is what is written in the ancient heavenly Books,

Qaribullah & Darwish

Surely, this is in the ancient Scrolls,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Verily, this is in the former Scriptures

Wahiduddin Khan

This indeed is what is taught in the former scriptures --

Talal Itani

This is in the former scriptures.

Tafsir jalalayn

Truly this, the success of those who purify themselves, and the Hereafter being better, is in the former scrolls, the ones revealed before the Qur'n,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَى