Qarib: Or have We given them a Book before this which they hold fast to?
Sarwar: Had We, before sending the Quran, given them a book to which they now refer as an authority?
Shakir: Or have We given them a book before it so that they hold fast to it?
Pickthall: Or have We given them any scripture before (this Qur'an) so that they are holding fast thereto?
Yusufali: What! have We given them a Book before this, to which they are holding fast?

Qarib: No, but they say: 'We found our fathers following a creed, and by following in their footsteps we are guided.
Sarwar: In fact, they say, "We found our fathers following a certain belief and we now follow in their footsteps for our guidance".
Shakir: Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and surely we are guided by their footsteps
Pickthall: Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.
Yusufali: Nay! they say: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we do guide ourselves by their footsteps."

Qarib: As such, We never sent a warner before you to a village, except those living in luxury said: 'We found our fathers following a creed, and by following in their footsteps we are guided. '
Sarwar: In the same way, whenever We had sent a Messenger before you to warn a town, the rich ones therein said, "We found our fathers following a certain belief and we follow in their footsteps.
Shakir: And thus, We did not send before you any warner in a town, but those who led easy lives in it said: Surely we found our fathers on a course, and surely we are followers of their footsteps
Pickthall: And even so We sent not a warner before thee (Muhammad) into any township but its luxurious ones said: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are following their footprints.
Yusufali: Just in the same way, whenever We sent a Warner before thee to any people, the wealthy ones among them said: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we will certainly follow in their footsteps."

Qarib: Say: 'What then if I bring you a better guidance than that you found your fathers following? ' But they reply: 'We disbelieve in that you have been sent with.'
Sarwar: The Messengers would say, "Would you still follow in the footsteps of your fathers even if I was to bring you better guidance?" They would say, "We have no faith in your message".
Shakir: (The warner) said: What! even if I bring to you a better guide than that on which you found your fathers? They said: Surely we are unbelievers in that with which you are sent
Pickthall: (And the warner) said: What! Even though I bring you better guidance than that ye found your fathers following? They answered: Lo! in what ye bring we are disbelievers.
Yusufali: He said: "What! Even if I brought you better guidance than that which ye found your fathers following?" They said: "For us, we deny that ye (prophets) are sent (on a mission at all)."

Qarib: So We took vengeance upon them, and see how the end was of those who lied.
Sarwar: We took revenge on them. See how terrible the end of those who rejected (Or revelations) was!
Shakir: So We inflicted retribution on them, then see how was the end of the rejecters
Pickthall: So We requited them. Then see the nature of the consequence for the rejecters!
Yusufali: So We exacted retribution from them: now see what was the end of those who rejected (Truth)!

Qarib: (Remember) when Abraham, said to his father and his nation: 'I am quit from what you worship,
Sarwar: When Abraham said to his father and his people, "I boldly renounce what you worship
Shakir: And when Ibrahim said to his father and his people: Surely I am clear of what you worship,
Pickthall: And when Abraham said unto his father and his folk: Lo! I am innocent of what ye worship
Yusufali: Behold! Abraham said to his father and his people: "I do indeed clear myself of what ye worship:

Qarib: except Him who originated me, for He will guide me. '
Sarwar: except for the One who has created me and will guide me".
Shakir: Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me
Pickthall: Save Him Who did create me, for He will surely guide me.
Yusufali: "(I worship) only Him Who made me, and He will certainly guide me."

Qarib: He made this an abiding word among his descendants, in order that they would return.
Sarwar: God made (belief in one God) an everlasting task for his successors, so that perhaps they would return (to Him).
Shakir: And he made it a word to continue in his posterity that they may return
Pickthall: And he made it a word enduring among his seed, that haply they might return.
Yusufali: And he left it as a Word to endure among those who came after him, that they may turn back (to Allah).

Qarib: I gave them and their fathers days of enjoyment until the truth and a clear Messenger came to them.
Sarwar: In fact, We allowed them and their fathers to enjoy themselves until the truth and a strong Messenger came to them.
Shakir: Nay! I gave them and their fathers to enjoy until there came to them the truth and a Messenger making manifest (the truth)
Pickthall: Nay, but I let these and their fathers enjoy life (only) till there should come unto them the Truth and a messenger making plain.
Yusufali: Yea, I have given the good things of this life to these (men) and their fathers, until the Truth has come to them, and a messenger making things clear.

Qarib: But when the truth came to them, they said: 'This is sorcery, we disbelieve in it. '
Sarwar: When the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic and we have no faith in it".
Shakir: And when there came to them the truth they said: This is magic, and surely we are disbelievers in it
Pickthall: And now that the Truth hath come unto them they say: This is mere magic, and lo! we are disbelievers therein.
Yusufali: But when the Truth came to them, they said: "This is sorcery, and we do reject it."