Az-Zukhruf 43:48
Ornaments of gold · ayah 48 of 89
وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Wama nureehim min ayatin illahiya akbaru min okhtiha waakhathnahum bilAAathabilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon
"And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith]."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"even though each sign We showed them was greater than the previous one. We inflicted torment on them so that they might return to the right path."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"We showed them Sign after Sign, each greater than its fellow, and We seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us)."