Quran 26:40 Translations ⓘ

Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets) 26:40

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ

Transliteration

LaAAallana nattabiAAu alssaharata in kanoo humu alghalibeena

Ahmad Ali

(They said): "We may haply follow the magicians if they are victorious."

Ali Qarai

‘Maybe we will follow the magicians, if they are victors!’

Amhad Khan

The people said, “Perhaps we may follow the magicians if they are victorious.”

Arberry

Haply we shall follow the sorcerers if it should be they are the victors.'

Corpus Quran

That we may follow the magicians if they are the victorious?"

Daryabadi

Belike we may follow the magicians if they are the winners?

Hilali & Khan

"That we may follow the sorcerers [who were on Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) religion of disbelief] if they are the winners."

Maududi

We may perhaps follow the religion of the magicians if they triumph."

Muhammad Sarwar

and the people were asked, "Will you all be there so that we may follow the magicians if they become victorious?"

Muhammad Shakir

Haply we may follow the magicians, if they are the vanquishers.

Pickthall

(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.

Qaribullah

in order that we shall follow the sorcerers if they are the victors'

Sahih Intl

That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"

Talal Itani

That we may follow the magicians, if they are the winners.”

Wahihuddin Khan

so that we may follow the magicians, if they be the winners."

Yusuf Ali

"That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"