Quran 43:31

وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ

Ahmad Ali

They also said: "Why was this Qur'an not sent down to some great man of the two cities?"

Ali Qarai

And they said, ‘Why was not this Quran sent down to some great man from the two cities?’

Amhad Khan

And they said, “Why was the Qur’an not sent down upon some chieftain of these two great towns?” (The chiefs of Mecca and Taif).

Arberry

They say, 'Why was this Koran not sent down upon some man of moment in the two cities?'

Corpus Quran

And they say, "Why not was sent down this the Quran to a man, from the two towns, great?"

Daryabadi

And they say: wherefore hath not this Qur'an been revealed to a man of the two cities who was great.

Hilali & Khan

And they say: "Why is not this Quran sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Ta'if)?"

Maududi

They say: “Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon some great man from the two (main) cities?”

Muhammad Sarwar

Then they said, "Why this Quran had not been revealed to a man from either of the two great towns".

Muhammad Shakir

And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns?

Pickthall

And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns?

Qaribullah

They also said: 'Why was this Koran not sent down to a great man from the two Villages'

Sahih Intl

And they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"

Talal Itani

They also said, “If only this Quran was sent down to a man of importance from the two cities.”

Wahihuddin Khan

They said, "Why was this Quran not sent down to one of the great men of the two cities?"

Yusuf Ali

Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man in either of the two (chief) cities?"