waqālū lawlā nuzzila hādhā l-qur'ānu ʿalā rajulin mina l-qaryatayni ʿaẓīmi
And they say, "Why not was sent down this the Quran to a man, from the two towns, great?"
And they say, too, “Why was not this Qur’an bestowed from on high on some great man of the two cities?”
And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns
Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man in either of the two (chief) cities?"
And they exclaimed, “If only this Quran was revealed to a great man from ˹one of˺ the two cities!”
They also said, "If only this Qur’an was sent down to a great man from the two cities."
They said, Why was this Quran not sent down to one of the great men of the two cities
And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns
They said: Why was this, the Quran, not sent down to some eminent man of the two towns?
They said: ´If this Reading were only sent down to some important man from either town!"
And they said: “Why is this Qur’an not sent down to some great man of the 2 towns (Makkah and Taif)?”
And they said, “Why was this Quran not sent down to a great man from one of the two towns?
They ask, “Why wasn’t this Quran revealed to a notable man from one of the two cities?”
They also said, 'If only this Quran was sent down to a man of importance from the two cities.'
And they said, “Why is not this Al-Quran sent down to a great person of the twain cities?” [Throughout the parent human world (i.e., the Arabic-speahead of state area of the planet) the most important city is Makka, while the next important is Al-Madinah]
They also say: "Why is this Qur’an not revealed to a man of great importance in the two towns (Mecca and Ta'if)"
And they have said, "Had this Qur'an been successively sent down upon a man of eminence in the two towns?" (Makkah and At-Taif
Then they said, "Why this Quran had not been revealed to a man from either of the two great towns"
They say, .Why was this Qur‘an not revealed on a great man from (either of) the two towns?
And they say, "Why was not this Qur'an sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Taif)."
They ask, "Why is it that this Qur´an is not being revealed to one of the more prominent men of the two cities (Makkah And Taif)?"
And they also say: "Why is this Quran not sent down to some leading man in either of the two (main) cities? (Makkah and Taif.) "
And they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"
And they said: "If only this Quran was sent down to a great man from the two towns!"
and they said, ‘Why was this Quran not sent down to a distinguished man, from either of the two cities?’
And they say: wherefore hath not this Qur'an been revealed to a man of the two cities who was great
They also said: "Why was this Qur'an not sent down to some great man of the two cities?"
They say, ´Why was this Qur´an not sent down to one of the great men of the two cities?´
They also say: "If only this Qur’an had been sent down on a man of leading position of the two (chief) cities!"
And they said, ‘Why was not this Qur’an sent down to some great man from the two cities?’
And they say, "Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns?"
And they say: “Why this Quran was not sent down to a great man from the two towns (Mecca and Taif)?”
They also say, “Why is this Quran not sent down to some great person in either of the two cities?
And said, “Why was this Quran not sent down on a famous personality from one of the two towns?”
They say: "Why was this Qur´an not sent down upon some great man from the two (main) cities?"
And they said: "If only this Qur'an was sent down to a man of greatness from the two towns!
And they say, "Why is not this Qur'aan sent down to some leading man in either of the two cities?"
And they said, 'why has not this Quran sent down upon any great man of the two cities'?
They said, "If only this Quran was sent down through another man from the two communities (Mecca or Yathrib) who is prominent!"
They also said: 'Why was this Koran not sent down to a great man from the two Villages?
And they say: Why was not this Qur’an revealed to a man of importance in the two towns
And they said: "If only this the Koran was descended on a great man from the two villages/urban cities."
Their objection was: “Why this Qur’an is not revealed to a “great” man of our two main cities?”
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)
And they say, `Why has not the Qur'an been sent to some great man of the two towns?
And they said: ‘Why has this Qur’an not been sent down upon some high-ranking personage (i.e., some chief, landlord, or the affluent) of the two towns (Mecca and Ta’if)?
Moreover they said, `Why has not this Qur'an been revealed to some man of importance from (either of) the two townships (- Makkah or Ta'if, the two centres of social and political life).
And they say: "Why is not this Quran sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Taif)?"
They say, 'Why was this Koran not sent down upon some man of moment in the two cities?
And they say, had this Koran been sent down unto some great man of either of the two cities, we would have received it
And they say, 'Unless this Qur'an were sent down to a man great in the two cities. . . . .
And they say, "Had but this Koran been sent down to some great one of the two cities . . .!"
They also say: ‘Why has this Koran not been revealed to some important man from the two cities?‘¹
And they said, “If only this Quran was sent down on a great man of the two townships.”
They said: "Why was not this Qur’ān sent down upon a great man from one of the two cities?"
And they said: why was not this Qur´an revealed to a man of the two great towns?
Also, they say, “Why is this Qur’an not sent down to some leader of the two cities?”
They also said, “If only this Recital had been sent down to any great man from the two towns.”
They said: 'If this Quran were only sent down to some important man from either town!"
And they said, “If only this Quran was sent down to a man among the two villages, great.”
They said, “Why was this Quran not sent to one of the great men of these two cities?”
And they said, “Why was this Quran not sent down on ( some ) great man from ( either of ) the two cities ( of Mecca or Taif )?”
And they insolently say: "if only this Quran were revealed to a distinguished man from one of the two cities -Macca and Taif!"
And they said, 'If only this, the Quran, was sent down on a great man from the two towns.'
Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man in either of the two (chief) cities?"
And they say, "Why not was sent down this the Quran to a man, from the two towns, great?
Waqaloo lawla nuzzila hatha alqur-anu AAala rajulin mina alqaryatayni AAatheemun
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