The Spider
29. Al-ʿAnkabūt
العنكبوت
Page #402
29:48
وَمَا
كُنتَ
تَتْلُو
مِن
قَبْلِهِ
مِن
كِتَابٍ
وَلَا
تَخُطُّهُ
بِيَمِينِكَ
إِذًا
لَّارْتَابَ
الْمُبْطِلُونَ
wa-mā kunta tatlū min qablihī min kitābin wa-lā takhuṭṭuhū bi-yamīnika ʾidhan la-rtāba l-mubṭilūna
And thou wast not (able) to recite a Book before this (Book came), nor art thou (able) to transcribe it with thy right hand: In that case, indeed, would the talkers of vanities have doubted.
— Abdullah Yusufali
You did not use to recite any scripture before it, nor did you write it with your right hand, for then the impugners would have been skeptical.
