(31) And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"[1439]
[1439]- Referring to Makkah and aṭ-Ṭā’if.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
 31. And they say: "Why is not this Qur’ân sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Tâ’if)?"
— الترجمة الإنجليزية
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ

And they have said, "Had this Qur'an been successively sent down upon a man of eminence in the two towns?" (Makkah and At-TaÉif)
— Dr. Ghali - English translation
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ

And they say: "Why is not this Quran sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Ta'if)?"
— Muhsin Khan - English translation
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ

And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns?
— Pickthall - English translation
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ

Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man in either of the two (chief) cities?"
— Yusuf Ali - English translation
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ

And they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"
— Sahih International - English translation
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ

(43:31) They say: “Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon some great man
from the two (main) cities?”0
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ

and they said, ‘Why was this Quran not sent down to a distinguished man, from either of the two cities?’
— Abdul Haleem - English translation
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ

They say, “Why was this Qur’ān not revealed on a great man from (either of) the two towns?”
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ

And they exclaimed, “If only this Quran was revealed to a great man from ˹one of˺ the two cities!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation
وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ

And they exclaimed, “If only this Quran was revealed to a great man from ˹one of˺ the two cities!”1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
And they said, “Why was this Qur’an not sent down to a great man from one of the two towns?”
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
31. The rejecting idolaters say, “Why did Allah not reveal this Qur’ān upon one of the two great men of Makkah or Taif: Al-Walīd ibn ‘Uqbah or ‘Urwah ibn Mas‘ūd Al-Thaqafī, instead of revealing it upon the poor, orphaned Muhammad?”
— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
They also say, ‘Why was not this Qur’an revealed to some great man of the two cities?’
— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي