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YUSUFALI : 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.

PICKTHAL : And thou (O Muhammad [sallallahu alayhi wa sallam]) wast not a reader of any scripture before it, nor didst thou write it with thy right hand, for then might those have doubted, who follow falsehood.

SHAKIR : And you did not recite before it any book, nor did you transcribe one with your right hand, for then could those who say untrue things have doubted.

M& HILALI : Neither did you (O Muhammad [sallallahu alayhi wa sallam]) read any book before it (this Qur'an), nor did you write any book (whatsoever) with your right hand. In that case, indeed, the followers of falsehood might have doubted.