Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Time and again were My messages conveyed unto you, but [every time] you would turn about on your heel
Arthur John Arberry
My signs were recited to you, but upon your heels you withdrew
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"My Signs used to be rehearsed to you, but ye used to turn back on your heels
Arabic
قَدۡ كَانَتۡ ءَایَـٰتِی تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡكُمۡ فَكُنتُمۡ عَلَىٰۤ أَعۡقَـٰبِكُمۡ تَنكِصُونَ ٦٦
Transliteration (2021)
qad kānat āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum ʿalā aʿqābikum tankiṣūn