Comparative Study
   41:21  

1  They will ask their skin ˹furiously˺, “Why have you testified against us?” It will say, “We have been made to speak by Allah, Who causes all things to speak. He ˹is the One Who˺ created you the first time, and to Him you were bound to return.  Dr. Mustafa Khattab

2  And they will ask their skins, “Why did you bear witness against us?” - [and] these will reply: “God, who gives speech to all things, has given speech to us [as well]: for He [it is who] has created you in the first instance - and unto Him you are [now] brought back.  Muhammad Asad

3  And they will say to their skins, “Why did you testify against us?” They will say, “God, Who made all things speak, made us speak. It is He who created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.”  Talal Itani

4  They will ask their skins: Why did you bear witness against us? The skins will reply: Allah gave us speech, as He gave speech to all others. He it is Who created you for the first time and it is to Him that you will be sent back.  Maududi

5  And they will say to their skins, Why do you testify against us? They will say: Allah has caused us to speak, as He causes all things to speak, and He created you the first time, and to Him you are made to return.  Muhsin Khan

6  They will say to their skins, ‘Why did you testify against us?’ and their skins will reply, ‘God, who gave speech to everything, has given us speech- it was He who created you the first time and to Him you have been returned-  Muhammad Abdel Haleem

7  And they will say to their skins: Why bore you witness against us? They will say: We were given speech by God Who gave speech to all things. And He created you the first time and to Him you will be returned.  Dr.Leila Bakhtiar

8  And they say unto their skins: Why testify ye against us? They say: Allah hath given us speech Who giveth speech to all things, and Who created you at the first, and unto Whom ye are returned.  Marmaduke Pickthall

9  And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allah , who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.  Sahih Int.

10  They will say to their skins: "Why bear ye witness against us?" They will say: "(Allah) hath given us speech,- (He) Who giveth speech to everything: He created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye to return.  Yusuf Ali

11  and they will say to their skins, "why do you testify against us?" they will say, "Allah made us speak, the one who makes speak every thing; and he created you (the) first time, and to him you will be returned."  Word by Word