Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

He is it who originates, and He repeats.

اِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُع۪يدُۚ
Innahu huwa yubdi-o wayuAAeed
#wordmeaningroot
1innahuIndeed He
2huwaHe
3yub'di-uoriginatesبدا
4wayuʿīduand repeatsعود
  • Aisha Bewley

    He originates and regenerates.

  • Progressive Muslims

    It is He who initiates and then returns.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Behold, He it is Who originates (life) and then makes again and again.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    He is it who originates, and He repeats.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    It is He who initiates and then returns.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    It is He who initiates and then returns.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    He is the One who initiates and repeats.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    It is verily He who initiates and repeats.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Indeed, it is He who originates and repeats.

  • Muhammad Asad

    Behold, it is He who creates in the first instance, and He will bring him forth anew.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    He it is Who creates for the first time and He it is Who will create again,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    It is He Who creates and re-creates all along,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Your Creator is the One Who creates and then let his creation to reproduce itself and go through the evolutionary process.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life).

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    ˹For˺ He is certainly the One Who originates and resurrects ˹all˺.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Surely He originates (creation) and repeats (it after death).

  • Abdul Haleem

    it is He who brings people to life, and will restore them to life again––

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Surely it is He who originates, and brings again,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Verily, He produces and returns,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Verily, it is He who creates and restores,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Surely He, Ever He, starts and He brings (you) back.

  • George Sale

    He createth, and He restoreth to life:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    It is He Who originates and continues reproducing.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    It is indeed He who originates and brings back again,