Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

But God is behind them, encompassing.

وَاللّٰهُ مِنْ وَرَٓائِهِمْ مُح۪يطٌۚ
Wallahu min wara-ihimmuheet
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  • Aisha Bewley

    while Allah is encircling them from behind.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And God after them is encompassing.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    But Allah surrounds them without them conceiving it. ('Minwwaraihim' = From behind them = Without them conceiving it).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    But God is behind them, encompassing.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    AndGod after them is encompassing.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    God, after them, is Encompassing.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    GOD is fully aware of them.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    But God surrounds them from all sides.

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

    While Allah encompasses them from behind.

  • Muhammad Asad

    but all the while God encompasses them without their being aware of it.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    although Allah surrounds them.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Allah hangs on their rear and besets them on all sides.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    … the disease of "denial" and God is fully aware of their situation.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And Allâh encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    But Allah doth encompass them from behind!

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    But Allah encompasses them from all sides.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Allah has encompassed them from all sides.

  • Abdul Haleem

    God surrounds them all.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and God is behind them, encompassing.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    but God is behind them - encompassing!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    But Allah is behind them - encompassing!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And Allah is beyond them Supremely Encompassing.

  • George Sale

    But God encompasseth them behind, that they cannot escape.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And Allah does overtake them from behind!

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And Allâh encompasses (them from all sides, ) from behind (and from in front of) them (to punish them).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and Allah besieges them from all around.