Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And by the begetter and what he begot!

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَۙ
Wawalidin wama walad
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1wawālidinAnd the begetterولد
2wamāand what
3waladahe begotولد
  • Aisha Bewley

    and by a father and what he fathered,

  • Progressive Muslims

    And a father and what he begets.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And where your ancestors have multiplied. (A Sanctuary for peace for everyone).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And by the begetter and what he begot!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And a father and what he begets.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    A father and what he begets.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The begetting and the begotten.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And the parent and the offspring,

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

    And the father and that which was born ,

  • Muhammad Asad

    and parent and offspring:

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And the begetter and that which he begat,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and I swear by the parent and his offspring:

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And I swear by the father –Adam- or –Ibrahim (Abraham)- and what he procreated:

  • Bijan Moeinian

    You (Mohammad) are not responsible for the behavior of neither the parents nor the sons of anyone.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    and by every parent and ˹their˺ child!

  • Taqi Usmani

    and by the father and all those he begot,

  • Abdul Haleem

    by parent and offspring,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    by the begetter, and that he begot,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Nor by the begetter and what he begets!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And the (mystic ties) of Parent and Child!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And (I swear) (by) the begetter and what he begot.

  • George Sale

    and by the begetter, and that which He hath begotten;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And (with the ties of) parent and child;

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And (I cite as witness your) father (- Abraham) and (his exalted) son (- Ismâîl).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    by the father and him whom he begot: