Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

When his Lord said to him: “Submit thou,” he said: “I have submitted to the Lord of All Creation.”

اِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُٓ اَسْلِمْۙ قَالَ اَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ
Ith qala lahu rabbuhu aslim qalaaslamtu lirabbi alAAalameen
#wordmeaningroot
1idhWhen
2qālasaidقول
3lahuto him
4rabbuhuhis Lordربب
5aslimSubmit (yourself)سلم
6qālahe saidقول
7aslamtuI (have) submitted (myself)سلم
8lirabbito (the) Lordربب
9l-ʿālamīna(of) the worldsعلم
  • Aisha Bewley

    When his Lord said to him, ‘Become a Muslim!’ he said, ‘I am a Muslim who has submitted to the Lord of all the worlds. ’

  • Progressive Muslims

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  • Shabbir Ahmed

    When his Lord said unto him, "Surrender!" He said without hesitation, "I have surrendered unto the Lord of the Worlds. "

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    When his Lord said to him: “Submit thou,” he said: “I have submitted to the Lord of All Creation.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    When his Lord said to him: "Submit," he said: "I submit to the Lord of the worlds."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    When his Lord said to him, "Peacefully surrender," he said, "I peacefully surrender to the Lord of the worlds."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    When his Lord said to him, "Submit," he said, "I submit to the Lord of the universe."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Who will turn away from the creed of Abraham but one dull of soul? We made him the chosen one here in the world, and one of the best in the world to come,

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

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  • Muhammad Asad

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  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    When his Lord said unto him: Surrender! he said: I have surrendered to the Lord of the Worlds.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Such was Abraham that when his Lord said to him: "Submit,"* he said: “I have submitted to the Lord of the Universe.”

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    When Allah said to him: "Conform your will to Mine", he answered: "I vow to resign myself to Allah, Creator of the universe, and conform my will to His blessed will".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    When Abraham’s Lord said to him: "Be a Muslim (submit yourself. )", he replied: “I am now a Muslim (Submitter) to the Lord of the worlds.”

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

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  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    When his Lord ordered him, "Submit ˹to My Will˺," he responded, “I submit to the Lord of all worlds.”

  • Taqi Usmani

    When his Lord said to him, "Submit!" He said, “I submit myself to the Lord of all the worlds.”

  • Abdul Haleem

    His Lord said to him, ‘Devote yourself to Me.’ Abraham replied, ‘I devote myself to the Lord of the Universe,’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    When his Lord said to him, 'Surrender,' he said, 'I have surrendered me to the Lord of all Being. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    When his Lord said to him, 'Be resigned,' he said, 'I am resigned unto the Lord of the worlds. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Behold! His Lord said to him, "Surrender" he said, "I have surrendered unto the Lord of the worlds. "

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    As his Lord said to him, "Surrender, " (i. e., be muslim) he said, "I have surrendered to The Lord of the worlds."

  • George Sale

    When his Lord said unto him, resign thy self unto me; he answered, I have resigned my self unto the Lord of all creatures.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

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  • Amatul Rahman Omar

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