Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

By the sky full of constellations!

وَالسَّمَٓاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِۙ
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#wordmeaningroot
1wal-samāiBy the skyسمو
2dhāticontaining
3l-burūjithe constellationsبرج
  • Aisha Bewley

    By Heaven with its Houses of the Zodiac,

  • Progressive Muslims

    By the universe laden with towers.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    The sky full of constellations stands witness.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    By the sky full of constellations!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    By the heaven laden with towers.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    By the universe laden with galaxies.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The sky and its galaxies.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    I CALL TO witness the sky (bespangled) with the signs of the Zodiac,

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

    By the sky containing great stars

  • Muhammad Asad

    CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    By the heaven with its impregnable castles;*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    By the heaven that has been furnished with Zodiacal Signs,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    I (God) swear by the galaxies.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    By the heaven holding the big stars.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    By the sky full of constellations,

  • Taqi Usmani

    I swear by the sky, the one having stellar formations,

  • Abdul Haleem

    By the sky with its towering constellations,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    By heaven of the constellations,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    By the heaven with its zodiacal signs!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    By the heaven with its zodiacal signs!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And (by) the heaven comprising the constellations,

  • George Sale

    By the heaven adorned with signs;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    I call to witness the starry spangles of the sky,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    By the sky with its houses,