Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And the angels on its sides; and there will bear the Throne of thy Lord above them, that day, eight.

وَالْمَلَكُ عَلٰٓى اَرْجَٓائِهَاۜ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌۜ
Walmalaku AAala arja-ihawayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-ithin thamaniya
#wordmeaningroot
1wal-malakuAnd the Angelsملك
2ʿalā(will be) on
3arjāihāits edgesرجو
4wayaḥmiluand will bearحمل
5ʿarsha(the) Throneعرش
6rabbika(of) your Lordربب
7fawqahumabove themفوق
8yawma-idhinthat Day
9thamāniyatuneightثمن
  • Aisha Bewley

    The angels will be gathered round its edge. On that Day, eight will bear the Throne of their Lord above their heads.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And the Angels will be on its borders, and the throne of your Lord will be carried above them by eight.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And the Divine Laws in Nature will rally around and your Lord's Supreme Control will reign over eight Universes that Day. (Instead of the current seven).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And the angels on its sides; and there will bear the Throne of thy Lord above them, that day, eight.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And the angels will be on its borders; and the Throne of your Lord will be carried, above them on that Day, by eight.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The controllers will be on its borders, and the throne of your Lord will be carried above them by eight.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The angels will be all around, and Your Lord's dominion will then encompass eight (universes).,

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    On its fringes will be angels, eight of them, bearing their Lord's throne aloft.

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

    And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight .

  • Muhammad Asad

    and the angels at its ends, and, above them, eight will bear aloft on that Day the throne of thy Sustainer’s almightiness…

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and the angels will stand on the sides, with eight of them bearing aloft the Throne of your Lord on that Day.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And the angels now standing in attention, high will eight of them carry your Creator's throne.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Man then will be at awe with the presence of His Lord accompanied by eight most honorable angles; a Solomon occasion like a King ascending on His Throne.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

  • Taqi Usmani

    And the angels will be on its borders. And on that Day, the Throne of your Lord will be carried above them by eight (angels).

  • Abdul Haleem

    The angels will be on all sides of it and, on that Day, eight of them will bear the throne of your Lord above them.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and the angels shall stand upon its borders, and upon that day eight shall carry above them the Throne of thy Lord.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and the angels upon the sides thereof; and above them on that day shall eight bear the throne of thy Lord!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear the Throne of their Lord that Day.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And the (commanded) Angels will be upon its dimensions, and upon that Day eight will bear above them the Throne of your Lord.

  • George Sale

    And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and eight shall bear the throne of thy Lord above them, on that day.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And the angels will be on its (the sky) sides, and on that Day eight (angels) will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And the angels will be (standing) on all sides (of the heaven) and eight (divine powers) will on that day be above them bearing the Throne of Power of your Lord.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and the angels will be all over it, and the Throne of your Lord will be borne that day by eight .