Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Then do I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are able

فَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ اِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَۙ
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqiwalmagharibi inna laqadiroon
#wordmeaningroot
1falāBut nay
2uq'simuI swearقسم
3birabbiby (the) Lordربب
4l-mashāriqi(of) the risingsشرق
5wal-maghāribiand the settingsغرب
6innāthat We
7laqādirūna(are) surely Ableقدر
  • Aisha Bewley

    No! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and Wests that We have the power

  • Progressive Muslims

    So I swear by the Lord of the east and the west that We are able.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    But nay! I call to Witness the Lord of all points in the East and all points in the West, behold, We are Able -

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Then do I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are able

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    So I do swear by the Lord of the east and the west, that We are able.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    So I swear by the Lord of the east and the west that We are able.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    I solemnly swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests; we are able -

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    So I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able

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

    So I swear by the Lord of risings and settings that indeed We are able

  • Muhammad Asad

    But nay! I call to witness the Sustainer of all the points of sunrise and sunset: verily, well able are We

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We have the power

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    I swear by the Creator of all eastern cardinal points near which the sun rises in its apparent passage through the signs of the Zodiac and the Creator of all the western cardinal points lying opposite those in the east and near which the sun sets, that We are able to effect any changes at will;

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Your Lord solemnly swears that as He is able to make the stars to rise and to die, …

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    So I swear by the Lord of all the points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west that surely We are Able

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly-

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    So, I do swear by the Lord of ˹all˺ the points of sunrise and sunset that We are truly capable

  • Taqi Usmani

    So, I swear by the Lord of the points of sunrise and those of sunset, We are powerful

  • Abdul Haleem

    and, by the Lord of every sunrise and sunset, We have the power

  • Arthur John Arberry

    No! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and Wests, surely We are able

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And I need not swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests; verily, we are able

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    But nay! I swear by (or call to witness) the Lord of all points of the rising and setting places East and West that We are certainly Able

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Yet no, I swear by The Lord of the easts and the wests; surely We are indeed (the) Determiners.

  • George Sale

    I swear by the Lord of the east and of the west, that We are able to destroy them,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    But now, I swear by the Lord of (every point in) the Easts' and the Wests' that We can certainly—

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    But nay! I call to witness the Lord of the easts and the wests. We are certainly Powerful

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    So I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We are able