Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Is then He not able to give life to the dead?

اَلَيْسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتٰى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAalaan yuhyiya almawta
#wordmeaningroot
1alaysaIs notليس
2dhālika[that]
3biqādirin(He) Ableقدر
4ʿalā[over]
5anto
6yuḥ'yiyagive lifeحيي
7l-mawtā(to) the deadموت
  • Aisha Bewley

    Is He who does this not able to bring the dead to life?

  • Progressive Muslims

    Is One as such then not able to resurrect the dead

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Is not He, then, Able to bring the dead to life?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Is then He not able to give life to the dead?

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Is One as such then not able to resurrect the dead?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Is One as such then not able to resurrect the dead?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Is He then unable to revive the dead?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Cannot such as He bring the dead to life?

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

    Is not that Able to give life to the dead?

  • Muhammad Asad

    Is not He, then; able to bring the dead back to life?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Does He, then, not have the power to bring back the dead to life?*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Absolute as He is, Will He not be able to raise the dead when all creation is His?

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Is not the same Creator able to bring the dead.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Is not He (Allâh Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Is such ˹a Creator˺ unable to bring the dead back to life?

  • Taqi Usmani

    Has He no power to give life to the dead?

  • Abdul Haleem

    Does He who can do this not have the power to bring the dead back to life?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    What, is He not able to quicken the dead?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Is not He able to quicken the dead?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Is not He able to give life to the dead?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Is He (Literally: That) not (always) Determiner over giving life to the dead?

  • George Sale

    Is not he who hath done this able to quicken the dead?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Does He not have, the Power to give life to the dead?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Has not such a One (Who creates from an inanimate source) the power of raising the (physically and spiritually) dead to life.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Is not such a one able to revive the dead?