Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And among His proofs is that the heaven and the earth stand by His command; then when He calls you with a call, from the earth will you then come forth!

وَمِنْ اٰيَاتِه۪ٓ اَنْ تَقُومَ السَّمَٓاءُ وَالْاَرْضُ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ ثُمَّ اِذَا دَعَاكُمْ دَعْوَةً مِنَ الْاَرْضِ اِذَٓا اَنْتُمْ تَخْرُجُونَ
Wamin ayatihi an taqooma assamaowal-ardu bi-amrihi thumma itha daAAakumdaAAwatan mina al-ardi itha antum takhrujoon
#wordmeaningroot
1waminAnd among
2āyātihiHis Signsايي
3an(is) that
4taqūmastandsقوم
5l-samāuthe heavensسمو
6wal-arḍuand the earthارض
7bi-amrihiby His Commandامر
8thummaThen
9idhāwhen
10daʿākumHe calls youدعو
11daʿwatan(with) a callدعو
12minafrom
13l-arḍithe earthارض
14idhābehold
15antumYou
16takhrujūnawill come forthخرج
  • Aisha Bewley

    Among His Signs is that heaven and earth hold firm by His command. Then, when He calls you forth from the earth, you will emerge at once.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And from His signs is that the heavens and the Earth will rise by His command. Then, when He calls you forth from the Earth, you will come out.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And among His Signs is this: The Sky and the Earth stand by His Command. In the end, when He will call you forth with a single call, behold, you will emerge from the earth.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And among His proofs is that the heaven and the earth stand by His command; then when He calls you with a call, from the earth will you then come forth!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And from His signs is that the heavens and the earth will rise by His command. Then, when He calls you forth from the earth, you will come out.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    From His signs is that the heavens and the earth will rise by His command. Then, when He calls you forth from the earth, you will come out.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Among His proofs is that the heaven and the earth are standing at His disposal. Finally, when He calls you out of the earth, one call, you will immediately come out.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Another of His signs is that the heavens and the earth stay in position by His command; and then when He will call you once you will come out of the earth.

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

    And of His signs is that the heaven and earth remain by His command. Then when He calls you with a call from the earth, immediately you will come forth.

  • Muhammad Asad

    And among His wonders is this: the skies and the earth stand firm at His behest. in the end, when He will call you forth from the earth with a single call - lo! you will emerge .

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And of His signs is this: The heavens and the earth stand fast by His command, and afterward, when He calleth you, lo! from the earth ye will emerge.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    And of His Signs is that the sky and the earth stand firm by His command. Then no sooner than He summons you out of the earth you will come forth.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And among His marvels is the stability of the heavens and the earth and the precision* with which they perform at Allah's command (moons regions, spheres, celestial bodies galaxies and realms of space describing their orbits, each in its own path suspended in the immense expanse by the invisible force which you cannot see) This is besides the fact that when He summons you -people- to appear before Him for Judgement you emerge from the graves in response to His command.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Among His proof is the continuous functioning of the creation by His order. As soon as God summons you with one call from the earth, you will all rush to meet your Lord.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And among His Signs is that the heaven and the earth stand by His Command. Then afterwards when He will call you by a single call, behold, you will come out from the earth (i.e. from your graves for reckoning and recompense).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And among His Signs is this, that heaven and earth stand by His Command: then when He calls you, by a single call, from the earth, behold, ye (straightway) come forth.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And one of His signs is that the heavens and the earth persist by His command. Then when He calls you out of the earth just once, you will instantly come forth.

  • Taqi Usmani

    And it is among His signs that the sky and the earth stand firm by His command. Then, when He will call you from the earth, by a single call, you will be coming out all at once.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Among His signs, too, is the fact that the heavens and the earth stand firm by His command. In the end, you will all emerge when He calls you from the earth.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    And of His signs is that the heaven and earth stand firm by His command; then, when He calls you once and suddenly, out of the earth, lo you shall come forth.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And of His signs is this, that the heavens and the earth stand by His order; then when He calls you from the earth, lo! ye shall come forth.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And one of His signs is this, that He shows you the lightning for fear and for hope, and sends down water from the clouds thereby quickens the earth after its death; herein, indeed, are signs for a people who understand.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And of His signs is that the heaven and the earth come upright by His Command; thereafter when He calls you (His) call out of the earth, only then you will come (Literally: go out) out (of it).

  • George Sale

    And of his signs this also is one, namely, that the heaven and the earth stand firm at his command: Hereafter, when He shall call you out of the earth at one summons, behold, ye shall come forth.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And among His Signs is this that heaven and earth stand by His Order: Then when He call you, by a single call, behold, you shall come up from the earth.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And (it is one) of His signs that the heavens and the earth stand firm by His command. Then as soon as He calls you forth from the earth by a single call, behold you will come forth all at once and suddenly

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    And of His signs is that the sky and the earth stand by His command, and then, when He calls you forth from the earth, behold, you will come forth.