Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“And God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him; this is a straight path.”

وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ رَبّ۪ي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُۜ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَق۪يمٌ
Wa-inna Allaha rabbee warabbukum faAAbudoohuhatha siratun mustaqeem
#wordmeaningroot
1wa-innaAnd indeed
2l-lahaAllah
3rabbī(is) my Lordربب
4warabbukumand your Lordربب
5fa-uʿ'budūhuso worship Himعبد
6hādhāThis
7ṣirāṭun(is) a pathصرط
8mus'taqīmunstraightقوم
  • Aisha Bewley

    ‘Allah is my Lord and your Lord so worship Him. This is a straight path.’

  • Progressive Muslims

    And God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him. This is a straight path.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And (Jesus always said), "Verily, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him alone. This is the Straight Path."

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “And God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him; this is a straight path.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him. This is a straight path.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him. This is a straight path.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    He also proclaimed, "GOD is my Lord and your Lord; you shall worship Him alone. This is the right path.",

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    (Jesus only said:) "Surely God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is the straight path."

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

    , "And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."

  • Muhammad Asad

    And : "Verily, God is my Sustainer as well as your Sustainer; so worship Him: this (alone is a straight way. "

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So serve Him. That is the right path.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    (Jesus had said): "Indeed Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him alone. This is the Straight Way."*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    "Allah is my Creator and your Creator", Isa continued, "He exacts obedience and submission from the whole and from all in all, and so worship him with appropriate acts and rites, for this is the path of righteousness leading directly to Him".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Know that (as Jesus said:) "God is my Lord and your Lord (John 17. ) Worship him alone (Luke 8), this is the right path."

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    : "And verily Allâh is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him (Alone). That is the Straight Path. (Allâh’s religion of Islâmic Monotheism which He did ordain for all of His Prophets)."

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve ye: this is a Way that is straight.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    ˹Jesus also declared,˺ "Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him ˹alone˺. This is the Straight Path."

  • Taqi Usmani

    And (O Prophet, say to the people,) "Allah is surely my Lord and your Lord. So, worship Him. This is the straight path."

  • Abdul Haleem

    ‘God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him: that is a straight path.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Surely God is my Lord, and your Lord; So serve you Him. This is a straight path.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and, verily, God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him; this is the right way.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    It befits not the Majesty of Allah that he should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He decrees a matter He only says to it, "BE," and it is.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight Path."

  • George Sale

    And verily God is my Lord, and your Lord; wherefore serve Him: This is the right way.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "And surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord: Him (Alone,) you therefore worship (and serve): This is the Straight Path. "

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    (Jesus said), `Surely, Allâh is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him (alone). This is the exact right path.'

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    ‘Indeed Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him. This is a straight path.’