50. Surah Qaf, Verse 43
— It is We who give life, and We give death; and to Us is the journey’s end —
Translations
Notes
Aisha Bewley
It is We who give life and cause to die and We are their final destination.
Progressive Muslims
We are the Ones who give life and bring death, and to Us is the destiny.
Shabbir Ahmed
Verily, it is We Who grant life and dispense death, and unto us is the destination. (8:42).
Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
— It is We who give life, and We give death; and to Us is the journey’s end —
The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
We are the Ones who give life and bring death, and to Us is the destiny.
Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament
We are the ones who control life and death; to us is the final destiny.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
We are the one who give life and death, and to Us will be the destination.
Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination
Muhammad Asad
Verily, it is We who grant life and deal death; and with Us will be all journeys’ end
Marmaduke Pickthall
Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying.
Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary
Surely it is We Who give life and cause death, and to Us shall all return
Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab
It is We who give life and inspirit the property of animate existence, and occasion death and deprive of animate existence, and to Us shall all return.
Bijan Moeinian
It is I (God) who give life and death and to Me you will all return on that Day.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Verily, We it is Who give life and cause death; and to Us is the final return.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Final Goal-
Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran
It is certainly We Who give life and cause death. And to Us is the final return.
Taqi Usmani
Surely We alone give life and bring death, and to Us is the final return
Abdul Haleem
It is We who give life and death; the final return will be to Us
Arthur John Arberry
It is We who give life, and make to die, and to Us is the homecoming.
E. Henry Palmer
Verily, we quicken and we kill, and unto us the journey is!
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely We give life and cause to die, and to Us is the final destination (or goal).
Mahmoud Ghali
Surely We, Ever We, give life and make to die, and to Us is the Destiny.
George Sale
We give life, and We cause to die; and unto Us shall be the return of all creatures:
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Surely, it is We Who give life and cause death; And to Us is the Final Return—
Amatul Rahman Omar
It is We Who give life and cause death and to Us is the (final) return (of all).
Ali Quli Qarai
Indeed it is We who give life and bring death, and toward Us is the destination.