Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | Will you invoke Baal and forsake [God,] the best of artisans |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | "Will ye call upon Baal and forsake the Best of Creators, | |
Shakir | | What! do you call upon Ba'l and forsake the best of the creators | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | Do you call on Baal and abandon the Best of Creators | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | Will you call to Baal and forsake the fairer of ones who are the creators, | |
| T.B.Irving | | Do you appeal to Baal and ignore the Best Creator, | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | Do you call upon ˹the idol of˺ Ba’l and abandon the Best of Creators— | |
| Safi Kaskas | | Do you call upon Baal and leave the best of creators, | |
| Abdul Hye | | Will you call upon Bal (idol) and forsake the best of creators, | |
| The Study Quran | | Do you call upon Baal and leave the most beautiful of creators | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | "Would you call on Ba'al and forsake the best Creator" | |
Abdel Haleem | | How can you invoke Baal and forsake the Most Gracious Creator | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Call ye upon Bal and forsake the Best of creators | |
Ahmed Ali | | Would you call on Baal and leave the best of creators | |
Aisha Bewley | | Do you call on Baal and abandon the Best of Creators? | |
Ali Ünal | | "Will you continue to invoke Ba‘l (as deity) and forsake the Creator Who creates everything in the best and most appropriate form and has the ultimate rank of creativity &ndash | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | Do you invoke Baal and abandon the best of creators | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | "What! Do you call upon Baal and forsake the best of Creators | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | Do you invoke Bacl, and leave out The Fairest of creators | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | Do you worship Ba`al and abandon the Best Creator | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | Do you invoke Ba‘l, and ignore the Best of the creators | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | You call upon Ba'l, and disregard the Best of creators | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | "Will you call upon the false god (Baal) and give up the Best of Creators&mdash | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | Do you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators | |
Farook Malik | | Would you invoke Bal (their invented god) and forsake the best of the Creator | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | "Do you pray to (the idol) ´Baal´ (a bull believed to be a god of fertility) while you quit (worshipping) the Best of the creators?" | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | Will you invoke Ba’l (proper name of a chief idol) and forsake the Better of the creators | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | Do you call on Baal, and forsake the Best of creators | |
Maududi | | Do you call upon Baal and forsake the Best of the Creators | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | do you call on Baal and you abandon best of the creators | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | “Will you call upon Baal and abandon the Best of Creators | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | How can you worship Baal and turn your back on the best Creator? | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | "Would you call on Ba'al and forsake the best Creator? | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | "Do you pray to Ba'l (idol worshipped by Elias' people) and forsake the Best of the creators — " | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | He said: “How do you dare to worship an idol known as Ba’al instead of the Supreme Creator?&rdquo | |
| Faridul Haque | | “What! You worship Baal (an idol) and leave the Best Creator?” | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | Do you call on Ba'lan (the idol Baal) and abandon the Best Creator | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | Do you call upon Ba’l and forsake the Best of the creators | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | Do you call an idol statue/master , and you leave the creator's best | |
Sher Ali | | `Do you call on Ba`l and forsake the Best of creators | |
Rashad Khalifa | | "Do you worship a statue, instead of the Supreme Creator? | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | Do you worship Baal and leave the Best Creator? | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | `Do you call upon Ba`l (- the sun-god), and forsake the Best Creator | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | Do you worship (the idol named) Ba‘l and turn away from the Best of creators | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | "Will you call upon Bal (a well- known idol of his nation whom they used to worship) and forsake the Best of creators | |
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
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| Linda “iLHam” Barto | | “Will you call upon Baal and forsake the Best of Creators? | |
| Sayyid Qutb | | How can you invoke Baal and forsake the best of creators, | |
| Ahmed Hulusi | | “Do you worship Baal (a statue with four faces made of gold) and abandon the most beautiful of creators?” | |
| Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli | | Do you call on Ba l and abandon the best of the creators? | |
| Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim | | "Do you invoke the idol Ba'l (Baal), he asked, "and neglect the Supreme Creator!" | |
| Mir Aneesuddin | | Why do you pray to Baal (the false sun god presumed by you) and forsake (Allah) the Best of proportioners? | |
