Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration Arabic الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُور Transliteration Allath ee khalaqa almawta waa lh aya ta liyabluwakum ayyukum ah sanu AAamalan wahuwa alAAazeezu alghafooru Transliteration-2 alladhī khalaqa l-mawta wal-ḥayata liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalan wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ghafūr Word for Word The One Who created death and life that He may test you, which of you (is) best (in) deed. And He (is) the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving.
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning Muhammad Asad He who has created death as well as life, so that He might put you to a test [and thus show] which of you is best in conduct, and [make you realize that] He alone is almighty, truly forgiving M. M. Pickthall Who hath created life and death that He may try you which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) He Who created Death and Life, that He may try which of you is best in deed: and He is the Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving; Shakir Who created death and life that He may try you-- which of you is best in deeds; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving Wahiduddin Khan He created death and life so that He might test you, and find out which of you is best in conduct. He is the Mighty, the Most Forgiving One Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar He Who created death and this life that He try you as to which of you is fairer in action. And He is The Almighty, The Forgiving, T.B.Irving the One Who created death and life, so He may test which of you is finest in action. He is the Powerful, the Forgiving, The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab ˹He is the One˺ Who created death and life in order to test which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Almighty, All-Forgiving. Safi Kaskas He who created death and life to test you as to which of you is best in deed. He is the Almighty, the Forgiving, Abdul Hye The One (Allah) who has created death and life, so that He may test you (to find out) which of you are best in deed. And He is the All-Mighty, the Forgiving The Study Quran Who created death and life that He may try you as to which of you is most virtuous in deed, and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving [The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) The One who created death and life, that He may test you, which of you will do better works He is the Noble, the Forgiving Abdel Haleem who created death and life to test you [people] and reveal which of you does best––He is the Mighty, the Forgiving Abdul Majid Daryabadi Who hath created death and life that He might prove you, as to which of you is excellent in work. And He is the Mighty, the Forgiver Ahmed Ali Who created death and life in order to try you to see who of you are best of deed. He is all-mighty and forgiving Aisha Bewley He who created death and life to test which of you is best in action. He is the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving. Ali Ünal He Who has created death and life, so that He may try you (and demonstrate to yourselves) which of you is better in deeds; and He is the All-Glorious with irresistible might (Whose will none can frustrate), the All-Forgiving (Who forgives many of His servants’ sins so that they learn from being tested) Ali Quli Qara'i He, who created death and life that He may test you [to see] which of you is best in conduct. And He is the All-mighty, the All-forgiving Hamid S. Aziz Who created death and life that He may try you as to which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Who created death and life to try you, whichever of you is fairest in deeds; and He is The Ever-Mighty, The Ever-Forgiving Muhammad Sarwar It is He who has created death and life to put you to the test and see which of you is most virtuous in your deeds. He is Majestic and All-forgiving Muhammad Taqi Usmani the One who created death and life, so that He may test you as to which of you is better in his deeds. And He is the All-Mighty, the Most- Forgiving Shabbir Ahmed He has created death and life to distinguish for yourselves who would do better. The Almighty, the Absolver of imperfections, has designed this System in His Infinite Wisdom Syed Vickar Ahamed He Who created Death and Life, that He may test which of you is best in deed: And He is the Almighty (Al-Aziz), the Often Forgiving (Al-Ghafoor) Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) [He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving Farook Malik The One Who created death and life, so that He may put you to test, to find out which of you is best in deeds: He is the All-Mighty, the All-Forgiving Dr. Munir Munshey (Blessed is) the One Who created the death and life, so He may try and test you; which of you performs the better deeds. He is the most Powerful, and the most Kind Dr. Kamal Omar That One Who created the death and the life, so that He may test you which one of you remained better in performance. And He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving Talal A. Itani (new translation) He who created death and life—to test you—as to which of you is better in conduct. He is the Almighty, the Forgiving Maududi Who created death and life that He might try you as to which of you is better in deed. He is the Most Mighty, the Most Forgiving Ali Bakhtiari Nejad The One who created the death and the life to test which one of you does better work. And He is the powerful, the forgiving A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) He Who created death and life, that He may make evident which of you is best in conduct, and He is the Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving Musharraf Hussain He created death and life to test you – who among you is best in good works. He is the Almighty, the Forgiver; [The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) The One who has created death and life, that He may test you, which of you will do better works? He is the Noble, the Forgiving Mohammad Shafi The One Who has created the death and the life to test which of you is good in conduct. And He is the One Omnipotent, Forgiving
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works Bijan Moeinian God has created the phenomena of death and life in order to see what kind of good deeds man will accomplish. God is Almighty and Forgiving Faridul Haque The One Who created death and life to test you - who among you has the better deeds; and He only is the Most Honourable, the Oft Forgiving Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah who created death and life that He might examine which of you is best in deeds, and He is the Almighty, the Forgiving Maulana Muhammad Ali Who created death and life that He might try you -- which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Mighty, the Forgiving Muhammad Ahmed - Samira Who created the death/lifelessness and the life to test you which of you (is) better (in) deeds, and He is the glorious/mighty , the forgiving Sher Ali Who has created death and life that HE might try you -which of you is best in deeds; and HE is the Mighty, the Most Forgiving Rashad Khalifa The One who created death and life for the purpose of distinguishing those among you who would do better. He is the Almighty, the Forgiving. Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) He, Who has created death and life that He might test you, as to whose work, is excellent among you. And He is the Esteemed one the Forgiving. Amatul Rahman Omar It is He Who has created death and life so that He may reward you (after trying you as to) which of you excels in doing good deeds. He is the All-Mighty, the Great Protector Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri He Who has created death and life (so that) He may test you as to which of you is best in conduct. And He is Almighty, Most Forgiving Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali Who has created death and life, that He may test you which of you is best in deed. And He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works Arthur John Arberry who created death and life, that He might try you which of you is fairest in works; and He is the All-mighty, the All-forgiving - Edward Henry Palmer Who created death and life, to try you, which of you does best; for He is the mighty, the forgiving George Sale Who hath created death and life, that He might prove you, which of you is most righteous in his actions: And He is mighty, and ready to forgive John Medows Rodwell Who hath created death and life to prove which of you will be most righteous in deed; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving N J Dawood (2014) who created death and life that He might put you to the proof as to which of you acquitted themselves best. He is the Almighty, the Forgiving One
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress Linda “iLHam” Barto He created death and life so He may test which among you are best in deeds. He is the Victorious, the Most Forgiving. Ahmed Hulusi It is HU who created life and death to reveal which of you is best in deed. He is the Aziz, the Ghafur. Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim It is He Who created death and life from nothingness in order to try you and to determine which of you performs the better deed, and whether his deeds agree with his words and whether his works are imprinted with wisdom and piety; He is AL-Aziz (Almighty) and AL-Ghafur (Forgiving Mir Aneesuddin Who created death and life to test you (as to) which of you is best in deeds, and He is the Mighty, the Protectively Forgiving,
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