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Muhammad Asad   
Say: “Who is it that sustains the seven heavens and is enthroned in His awesome almightiness?”
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹And˺ ask ˹them˺, “Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Mighty Throne?”
Safi Kaskas   
Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Mighty Throne?"

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Arabic   
قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيم
Transliteration (2021)   
qul man rabbu l-samāwāti l-sabʿi warabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīm
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Say, "Who (is the) Lord (of) the heavens seven and (the) Lord (of) the Throne the Great?"

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Say: “Who is it that sustains the seven heavens and is enthroned in His awesome almightiness?”
M. M. Pickthall   
Say: Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the Tremendous Throne
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹And˺ ask ˹them˺, “Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Mighty Throne?”
Safi Kaskas   
Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Mighty Throne?"
Wahiduddin Khan   
Say, Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and of the Glorious Throne
Shakir   
Say: Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the mighty dominion
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Say: Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Sublime Throne?
T.B.Irving   
SAY: "Who is Lord of the Seven Heavens and Lord of the splendid Throne?"
Abdul Hye   
Say: “Who is the Lord of the 7 heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?”
The Study Quran   
Say, “Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the great Throne?
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Say: “Who is the Nourisher-Sustainer of the seven (many) heavens, and (the) Nourisher-Sustainer of the Great throne?”
Farook Malik   
Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Glorious Throne?"
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
Say, 'Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the Splendid Throne?'
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Say, "Who is The Lord of the seven heavens and The Lord of the Ever-Magnificent Throne ?"
Muhammad Sarwar   
Ask them, "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Great Throne?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Say, .Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Great Throne?
Shabbir Ahmed   
Say, "Who is the Sustainer of the seven heavens and Lord of the Tremendous Throne?" (16:49), (42:29)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Ask them, "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and who is the Lord of the Mighty Throne?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the Throne Supreme (Rab-ul-Arsh-ul-Azeem)?"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven universes and the Lord of the great throne"
Abdel Haleem   
Say, ‘Who is the Lord of the seven heavens? Who is the Lord of the Mighty Throne?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Say thou: who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the mighty throne
Ahmed Ali   
Say: "Then who is the Lord of the seven skies? And who is the Lord of the mighty Throne?"
Aisha Bewley   
Say: ´Who is the Lord of the Seven Heavens and the Lord of the Mighty Throne?´
Ali Ünal   
Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Supreme Throne (He Who rules the whole universe and sustains all that live in it)?"
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Say, ‘Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Great Throne?’
Hamid S. Aziz   
Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the Mighty Throne?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Say: who is the Master of the seven skies and the Master of the great throne
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Say, “Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the throne of glory supreme?
Musharraf Hussain   
Say: “Who is the Lord of the Seven Heavens and the Lord of the Mighty Throne?”
Maududi   
Ask them: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, the Lord of the Great Throne?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the great Throne?
Mohammad Shafi   
Ask, "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the mighty Throne?"

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Say you, 'Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of Great Throne'.
Rashad Khalifa   
Say, "Who is the Lord of the seven universes; the Lord of the great dominion?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Say: 'Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and of the Great Throne?
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Say: Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the mighty Throne of power
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
Say: "Who (is) the seven skies' Lord, and the great throne's Lord?"
Bijan Moeinian   
Ask them: “Who is the Creator of the seven universes and the Lord of the Great dominion?”
Faridul Haque   
Say, "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the Tremendous Throne?"
Sher Ali   
Say, `Who is the Lord of the seven Heavens, and the Lord of the Great Throne?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Ask (them): ‘Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Mighty Throne (i.e., the Sovereign Authority of the entire universe)?
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Say, `Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Great Throne (of power)?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Say: "Who is (the) Lord of the seven heavens, and (the) Lord of the Great Throne?"

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Say: 'Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the mighty Throne?
George Sale   
Say, who is the Lord, of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the magnificent throne
Edward Henry Palmer   
Say, 'Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the mighty throne?
John Medows Rodwell   
SAY: Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the glorious throne
N J Dawood (2014)   
Say: ‘Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and of the Glorious Throne?‘

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Say, “Who is the Lord of the seven skies? Who is the Lord of the Supreme Throne [of Heaven]?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
SAY: "Who is Lord of the Seven Heavens and Lord of the splendid Throne?"
Sayyid Qutb   
Say: 'Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the Supreme Throne?'
Ahmed Hulusi   
Say, “Who is the Rabb of the seven heavens and Mighty Throne?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Say: 'Who is the Lord of the Seven Heavens, and the Lord of the Mighty Throne?
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
Ask them: "Who is the Ilah and Creator of the seven heavens and the Sovereign Who occupies the Supreme Throne!"
Mir Aneesuddin   
They will say, "Allah's." Say, "Will you not then be mindful?"

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme?"
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Say, "Who (is the) Lord (of) the seven heavens and (the) Lord (of) the Throne the Great?