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Transliteration (2021)   
alif-lam-mee
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Alif Laam Meem.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Alif. Lam. Mim
M. M. Pickthall   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
A.L.M
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Alif-Lãm-Mĩm.
Safi Kaskas   
Alif Lam Meem,
Wahiduddin Khan   
Alif Lam Mi
Shakir   
Alif Lam Mim
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Alif L[m M\m.
T.B.Irving   
A.L.M.
Abdul Hye   
Alif-Lam-Meem.
The Study Quran   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Dr. Kamal Omar   
A. L. M
Farook Malik   
Alif Lam M'im
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
Alif, Lam, Meem
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Alif, Lam, Mim (These are the names of letters of Arabic alphabet, and only Allah knows their meaning here)
Muhammad Sarwar   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Alif , Lam , Mim
Shabbir Ahmed   
A.L.M. Allah, Aleem the Knower, Hakeem the Wise, says
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Alif, Laam, Meem
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Alif Lam Mim
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Alif, Lam, Mee
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
A.L.M
Abdel Haleem   
Alif Lam Mi
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Ahmed Ali   
ALIF LAM MIM
Aisha Bewley   
Alif Lam Mim.
Ali Ünal   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Alif, Lam, Ma«m
Hamid S. Aziz   
ALIF LAM MIM
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
A.L.M. (Alif. Lam. Mim.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Alif, Laam, Miim
Musharraf Hussain   
Alif Lam Meem
Maududi   
Alif. Lam. Mim
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
ALM
Mohammad Shafi   
These are some of the letters of the Arabic language that appear at the beginning of some Qur'aanic chapters. Significance of these letters is a mystery. Omniscient Allah has perhaps purposely kept it mysterious to remind mankind of the limitation of knowledge that it is bestowed with

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Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Alif-Lam-Mim.
Rashad Khalifa   
A. L. M.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
AlifLaamMeem
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
I, Allah, am the best Knower
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
A L M
Bijan Moeinian   
A.L.M
Faridul Haque   
Alif-Lam-Meem. (Alphabets of the Arabic language – Allah and to whomever He reveals, know their precise meanings.
Sher Ali   
Alif, Lam, Mim
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Alif, Lam, Mim. (Only Allah and the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] know the real meaning.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Alif Lam Mim - I am Allah, the All-Knowing
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
AlifLamMeem. (These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings.

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Alif Lam Mi
George Sale   
A.L.M
Edward Henry Palmer   
A. L. M
John Medows Rodwell   
ELIF. LAM. MIM
N J Dawood (2014)   
ALIF lām mīm

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Alif. Lam. Meem.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
A.L.M.
Sayyid Qutb   
Alif. Lām. Mīm.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Alif, Lam, Meem! (His knowledge in His knowledge with His knowledge!)
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Alif �A�, L?m �L�, M?m �M�
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
A. (Alef), L. (Lam), M. (Meem) the Surah opens with these introductory letters from the Arabic Alphabet to draw attention to the miracle of the Quran which though written in the people's tongue, cannot be emulated
Mir Aneesuddin   
Alif Laam Miim.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
A.L.M
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Alif Laam Meem