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Ayah ar-Rahman (The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful) 55:17
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Muhammad Asad
[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
Safi Kaskas
He is Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
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Arabic
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْن
Transliteration (2021)
rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
Lord (of) the two Easts and Lord (of) the two Wests.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset
M. M. Pickthall
Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
Safi Kaskas
He is Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
Wahiduddin Khan
He is the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests
Shakir
Lord of the East and Lord of the West
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
The Lord of the Two Easts, and the Lord of the Two Wests!
T.B.Irving
Lord of both Easts and Lord of both Wests!
Abdul Hye
(He is) the Lord of the 2 easts (places of sunrise during summer and winter) and the Lord of the 2 wests (places of sunset during summer and winter).
The Study Quran
Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests
Dr. Kamal Omar
Rabb
to the two easts, and
Rabb
to the two wests
Farook Malik
He is Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
The Lord of the two easts and The Lord of the two wests
Muhammad Sarwar
He is the Lord of the East and West through all seasons
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He is the Lord of both points of sunrise and both points of sunset
Shabbir Ahmed
Lord of the two Easts and the two Wests. (The East and the West of the summer, and the East and the West of the winter)
Dr. Munir Munshey
The Lord of the two Easts! And the Lord of the two Wests
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(He is the) Lord of the two easts (east and the far, far east) and the Lord of the two wests (west and the far, far west)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The Lord of the two easts and the two wests
Abdel Haleem
He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He is Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests
Ahmed Ali
Lord of the two Easts, Lord of the two Wests
Aisha Bewley
The Lord of the two Easts and the Lord of the two Wests.
Ali Ünal
He is the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests
Ali Quli Qara'i
Lord of the two easts, and Lord of the two wests
Hamid S. Aziz
He is the Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Master of the two easts and Master of the two wests
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
Musharraf Hussain
He is the Lord of two risings and settings.
Maududi
Lord of the two easts and of the two wests is He
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
Mohammad Shafi
Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He is the Lord of the two easts and the two wests'.
Rashad Khalifa
Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
The Lord of the Two Easts, the Lord of the Two Wests
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
The two sun rises'/easts' Lord, and the two sunsets'/declines' Lord
Bijan Moeinian
He is the Lord of the easts and Lord of the wests
Faridul Haque
Lord of both the Easts, and Lord of both the Wests
Sher Ali
The Lord of the two Easts and the Lord of the two Wests
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(He alone is) the Lord of the two easts and (He alone is) the Lord of the two wests
Amatul Rahman Omar
(He is) the Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
(He is) the Lord of the two easts (places of sunrise during early summer and early winter) and the Lord of the two wests (places of sunset during early summer and early winter)
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
Lord of the Two Easts, Lord of the Two Wests
George Sale
He is the Lord of the east, and the Lord of the west
Edward Henry Palmer
The Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests
John Medows Rodwell
He is the Lord of the East, He is the Lord of the West
N J Dawood (2014)
The Lord of the two easts³ is He, and the Lord of the two wests
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He is the Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Lord of both Easts and Lord of both Wests!
Ahmed Hulusi
He is the Rabb of the two easts (the world and the eternal life after death) and the Rabb of the two wests (the world and the dimension of the grave).
Mir Aneesuddin
Fosterer of the two places/times of sun rise and Fosterer of the two places/times of sun set (at the summer and winter solstice).
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
It is He, Who ordained the two major cardinal eastern points and the two major western cardinal points and the points in between, where the sun rises and sets in winter and summer respectively, passing through recurrent cycles of successive events
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
OLD Literal
Word for Word
Lord (of) the two Easts and Lord (of) the two Wests