Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
who, when calamity befalls them, say, "Verily, unto God do we belong and, verily, unto Him we shall return."
M. M. Pickthall
Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah's and lo! unto Him we are returning
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Who say, when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah We belong, and to Him is our return":
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
who, when faced with a disaster, say, “Surely to Allah we belong and to Him we will ˹all˺ return.”
Safi Kaskas
who say when disaster strikes them, “We belong to God and to Him, we will return.”
Wahiduddin Khan
Those who say, when afflicted with a calamity, We belong to God and to Him we shall return
Shakir
Who, when a misfortune befalls them, say: Surely we are Allah's and to Him we shall surely return
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
those who, when an affliction lit on them, they said: Truly, we belong to God and, truly, we are ones who return to Him.
T.B.Irving
who say, whenever some misfortune strikes them: "We belong to God, and are returning to Him!"
Abdul Hye
who when afflicted with calamity, say: "Truly! We belong to Allah and indeed to Him we shall return.
The Study Quran
those who, when affliction befalls them, say, “Truly we are God’s, and unto Him we return.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Those who, when a disaster strikes them, say, “To God we belong, and to Him we will return.”
Talal Itani (2012)
Those who, when a calamity afflicts them, say, 'To God we belong, and to Him we will return.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
Those, when a calamity afflicted them said: “Verily! We are because of Allah and certainly we are returnees to Him.”
who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Who, when an affliction afflicts them, say, "Surely we belong to Allah, and surely to Him we are returning."
Muhammad Sarwar
and in difficulty say, "We are the servants of God and to Him we shall all return"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
who, when a suffering visits them, say: .We certainly belong to Allah, and to Him we are bound to return
Shabbir Ahmed
When a calamity befalls them, they do not waver. Rather, they say, "We are for Allah, dedicated to His Cause and every step of ours will advance in the Direction shown by Him." (9:159)
Dr. Munir Munshey
Those who exclaim when calamity strikes, "Surely, to Allah we belong! And surely, towards Him we will return!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(And to those) when afflicted with calamity say: "To Allah we belong, and truly, to Him is our return:"—
Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah , and indeed to Him we will return."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The ones who, when afflicted with adversity, they Say: "We are to God and to Him we will return."
Abdel Haleem
those who say, when afflicted with a calamity, ‘We belong to God and to Him we shall return.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Who, when there afflicteth them an affliction, say: verily we are Allah's, and verily unto Him we are returners
Ahmed Ali
Who say when assailed by adversity: "Surely we are for God, and to Him we shall return."
Aisha Bewley
Those who, when disaster strikes them, say, ´We belong to Allah and to Him we will return.´
Ali Ünal
Those who, when a disaster befalls them, say, "Surely we belong to God (as His creatures and servants) and surely to Him we are bound to return." (And they act accordingly.
Ali Quli Qara'i
—those who, when an affliction visits them, say, ‘Indeed we belong to Allah, and to Him do we indeed return.’
Hamid S. Aziz
Who, when there falls on them a calamity say, "Verily, we are Allah´s and, verily, to Him is our return."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
those who when a tragedy hits them say: “We belong to God, and we return to Him.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
That say when afflicted with calamity, “To God we belong, and to Him is our reversion.
Musharraf Hussain
and who, when they are struck by misfortune, softly say: “We belong to Allah and are returning to Him”.
Maududi
when a misfortune comes to them, they say, "We are Allah´s and we shall certainly return to Him,´´
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The ones who, when afflicted with adversity, they say: "We are to God and to Him we will return."
Mohammad Shafi
Those who, when any adversity confronts them, say, "We do indeed belong to Allah; and indeed are we to return to Him!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
That when any calamity comes to them, then they say "We are belongings of Allah and we are to return to Him alone."
When an affliction befalls them, they say, "We belong to GOD, and to Him we are returning."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
who, in adversity say: 'We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Who, when a misfortune befalls them say: "Surely we are Allah's and to Him we shall return."
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Those who if a disaster/every thing hated struck them they said: "We are to God, and we are to Him returning."
Bijan Moeinian
When the laters face a disaster (mostly in case of the death of their beloved ones), they face it calmly and say: “We are originated by God and to Him we return [so why worry about this incident?]”
Faridul Haque
Those who say when calamity befalls them, "Indeed we belong to Allah and indeed it is to Him we are to return."
Sher Ali
Who, when a misfortune overtakes them, say, `Surely, to ALLAH we belong and to HIM shall we return.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(They are the ones) who, when afflicted with some distress, say: ‘Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Who, when a calamity befalls them, say, `Surely, we belong to Allah and to Him, of course, we return (and in His will is our peace).
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "Truly! To Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Those whenever a calamity befalls them they say, “Lo! Unto Allah We belong and Lo unto Him we are going to return.”
Munir Mezyed
Who say when a misfortune strikes them: ‘Surely we belong to Allâh and to Him we shall return’.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Who when affliction strikes them say: We belong to Allah and to Him we return.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
When something bad happens, they say, “Truly, to Allah we belong, and truly, to Him we will return.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
those who, when a calamity afflicts them, say, “To Allah we belong, and indeed to Him we are returning.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
who say, whenever some misfortune strikes them: "We belong to Allah (God), and are returning to Him!"
Samy Mahdy
Those, if they were inflicted with a calamity, they said, “Surely we are for Allah, and surely to Him we will return.”
Ahmed Hulusi
(They are those) who, when a calamity strikes them, say, “We are for Allah (we are a manifestation of Allah’s Names), and to Him we will return (we will eventually experience this reality).”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Who, when a calamity befalls them, (by showing perseverance) , say: ' Verily we belong to Allah, and certainly unto Him shall we return'
Who lift to Allah their inward sight when befallen with a misfortune or a calamity, expressing themselves thus: "We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return"
Mir Aneesuddin
who, when a disaster falls on them, say, "We are Allah's and we have to return to Him."
The Wise Quran
Those who when there falls on them a calamity, they say, 'Indeed, we are God's and, indeed, to Him we return.'