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Muhammad Asad   
Alif. Lam. Mim
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Arabic   
الۤمۤ ۝١
Transliteration (2021)   
alif-lam-mee
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Alif Lam 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.
Wahiduddin Khan   
Alif Lam Mi
Safi Kaskas   
Alif Lam Meem,
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Alif L[m M\m.
T.B.Irving   
A. L. M.
Shakir   
Alif Lam Mim
Abdul Hye   
Alif-Lam-Meem.
The Study Quran   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Talal Itani (2012)   
Alif, Lam, Meem
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Alif. Lam. Meem.
Dr. Kamal Omar   
A. L. M
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Alif, Laam, Meem
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Alif Lam Mim
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Alif, Lam, Meem
M. Farook Malik   
Alif Lam M'im
Muhammad Sarwar   
Alif. Lam. Mim
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Alif Lam Mim
Shabbir Ahmed   
A.L.M. Allah Aleem the Knower, Hakeem the Wise, narrates that
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Alif, Lam, Mim (These are the names of letters of the Arab alphabet, and only Allah knows their meaning here)
[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
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Alif, Laam, Miim
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
A.L.M. (Alif. Lam. Mim.)
Musharraf Hussain   
Alif Lam Meem
Maududi   
Alif. Lam. Mim
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
ALM
Mohammad Shafi   
These are among the letters, of the Arabic language, appearing 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 it is bestowed with

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Alif Lam Mim.
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.
Rashad Khalifa   
A. L. M.
Sher Ali   
Alif, Lam, Mim
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Alif Lam Mim - I am Allah the All-Knowing
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Alif, Lam, Mim. (Only Allah and the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] know the real meaning.
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
N J Dawood (2014)   
ALIF lām mīm
Arthur John Arberry   
Alif Lam Mi
George Sale   
A.L.M
Edward Henry Palmer   
A. L. M
John Medows Rodwell   
ELIF. LAM. MIM

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Alif. Lam. Mim.
Munir Mezyed   
Alif. La’am. Mi’em!
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Alif, Lam, Mim.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Alif. Lam. Meem.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Alif Lām Mīm.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
A. L. M.
Samy Mahdy   
Alif, Lam, Meem.
Sayyid Qutb   
Alif. Lām. Mīm.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Alif, Lam, Meem.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Alif, 'A', L?m, 'L', M?m 'M'
Mir Aneesuddin   
Alif Laam Miim.
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
The Wise Quran   
Alif.Lam.Mim.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
A. L. M
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Alif Lam Meem
OLD Transliteration   
Alif-lam-meem