Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
There is no deity save Him: He grants life and deals death: He is your Sustainer as well as the Sustainer of your forebears of old
M. M. Pickthall
There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death,- The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. He ˹alone˺ gives life and causes death. ˹He is˺ your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers.
Safi Kaskas
There is no god but Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Sustainer and the Sustainer of your forefathers from the beginning.
Wahiduddin Khan
there is no deity save Him: It is He who gives both life and deathHe is your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers
Shakir
There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
There is no god but He. It is He Who gives life and causes to die. He is your Lord and the Lord of your ancient fathers.
T.B.Irving
There is no deity except Him; He gives life and brings death, your Lord and the Lord of your earliest ancestors.
Abdul Hye
There is no true one worthy of worship but He. It is He Who gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.
The Study Quran
There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
There is no god but He. He gives life and causes death—your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors.
Talal Itani (2012)
There is no god but He. He gives life and causes death—your Lord and Lord of your ancestors of old
Dr. Kamal Omar
La ilaha illa Huwa (No god except He). He gives life and He causes death, — Nourisher-Sustainer to you, and Nourisher-Sustainer of your initial fore-fathers
There is no god but Him. He gives life and death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
There is no god except He; He gives life and He makes to die; (He is) your Lord and The Lord of your earliest fathers
Muhammad Sarwar
There is only One Lord. It is He who gives life and causes things to die. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
There is no god, but He. He gives life and brings death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers
Shabbir Ahmed
There is no god but He. He it is Who gives life and gives death; your Lord and the Lord of your earliest ancestors
Dr. Munir Munshey
There is no god but He, (the One Who) gives life and gives death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers and (your) ancient ancestors
Syed Vickar Ahamed
There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and causes death, your Lord and Sustainer (Rab) and the Lord and Sustainer of your (earliest) ancestors
There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
There is no god except Him. He gives life and causes death; your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors
Abdel Haleem
there is no god but Him: He gives life and death––He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers––
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
There is no god but He. He quickeneth and causeth to die: your Lord and Lord of your forefathers
Ahmed Ali
There is no god other than He, who gives you life and death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old
Aisha Bewley
There is no god but Him — He gives life and causes to die — your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers, the previous peoples.
Ali Ünal
There is no deity but He, giving life and causing to die; your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers
Ali Quli Qara'i
There is no god except Him: He gives life and brings death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers
Hamid S. Aziz
There is no God but He; He quickens and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
There is no god except Him, He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
There is no god but He. It is He Who gives life and gives death, the Guardian Evolver to you and your earliest ancestors
Musharraf Hussain
There is no god but Him, He gives life and death, Your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.
Maududi
There is no god but He: He gives life and causes death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers of yore
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
There is no god except He. He gives life and causes death; your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors
Mohammad Shafi
No deity other than Him — He who gives life and death! Your Lord and Lord of your forefathers
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
None is to be worshipped but He. He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.
There is no other god beside Him. He controls life and death; your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
There is no god except He. He revives and causes to die. (He is) your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients
Maulana Muhammad Ali
There is no God but He; He gives life and causes death -- your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
(There is) no God except Him, He revives/makes alive, and He makes die, your Lord and your fathers'/forefathers', the first's/beginners' Lord
Bijan Moeinian
There is no other god but God. He is the one who gives life and takes it away. He is your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors
Faridul Haque
There is no worship except for Him - He gives life and causes death; your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers
Sher Ali
There is no god but HE. HE gives life and HE causes death. HE is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
There is no God but He. He is the One Who gives life and causes death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your fathers (as well)
Amatul Rahman Omar
There is no other, cannot be and will never be One worthy of worship but He. He alone gives life and causes to die. (He is) your Lord as well as the Lord of your forefathers
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). It is He Who gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fore-fathers
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
There is no deity except He. He gives life and puts to death; your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.
Munir Mezyed
There is no other God beside Him. He is the One true God Who gives life and causes death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your fore-fathers.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
There is no god but He, He gives life and death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
No god is there except Him! He gives life, and He gives death –the Lord of you and your earliest ancestors.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death—yourpl Lord and the Lord of your ancient fathers.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
There is no deity except Him; He gives life and brings death, your Lord and the Lord of your earliest ancestors.
Samy Mahdy
There is no god except Him; He gives life and causes death. Your Lord and your former parents’ Lord.
Ahmed Hulusi
There is no god, only HU, who gives life and takes life! He is your Rabb and the Rabb of your forefathers!
Mir Aneesuddin
There is no god except Him, He gives life and causes death, your Fosterer and the Fosterer of your forefathers.
There is no Ilah but He. He gives life and inspirits the property of animate existence and He occasions death and deprives of animate existence. He is Allah, your Creator, and the Creator of your forefathers
The Wise Quran
There is no god but He, He gives life and He causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers, the former people.