Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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Muhammad Asad | | the Originator of the heavens and the earth! How could it be that He should have a child without there ever having been a mate for Him - since it is He who has created everything, and He alone knows everything? |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, when He created all things and is Aware of all things? | |
Shakir | | Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! How could He have a son when He has no consort, and He (Himself) created everything, and He is the Knower of all things. | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things. | |
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) | | To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things. | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | He is Beginner of the heavens and the earth. How would He have a child when He is without a companion and He created everything and He is Knowing of everything? | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He has no consort? He created everything and is aware of everything! | |
| T.B.Irving | | Deviser of Heaven and earth! How can He save a son while He has no consort? He created everything and is aware of everything! | |
[Al-Muntakhab] | | He is it who generated the heavens and the earth. How would He have a child when He is infinitely beyond taking a wife! He created all and brought the whole into existence and He is 'Alimun of all in all. | |
[Progressive Muslims] | | Originator of the heavens and the Earth, how can He have a son when He did not take a wife And He created all things and He is knowledgeable over all things. | |
Abdel Haleem | | the Creator of the heavens and earth! How could He have children when He has no spouse, when He created all things, and has full knowledge of all things? | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Originator of the heavens and the earth! How should He have a son when there is for Him no spouse? And He hath created everything and He is Knower of everything. | |
Ahmed Ali | | Creator of the heavens and the earth from nothingness, how could He have a son when He has no mate? He created all things, and has knowledge of all things. | |
Aisha Bewley | | He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He has no wife? He created all things and He has knowledge of all things. | |
Ali Ünal | | The Originator of the heavens and the earth with nothing before Him to imitate. How can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, and He has created all things (i.e. nothing created can be a consort for Him)? And He has full knowledge of everything. | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | The originator of the heavens and the earth —how could He have a son when He has had no spouse? He created all things and He has knowledge of all things. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | He is Wonderful and Primary Originator of the heavens and the earth! How (and whence) can there be a son for Him, when He has no consort? He has created all things and He has perfect knowledge of everything. | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a son, when He has no female companion, and when He has created everything, and He is Aware of all things? | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | The Ever-Innovating of the heavens and the earth-however does He have a child, and He has no female companion, and He created everything, and He is Ever-Knowing of everything? | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | How could the One Who is the Originator of the heavens and the earth and who has no companion, have a son? He created all things and has absolute knowledge of all things. | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | (He is) the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He never had a wife? He created everything, and He knows everything. | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a son when He never chose for Himself a mate? He creates all things (and does not procreate (112:3)) and He is the Profound Knower of all things and events. | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth: How can He have children when He has no one as female companion? He created all things and He is All Knowing (Aleem) of all things. | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | [He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing. | |
Farook Malik | | He is the creator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He has no consort? He has created everything and is aware of everything. | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | He is the Creator and the Cause of the heavens and the earth. How might He have a son, unless He had a mate? He has created all (beings and) things, and He is well aware of every single thing! | |
Tahir-ul-Qadri Mohammad | | He is the One Who is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? And He is the One Who has created everything and He has the best knowledge of everything. | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can (there) be to Him a son while there is not to Him a female consort. And He created all things and He is All-Aware of all things. | |
| Bilal Muhammad (2013 Edition) | | He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son without a female companion? He created all things, and He has full knowledge of all things. | |
Maududi | | He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He has had no mate? And He has created everything and He has full knowledge of all things. | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | How is it possible for the originator of the heavens and the earth to have children while [you know well that] He has never had any mate? [The matter of the fact is that] God is the One Who has created everything and knows His creation the best. | |
| Faridul Haque | | The Originator of the heavens and the earth; how can He possibly have a child when, in fact, He does not have a spouse? And He has created all things; and He knows everything. | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He had no female companion? He created all things and has knowledge of all things. | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! How could He have a son when He has not consort? And He created everything and He is the Knower of all things. | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | Creating marvelously without precedent (of) the skies/space and the earth/Planet Earth, how (could it) be for Him a child, and (there) was not for Him a wife/companion/friend, and He created every thing, and He is with every thing knowledgeable? | |
Sher Ali | | The Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can HE have a son when HE has no consort, and when HE has created everything and has knowledge of all things? | |
Rashad Khalifa | | The Initiator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son, when He never had a mate? He created all things, and He is fully aware of all things. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | The Originator of the heavens and the earth; how can He possibly have a child when, in fact, He does not have a spouse? And He has created all things; and He knows everything. | |
Hilali & Khan | | He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything. | |
