Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran

Roman Translition of the Arabic Source
Transliteration		Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona	⇨

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad	Nun. CONSIDER the pen, and all that they write [therewith]!	⇨
M. M. Pickthall	Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),	⇨
Shakir	Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,	⇨
Yusuf Ali	Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-	⇨
[Al-Muntakhab]	(Nun, and by what it represents and what it stands for as a natural symbol of adoration), and the pen -employed in writing with a pen- and by the pen -the instrument of authorship-, (and by what they commit in writing).	⇨
[Progressive Muslims]	N, the pen, and what they write.	⇨
Abdel Haleem	Nun By the pen! By all they write!	⇨
Abdul Majid Daryabadi	Nun By the pen and by that which they inscribe.	⇨
Ahmed Ali	N and the writing utensil/pen and what they write/inscribe/draft.	⇨
Aisha Bewley	Nun. By the Pen and what they write down!	⇨
Ali Ünal	Nun. By the Pen and what they write with it line by line.	⇨
Ali Quli Qara'i	Nun. By the Pen and what they write:	⇨
Amatul Rahman Omar	The ink - stand and the pen and all that they (the owners of the pen - the scholars) write, bear witness (to the fact that),	⇨
Hamid S. Aziz	NUN. I swear by the Pen and by that which they write,	⇨
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali	Nun, (The is the name of a letter of the Arabic alphabet, and only Allah knows its meaning here) and (by) the pen and what they inscribe,	⇨
Muhammad Sarwar	Nun. By the pen and by what you write,	⇨
Muhammad Taqi Usmani	Nun , by the pen and what they write,	⇨
Shabbir Ahmed	N. Nuon. The Inkpot. And the Pen, and all that they write, stand witness. (The high domain of knowledge will bear out that):	⇨
Syed Vickar Ahamed	Nu’n, (the Pen): By the Pen and by the (Record) which (men) write&mdash	⇨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)	Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,	⇨
Farook Malik	Nun. 1 CONSIDER the pen, and all that they write [therewith]!	⇨

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian	N, Hereby God swears by the pen and all writing instruments (including the computer keyboards nowadays) that:	⇨
Faridul Haque	Nuun* - by oath of the pen and by oath of what is written by it. (Alphabet of the Arabic language; Allah and to whomever He reveals, know their precise meanings.)	⇨
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah	Noon. By the Pen and that (the angels) write,	⇨
Maulana Muhammad Ali	(By) the inkstand and the pen and that which they write!	⇨
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira	NUN. I CALL to witness the pen and what they inscribe,	⇨
Sher Ali	By the inkstand and the pen and by that which they write;	⇨
Yusuf Ali (org.)	Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-	⇨
Rashad Khalifa	NuN, the pen, and what they (the people) write.	⇨

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry	Nun. By the Pen, and what they inscribe,	⇨
Edward Henry Palmer	N. By the pen, and what they write,	⇨
George Sale	N. By the pen, and what they write,	⇨
John Medows Rodwell	Nun. By the PEN and by what they write,	⇨

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