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"He begets not, and neither is He begotten
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Who has not given birth nor is He born

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Arabic   
لَمۡ یَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ یُولَدۡ ۝٣
Transliteration (2021)   
lam yalid walam yūla
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Not He begets and not He is begotten.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
"He begets not, and neither is He begotten
M. M. Pickthall   
He begetteth not nor was begotten
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
He begetteth not, nor is He begotten
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
He has never had offspring, nor was He born.
Safi Kaskas   
Who has not given birth nor is He born
Wahiduddin Khan   
He does not give birth, nor was He born
Shakir   
He begets not, nor is He begotten
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
He procreated not nor was He procreated
T.B.Irving   
He has not fathered anyone nor was He fathered,
Abdul Hye   
He begets not, nor is He begotten,
The Study Quran   
He begets not; nor was He begotten
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
He neither begets nor is He begotten.
Talal Itani (2012)   
He begets not, nor was He begotten
Dr. Kamal Omar   
He did not beget, and He has not been begotten
M. Farook Malik   
He begets not, nor is He begotten
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
He has not begotten and has not been begotten
Muhammad Sarwar   
He neither begets nor was He begotten
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
He neither begot anyone, nor was he begotten
Shabbir Ahmed   
He begets not, nor is He begotten
Dr. Munir Munshey   
"He did not beget, and He was not begotten."
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
"He begets not (has no descendents, no children, none), nor was He (ever) begotten
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
He neither begets nor is born
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
"He does not beget, nor was He begotten,"
Abdel Haleem   
He begot no one nor was He begotten
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
He begetteth not, nor Was He begotten
Ahmed Ali   
He has begotten no one, and is begotten of none
Aisha Bewley   
He has not given birth and was not born.
Ali Ünal   
"He begets not, nor is He begotten
Ali Quli Qara'i   
He neither begat, nor was begotten
Hamid S. Aziz   
He begets not and is not begotten
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
He did not father (anyone), and He was not born,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
He has no children, nor was He born
Musharraf Hussain   
He is not a father nor a son.
Maududi   
He neither begot any nor was He begotten
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
"He does not beget, nor was He begotten,"
Mohammad Shafi   
He begets not nor is He begotten

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
He begot none' nor was He begotten.
Rashad Khalifa   
"Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Who has not given birth, and has not been born
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
He begets not, nor is He begotten
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
(He) did not give birth/procreate , and was not born/procreated
Bijan Moeinian   
God is neither born nor has given birth (to have a son or a daughter.
Faridul Haque   
“He has no offspring, nor is He born from anything.”
Sher Ali   
`HE begets not, nor, is HE begotten
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
He has not begotten any, nor is He begotten
Amatul Rahman Omar   
`He begets none and is begotten by no one
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
"He begets not, nor was He begotten

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
who has not begotten, and has not been begotten
George Sale   
He begetteth not, neither is He begotten
Edward Henry Palmer   
He begets not and is not begotten
John Medows Rodwell   
He begetteth not, and He is not begotten
N J Dawood (2014)   
He begot none, nor was He begotten

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
He begot not nor was He begotten;.
Munir Mezyed   
He begets not, nor is He begotten,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
He does not reproduce nor has been reproduced,
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
He begot no one nor was He begotten,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
“He does not beget, and He is not begotten.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
He has not fathered anyone nor was He fathered,
Samy Mahdy   
Neither (He) begets nor (He) was born.
Sayyid Qutb   
He begot none, nor was He begotte
Thomas Cleary   
God does not reproduce and is not reproduced.
Ahmed Hulusi   
“He begets not. (No other form of existence has ever originated from Him, thus, there is no other.) Nor was He begotten.” (There is no other god or form of existence from which He could have originated.)
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"He does not give birth, He was not born,"
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
"He did not beget nor was He begotten"
Mir Aneesuddin   
He does not beget and He is not begotten.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
He begetteth not, nor is He begotten
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Not He begets and not He is begotten
OLD Transliteration   
Lam yalid walam yooladu