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Alif. Lam. Mim
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Alif-lam-meem
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alif-lam-mee
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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.
Safi Kaskas
Alif Lam Meem,
Wahiduddin Khan
Alif Lam Mi
Shakir
Alif Lam Mim
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Alif L[m M\m.
T.B.Irving
A. L. M.
Abdul Hye
Alif-Lam-Meem.
The Study Quran
Alif. Lam. Mim
Dr. Kamal Omar
A. L. M
Farook Malik
Alif Lam M'im
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
Alif, Lam, Meem
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Alif, Lam, Mim (These are the names of letters of the Arab alphabet, and only Allah knows their meaning here)
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
Dr. Munir Munshey
Alif, Laam, Meem
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Alif Lam Mim
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Alif, Lam, Meem
[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
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
A.L.M. (Alif. Lam. Mim.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Alif, Laam, Miim
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.
Rashad Khalifa
A. L. M.
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.
Sher Ali
Alif, Lam, Mim
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Alif, Lam, Mim. (Only Allah and the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] know the real meaning.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Alif Lam Mim - I am Allah the All-Knowing
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
Arthur John Arberry
Alif Lam Mi
George Sale
A.L.M
Edward Henry Palmer
A. L. M
John Medows Rodwell
ELIF. LAM. MIM
N J Dawood (2014)
ALIF lām mīm

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto
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'
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
Mir Aneesuddin
Alif Laam Miim.

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