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Muhammad Asad   
and everything [that man does], be it small or great, is recorded [with God]
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Every matter, small and large, is written ˹precisely˺.
Safi Kaskas   
Every action small or big is written down.

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Arabic   
وَكُلُّ صَغِیرࣲ وَكَبِیرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ۝٥٣
Transliteration (2021)   
wakullu ṣaghīrin wakabīrin mus'taṭaru
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And every small and big (is) written down.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and everything [that man does], be it small or great, is recorded [with God]
M. M. Pickthall   
And every small and great thing is recorded
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Every matter, small and great, is on record
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Every matter, small and large, is written ˹precisely˺.
Safi Kaskas   
Every action small or big is written down.
Wahiduddin Khan   
every action, small or great, is noted down
Shakir   
And everything small and great is written down
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And every small and great thing is that which is written.
T.B.Irving   
everything small or great has been recorded.
Abdul Hye   
Everything, small and big, is being written down.
The Study Quran   
everything small and great is inscribed
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Every minor and major detail is written down.
Talal Itani (2012)   
Everything, small or large, is written down
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And every thing small and big is written and recorded in straight lines (with the angels)
M. Farook Malik   
every action, small and big is being noted down
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And every small and great thing is judiciously inscribed
Muhammad Sarwar   
Every small or great deed is written down
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
And every thing, small and big, is written down
Shabbir Ahmed   
And everything, be it small or great, is recorded
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Every single matter, big or small, is committed to writing
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And every matter, small and large, is on record
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And every small and great [thing] is inscribed
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And everything, small or large, is written down
Abdel Haleem   
every action, great or small, is recorded
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And everything, small and great, hath been written down
Ahmed Ali   
All things small or great have been written down
Aisha Bewley   
Everything is recorded, big or small.
Ali Ünal   
Everything small or great is written down
Ali Quli Qara'i   
and everything big and small, is committed to writing
Hamid S. Aziz   
And everything small and great is recorded
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and everything small or big is written.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Every matter, small and great, is on record
Musharraf Hussain   
whether big or small – all was written down.
Maududi   
everything large or small, is duly inscribed
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And everything, small or large, is written down
Mohammad Shafi   
And everything, small and big, is duly recorded

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And everything, small or big has been written down.
Rashad Khalifa   
Everything, small or large, is written down.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
everything, be it great or small, is recorded
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And everything they do is in the writings
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And each/every small/little and large/great (is) written/inscribed
Bijan Moeinian   
The Book covers everything; no matter how grave or immaterial it seems to be
Faridul Haque   
And every small and great thing is recorded
Sher Ali   
And every matter, small and great, is written down
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And every (action), small or big, has been written
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And everything, small and great, has been noted down
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And everything, small and big is written (in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfooz already beforehand i.e. before it befalls, or is done by its doer ) (See the Quran V.57:22)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and everything, great and small, is inscribed
George Sale   
And every action, both small and great, is written down in the preserved table
Edward Henry Palmer   
and everything small and great is written down
John Medows Rodwell   
Each action, both small and great, is written down
N J Dawood (2014)   
every action, small or great, is noted down

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And everything small and big is noted down.
Munir Mezyed   
Everything, small or big, is written down.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And everything small or big is recorded.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Every matter, small or great, is a matter of record.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
for everything, small or large, is written down.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
everything small or great has been recorded.
Samy Mahdy   
And every small or grand, is written in lines.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Small or big, everything is inscribed in detail!
Mir Aneesuddin   
and everything small or great is written down (recorded).
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Also every act, trivial and insignificant or significant and expressive of something, is related in writing and put on record

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Every matter, small and great, is on record
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And every small and big (is) written down
OLD Transliteration   
Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun