Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills; and God is forgiving and merciful.

وَلِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ يَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماً
Walillahi mulku assamawatiwal-ardi yaghfiru liman yashao wayuAAaththibuman yashao wakana Allahu ghafooran raheema
#wordmeaningroot
1walillahiAnd for Allah
2mul'ku(is the) kingdomملك
3l-samāwāti(of) the heavensسمو
4wal-arḍiand the earthارض
5yaghfiruHe forgivesغفر
6limanwhom
7yashāuHe willsشيا
8wayuʿadhibuand punishesعذب
9manwhom
10yashāuHe willsشيا
11wakānaAnd isكون
12l-lahuAllah
13ghafūranOft-Forgivingغفر
14raḥīmanMost Mercifulرحم
  • Aisha Bewley

    The kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah. He forgives those He wills and punishes those He wills. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And to God is the sovereignty of the heavens and the Earth. He forgives whomever He wills, and punishes whomever He wills. God is Forgiver, Merciful.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    To Allah belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He forgives and punishes according to His Law of Requital. And Allah is Absolver of imperfections, Compassionate.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills; and God is forgiving and merciful.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And to God is the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whoever He wills, and punishes whoever He wills. God is Forgiver, Merciful.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    To God is the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whomever He wills, and punishes whomever He wills. God is Forgiver, Compassionate.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whomever He wills, and punishes whomever He wills. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    To God belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He may forgive whosoever He please, and afflict whosoever He will. Yet God is forgiving and kind.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Muhammad Asad

    But God’s is the dominion over the heavens and the earth: He forgives whomever He wills, and imposes suffering on whomever He wills - and He is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He forgiveth whom He will, and punisheth whom He will. And Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whom He pleases and chastises whom He pleases. He is Most Forgiving, Most Compassionate.*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    To Allah belong the control and the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; He forgives whom He will and justly subjects to pain and suffering whom He will and He has always been Ghafurun (Forgiving), and Rahimun (Merciful).

  • Bijan Moeinian

    To His Majesty belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. God may forgive or punish whoever He wills. God is the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And to Allâh belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whom He wills, and punishes whom He wills. And Allâh is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills: but Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    To Allah ˹alone˺ belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whoever He wills, and punishes whoever He wills. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

  • Taqi Usmani

    To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whomsoever He wills, and punishes whomsoever He wills. And Allah is Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Control of the heavens and earth belongs to God and He forgives whoever He will and punishes whoever He will: God is most forgiving and merciful.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    To God belongs the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth; whomsoever He will He forgives, and whomsoever He will He chastises; God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    God's is the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth. He pardons whom He pleases, and torments whom He pleases; and God is forgiving, merciful.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And to Allah belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and of the earth; He forgives whomever He decides, and He torments whomever He decides; and Allah has been Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.

  • George Sale

    Unto God belongeth the kingdom of heaven and earth: He forgiveth whom He pleaseth, and He punisheth whom He pleaseth; and God is inclined to forgive, and merciful.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And to Allah belongs the Sovereignty (the kingdom and the ownership) of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. And Allah is Often Forgiving (Ghafoor), Most Merciful (Raheem).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    The sovereignty of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allâh. He grants protection to the person who wishes (to come under His protection) and punishes whom He will. Yet the fact is that Allâh is Great Protector, Ever Merciful.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth: He forgives whomever He wishes, and punishes whomever He wishes, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.