Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Say thou: “My duty and my penance and my living and my dying are for God, the Lord of All Creation.

قُلْ اِنَّ صَلَات۪ي وَنُسُك۪ي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَات۪ي لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَۙ
Qul inna salatee wanusukeewamahyaya wamamatee lillahi rabbialAAalameen
#wordmeaningroot
1qulSayقول
2innaIndeed
3ṣalātīmy salatصلو
4wanusukīand my rites of sacrificeنسك
5wamaḥyāyaand my livingحيي
6wamamātīand my dyingموت
7lillahi(are) for Allah
8rabbiLordربب
9l-ʿālamīna(of) the worldsعلم
  • Aisha Bewley

    Say: ‘My salat and my rites, my living and my dying, are for Allah alone, the Lord of all the worlds,

  • Progressive Muslims

    Say: "My contact-method, and my offerings, and my life, and my death, are all to God the Lord of the worlds. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Say, "All my duties to the Divine System, the ways to discharge them, my living and my dying are for Allah alone, the Lord of the Worlds.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Say thou: “My duty and my penance and my living and my dying are for God, the Lord of All Creation.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Say: "My contact prayer, and my rites, and my life, and my death, are all to God, Lord of the worlds."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Say, "My contact prayer, my devotion and offerings, my life, and my death, are all to God the Lord of the worlds."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Say, "My Contact Prayers (Salat), my worship practices, my life and my death, are all devoted absolutely to GOD alone, the Lord of the universe.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Tell them: "My service and sacrifice, my life and my death, are all of them for God, the creator and Lord of all the worlds.

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

    Say, "Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds.

  • Muhammad Asad

    Say: "Behold, my prayer, and (all my acts of worship, and my living and my dying are for God , the Sustainer of all the worlds,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Say: Lo! my worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Say: 'Surely my Prayer, all my acts of worship, * and my living and my dying are for Allah alone, the Lord of the whole universe.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Say to them: "Indeed, my act of worship and my pilgrimage and all religious rites incidental to it are acts due in discharge of the debt to Allah, my Creator and Creator of the universe, and my life and my death are processes asserted as His own".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Declare: "My daily prayers and other acts of worship, my life and my death are all meant to please God; the Lord of the universe. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Verily, my Salât (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Say: "Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds:

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Say, "Surely my prayer, my sacrifice, my life, and my death are all for Allah—Lord of all worlds.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Say, "My prayer, my offering, my life and my death are for Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Say, ‘My prayers and sacrifice, my life and death, are all for God, Lord of all the Worlds;

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Say: 'My prayer, my ritual sacrifice, my living, my dying -- all belongs to God, the Lord of all Being.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Say, 'Verily, my prayers and my devotion and my life and my death belong to God, the Lord of the worlds.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Say, "Verily, my worship and my sacrifice, and my living and my dying belong to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Say, "Surely my prayer, and my rites, and my living, and my dying are for Allah, The Lord of the worlds. "

  • George Sale

    Say, verily my prayers, and my worship, and my life, and my death are dedicated unto God, the Lord of all creatures:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Say: "Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah, the Lord (and Cherisher) of the Worlds:

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Say, `Surely, my Prayer and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are (all) for the sake of Allâh, the Lord of the worlds.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Say, ‘Indeed my prayer and my worship, my life and my death are for the sake of Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.