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Muhammad Asad

And We have built above you seven firmaments

Arthur John Arberry

And We have built above you seven strong ones

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments

Source Arabic and Literal tools

Arabic-color

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا

Transliteration-3

wabanaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādan

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and We built above you seven strong

Word by Word (2021)

And We constructed over you seven strong,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And We have built above you seven firmaments

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And We have built above you seven strong (heavens)

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments

Mustafa Khattab 2018

and built above you seven mighty ˹heavens˺,

Safi Kaskas 2025

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]?

Wahiduddin Khan

We have built above you seven mighty heavens

Shakir

And We made above you seven strong ones

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And We built over you seven superior ones.

T.B.Irving

We have built seven firmaments above you

Abdul Hye

built above you 7 strong (heavens),

Saeed Malik

And WE raised above you the unyielding seven

The Study Quran

And [did We not] build above you seven firmaments

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

And We built above you seven firm ones.

Talal Itani (2012)

And built above you seven strong ones

Dr. Kamal Omar

And We have built over and above you seven (or many) strongly built (heavens)

M. Farook Malik

built above you seven firmaments

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And We have built above you seven strong (heavens)

Muhammad Sarwar

Have We not made seven strong heavens above you

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And We have built seven strong (skies)

Shabbir Ahmed

And We have built above you seven Cosmic Systems

Dr. Munir Munshey

And We arranged seven (solid and) strong (cosmic systems) over you

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And (have We not) built over you the seven strong arches of the heavens

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And We constructed above you seven mighty ones?

Abdel Haleem

Did We not build seven strong [heavens] above you

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have builded over you seven strong heavens

Ahmed Ali

We raised over you several secure (skies)

Aisha Bewley

We built seven firm layers above you.

Ali Ãœnal

And We have built above you seven firm heavens

Ali Quli Qara'i

and build above you the seven mighty heavens

Hamid S. Aziz

And made above you seven firmaments (heavens)

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And We built seven stable (skies) above you.

Bilal Muhammad 2018

And built over you the seven firmaments

Musharraf Hussain

Didn’t We build seven durable skies over your head,

Maududi

and built above you seven strong firmaments

Mohammad Shafi

And We have built above you seven strong [firmaments/heavens/atmospeherioc layers]

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And We have built over you seven strong layers (firmaments).

Rashad Khalifa

We built above you seven universes

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

And We built above you seven strong ones

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We have made above you seven strong (bodies)

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And We built/constructed above you seven strong

Bijan Moeinian

And built universe upon universe above yo

Faridul Haque

And built seven strong roofs above you

Sher Ali

And WE have built above you seven strong ones

Edip Yuksel

We constructed above you seven mighty ones?

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And (now study the spatial universe as well). We built above you seven strong (firmaments)

Amatul Rahman Omar

And We have built above you seven strong (heavenly bodies of the solar system)

Hilali - Khan

And We have built above you seven strong (heavens)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

And We have built above you seven strong ones

George Sale

and built over you seven solid heavens

Edward Henry Palmer

and built above you seven solid (heavens

John Medows Rodwell

And built above you seven solid heavens

N J Dawood 2014

We built above you seven mighty heaven

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Wa) We constructed (Banai'naa) above you (Faw'qakum’) seven (Sab'ään) with intensity (heavens) (Shidaadaa)?!

Fode Drame

And We built over you seven firmaments.

MunirMezyed2023

And We built above you seven might firmaments,

Mustaqim

And We built above you seven strong structures,

Linda "iLham" Barto

We established the seven layers [of Earth’s sky].

Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation

And built above you seven strong ones,

Irving/Hegab

We have built seven firmaments (heavens) above you

Samy Mahdy

And We built above you seven strong (Skies)?

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

We built above you seven mighty ones,

Qarai

and build above you the seven mighty heavens?

Ahmed Hulusi

And constructed seven strong (heavens) above you (the system with seven orbits – the dimension of consciousness).

Mubarakpuri

And We have built above you seven strong,

A. S. Mohamed

And We built above you seven mighty ones,

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"And We have built above you seven strong heavens,"

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

And We built above you seven firmament

[Al-Muntakhab]

We built above you seven fortitudinous heavens vast and with endless amplitude.

Mir Aneesuddin

And We built above you seven strong ones.

The Wise Quran Project

And We built above you seven strong,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And We constructed above you seven mighty ones?

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And We constructed above you seven mighty one

OLD Word by Word

And We constructed over you seven strong

Transliteration

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidadan

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