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Muhammad Asad
READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has
Arthur John Arberry
Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created
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 ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Transliteration-3
iq’ra bi-is’mi rabbika alladhī khalaqa
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Read, ˹O Prophet˺, in the Name of your Lord ˹Allah˺ Who created
Word by Word (2021)
Read in (the) name (of) your Lord the One Who created -
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—
Safi Kaskas 2025
Recite in the name of your Lord who created,
Wahiduddin Khan
Read! In the name of your Lord, who created
Shakir
Read in the name of your Lord Who created
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Recite in the Name of thy Lord Who created.
T.B.Irving
READ in the name of your Lord Who creates,
Abdul Hye
Read! In the name of your Lord, who has created (everything),
Saeed Malik
Read in the name of your Rabb WHO created.
The Study Quran
Recite in the Name of thy Lord Who created
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
Read in the name of your Lord who created.
Talal Itani (2012)
Read: In the Name of your Lord who created
Dr. Kamal Omar
Read with the Name of your Nourisher-Sustainer — That Who created
M. Farook Malik
Recite! (or read!) In the name of your Lord Who create
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Read: In the Name of your Lord Who created
Muhammad Sarwar
(Muhammad), read in the name of your Lord who created (all things)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Read with the name of your Lord who created (every thing)
Shabbir Ahmed
Read! With the Name of your Lord Who created
Dr. Munir Munshey
Read! In the name of your Lord, Who created (everything that exists)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Proclaim! (And read aloud!) in the Name of the Lord and Cherisher, Who created —
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Recite in the name of your Lord who created
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
Read in the name of your Lord who has created.
Abdel Haleem
Read! In the name of your Lord who created
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Recite thou in the name of thy Lord Who hath created
Ahmed Ali
READ IN THE name of your Lord who created
Aisha Bewley
Recite: In the Name of your Lord who created,
Ali Ãœnal
Read in and with the Name of your Lord, Who has created –
Ali Quli Qara'i
Read in the Name of your Lord who created
Hamid S. Aziz
READ (or proclaim), in the name of your Lord! Who create
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Read in the name of your Lord, the One Who created,
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Read, in the name of your Lord who created
Musharraf Hussain
Recite in the name of your Lord Who created,
Maududi
Recite in the name of your Lord Who created
Mohammad Shafi
Read in the name of your Lord who creates —
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Recite with the name of your Lord Who created,
Rashad Khalifa
Read, in the name of your Lord, who created
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Read (Prophet Muhammad) in the Name of your Lord who created
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Read in the name of thy Lord who creates -
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Read by your Lord's name who created
Bijan Moeinian
Read in the name of your Lord Who has created you
Faridul Haque
Read with the name of your Lord Who created
Sher Ali
Proclaim thou in the name of thy Lord Who created
Edip Yuksel
Read in the name of your Lord who has created.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(O Beloved!) Read (commencing) with the Name of Allah, Who has created (everything)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Recite with the name of your Lord Who created (all the universe)
Hilali - Khan
Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists)
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created
George Sale
Read, in the name of thy Lord, Who hath created all things
Edward Henry Palmer
READ, in the name of thy Lord
John Medows Rodwell
RECITE thou, in the name of thy Lord who created;
N J Dawood 2014
READ IN the name of your Lord who created ―
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
Read (Eq'ra') in (Bi) the name (Es'mi) of your LORD (s) (Rabbi-ka) who (Ellazii) creates (Khalaq),
Fode Drame
Read by the name of your Lord, He who created.
MunirMezyed2023
Now read in the Name of your Lord who created!
Mustaqim
Recite in the name of your Lord who created,
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
Recite: In the name of yoursg Lord Who created—
Linda "iLham" Barto
Read in the name of your Lord who created!
Irving/Hegab
READ in the name of your Lord Who creates,
Samy Mahdy
Read: With your Lord’s Name the one who created.
Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)
Read in the name of your Lord who has created
Qarai
Read in the Name of your Lord who created;
Thomas Cleary
Recite, in the name of your Lord, who created:
Ahmed Hulusi
READ with the Name of your Rabb (with the knowledge that comprises your being) who created.
Mubarakpuri
Read! In the Name of your Lord Who created.
A. S. Mohamed
Read in the name of your Lord who created.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
Read! In the name of your Lord Who created
[Al-Muntakhab]
" Read " That is to say
Mir Aneesuddin
Recite in the name of your Fosterer Who created .
The Wise Quran Project
Read, in the name of your Lord the one who created,
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Read in the name of your Lord who has created.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Read in the name of your Lord who has created
OLD Word by Word
Read in (the) name (of) your Lord the One Who created
Transliteration
Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbika allathee khalaqa