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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 51:47 | |
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| Transliteration | Waalssamaa banaynaha bi-aydin wa-inna lamoosiAAoona |
| Literal | And the sky/space We built/constructed it with power/support , and We (E) are extending/spreading (E) . |
| Yusuf Ali | With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of pace. |
| Pickthal | We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof). |
| Arberry | And heaven -- We built it with might, and We extend it wide. |
| Shakir | And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample. |
| Sarwar | We have made the heavens with Our own hands and We expanded it. |
| Khalifa | We constructed the sky with our hands, and we will continue to expand it. |
| Hilali/Khan | With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof. |
| H/K/Saheeh | And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander. |
| Malik | We have built the heavens with Our hands, for We have the power to do so.[47] |
| QXP | And it is We Who have built the Universe, and behold, We are steadily expanding it. |
| Maulana Ali | And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and We are Makers of the vast extent. |
| Free Minds | And We constructed the universe using matter, and We will expand it. |
| Qaribullah | We built the heaven with might, and We widely extended it. |
| George Sale | We have built the heaven with might; and We have given it a large extent: |
| JM Rodwell | And the Heaven-with our hands have we built it up, and given it its expanse; |
| Asad | AND IT IS We who have built the universe with [Our creative] power; [Lit., "the sky" or "the heaven", which in the Quran often has the connotation of "universe" or, in the plural ("the heavens"), of "cosmic systems".] and, verily, it is We who are steadily expanding it. [See note on the first part of 21:30. The phrase inna la-musiun clearly foreshadows the modern notion of the "expanding universe" - that is, the fact that the cosmos, though finite in extent, is continuously expanding in space.] |
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