Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[Say: "Our life takes its] hue from God! And who could give a better hue [to life] than God, if we but truly worship Him?"
Arthur John Arberry
the baptism of God; and who is there that baptizes fairer than God? Him we are serving
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(Our religion is) the Baptism of Allah: And who can baptize better than Allah? And it is He Whom we worship
Arabic
صِبۡغَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَنۡ أَحۡسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ صِبۡغَةࣰۖ وَنَحۡنُ لَهُۥ عَـٰبِدُونَ ١٣٨
Transliteration (2021)
ṣib'ghata l-lahi waman aḥsanu mina l-lahi ṣib'ghatan wanaḥnu lahu ʿābidūn