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Muhammad Asad   
God-there is no deity save Him; His [alone] are the attributes of perfection
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. He has the Most Beautiful Names.
Safi Kaskas   
God there is no god except Him. All the attributes of perfection belong to Him.

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Arabic   
ٱللَّهُ لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ لَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَاۤءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ۝٨
Transliteration (2021)   
al-lahu lā ilāha illā huwa lahu l-asmāu l-ḥus'n
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Allah - (there is) no god except Him. To Him (belong) the Names, the Most Beautiful.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
God-there is no deity save Him; His [alone] are the attributes of perfection
M. M. Pickthall   
Allah! There is no Allah save Him. His are the most beautiful names
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Allah! there is no god but He! To Him belong the most Beautiful Names
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. He has the Most Beautiful Names.
Safi Kaskas   
God there is no god except Him. All the attributes of perfection belong to Him.
Wahiduddin Khan   
God, there is no deity but Him. His are the most excellent names
Shakir   
Allah-- there is no god but He; His are the very best names
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
God, there is no god but He. To Him belongs the Fairer Names.
T.B.Irving   
God, there is no deity except Him! His are the Finest Names!
Abdul Hye   
Allah! There is no one worthy of worship but He! To Him belong the Best Names.
The Study Quran   
God, there is no god but He. Unto Him belong the Most Beautiful Names
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
God—there is no god except Him. His are the best names.
Talal Itani (2012)   
God, there is no god but He, His are the Most Beautiful Names.
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Allah! La-ilaha-illa-Huwa. To Him (Alone suit) the excellent attributes
M. Farook Malik   
He is Allah! There is no deity worthy of worship except Him! To Him belong the most beautiful Names
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Allah -there is no god except He. To Him belong The Fairest Names
Muhammad Sarwar   
God is the only Lord and to Him belong all the exalted Names
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
(Such is) Allah. There is no god but He. For Him are the Beautiful Names
Shabbir Ahmed   
Allah! There is no god but He. His are the most beautiful Names. (His alone are the attributes of perfection)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
He is Allah! There is no god but He; His are all the beautiful names
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Allah! There is no god but He, Unto Him (Allah) belong the Most Beautiful Names
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Allah - there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
God, there is no god but He, to Him are the beautiful names
Abdel Haleem   
God––there is no god but Him––the most excellent names belong to Him
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Allah! no God there is but he! His are the names excellent
Ahmed Ali   
God: There is no god but He. To Him belong the attributes most beautiful
Aisha Bewley   
Allah, there is no god but Him. The Most Beautiful Names are His.
Ali Ünal   
God – there is no deity save Him; His are the All-Beautiful Names
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Allah—there is no god except Him— to Him belong the Best Names
Hamid S. Aziz   
Allah! There is no God but He! To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
God, there is no god except Him. The good attributes (and names) belong to Him.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
God, there is no god but He, to Him belong the most beautiful names
Musharraf Hussain   
Allah – there is no god but He. His names are the most beautiful
Maududi   
Allah - there is no god but He. His are the most excellent names
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
God, there is no god except He, to Him are the beautiful names.
Mohammad Shafi   
Allah — there is no god but He; His are the very best attributes.

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Allah-none to be worshipped but He. His are all good names.
Rashad Khalifa   
GOD: there is no other god besides Him. To Him belong the most beautiful names.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Allah, there is no god except He. To Him belong the most Beautiful Names
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Allah -- there is no God but He. His are the most beautiful names
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
God, no god except Him, for Him (are) the names the best/most beautiful
Bijan Moeinian   
God is the One to Whom belongs all good name
Faridul Haque   
Allah - there is no worship except for Him; His only are the best names
Sher Ali   
ALLAH - there is no god but HE. HIS are the most beautiful names
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Allah is (His Self-Name) besides Whom there is no God (i.e., believe in Him alone and deny all other false gods). There are (also) many other Beautiful Names for Him (that speak of His most beautiful attributes)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
He is Allah. There is no other, cannot be and will never be One worthy of worship but He. All the most beautiful attributes belong to Him
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Allah! La ilahla illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He)! To Him belong the Best Names

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
God -- there is no god but He. To Him belong the Names Most Beautiful
George Sale   
God! There is no god but he: He hath most excellent names
Edward Henry Palmer   
God, there is no god but He! His are the excellent names
John Medows Rodwell   
God! There is no God but He! Most excellent His titles
N J Dawood (2014)   
He is God. There is no god but Him. His are the most gracious names

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Allah! There is no deity save Him. To Him belong all the excellent names.
Munir Mezyed   
Allâh! There is no god but Him. His are the Most Honorable (& Glorious) Names.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Allah, there is no god but Him, His are the most beautiful names.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Allah—there is no god but He; to him belong the most beautiful names.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Allah! No god is there except Him. The most beautiful names belong to Him.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Allah (God), there is no deity except Him! His are the Finest Names!
Samy Mahdy   
Allah, no God except Him, for Him are the excellency names.
Sayyid Qutb   
[He is] God; there is no deity other than Him. His alone are all the attributes of perfection.
Thomas Cleary   
God is the only God, to whom belong the most beautiful names.
Ahmed Hulusi   
It is Allah! There is no deity-god, only HU! The Beautiful Names belong to Him (He creates what He wills with those qualities)!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Allah, there is no god but He. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
He is Allah, there is no Ilah but He; to Him belong, the unique and Commendable attributes
Mir Aneesuddin   
Allah, there is no god but He, His are the best names.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
God! there is no god but He! To Him belong the most Beautiful Names
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Allah - (there is) no god except Him. To Him (belong) the Names, the Most Beautiful
OLD Transliteration   
Allahu la ilaha illa huwa lahu al-asmao alhusna