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Muhammad Asad   
Said Pharaoh: “And what [and who] is that ‘Sustainer of all the worlds’?”
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Firaawn (Pharaoh) said, "And what is The Lord of the worlds."
Safi Kaskas   
Pharaoh said, “But what is the Lord of the worlds?”

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Arabic   
قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٢٣
Transliteration (2021)   
qāla fir'ʿawnu wamā rabbu l-ʿālamīn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
said Firaun "And what (is the) Lord (of) the worlds?"

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Said Pharaoh: “And what [and who] is that ‘Sustainer of all the worlds’?”
M. M. Pickthall   
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Pharaoh said: "And what is the 'Lord and Cherisher of the worlds'?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Pharaoh asked, “And what is ‘the Lord of all worlds’?”
Safi Kaskas   
Pharaoh said, “But what is the Lord of the worlds?”
Wahiduddin Khan   
Pharaoh said, What is this: Lord of the Universe
Shakir   
Firon said: And what is the Lord of the worlds
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the worlds?
T.B.Irving   
Pharaoh said: "What is the Lord of the Universe?"
Abdul Hye   
Pharaoh said: “And who is the Lord of the worlds?”
The Study Quran   
Pharaoh said, “And what is the Lord of the worlds?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Pharaoh questioned, “And who is this ‘Lord of the worlds’?”
Talal Itani (2012)   
Pharaoh said, 'And what is the Lord of the Worlds?'
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Firaun said: “And what (is meant by the term) Rabb-ul-Alamin?”
M. Farook Malik   
Pharoah said: "Who is this Lord of the Worlds?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Firaawn (Pharaoh) said, "And what is The Lord of the worlds."
Muhammad Sarwar   
The Pharaoh asked, "Who is the Lord of the Universe?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Pharaoh said, .What is the Lord of the worlds?
Shabbir Ahmed   
Pharaoh said, "What is the Lord of the Worlds?" (20:49)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
The pharaoh asked, "And what is this Lord of the universe?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Firon (Pharaoh) said: "And what is the ‘Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds (Rab-ul-'Ala'meen)’?"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Pharaoh said: "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
Abdel Haleem   
Pharaoh asked, ‘What is this “Lord of the Worlds”?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Fir'awn said. and what is the Lord of the worlds
Ahmed Ali   
The Pharaoh asked: "And what is the Lord of all the worlds?"
Aisha Bewley   
Pharaoh said, ´What is the Lord of all the worlds?´
Ali Ünal   
(The Pharaoh) said: "What (and who) is that, ‘the Lord of the worlds’?"
Ali Quli Qara'i   
He said, ‘And what is ‘‘the Lord of all the worlds?’’ ’
Hamid S. Aziz   
Said Pharaoh, "Who is the Lord of the Worlds? "
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Pharaoh said: “And what is the Lord of humankind?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Pharaoh said, “And what is the ‘Lord of all the worlds”
Musharraf Hussain   
Pharaoh said, “Who is this ‘Lord of the Worlds’?”
Maududi   
Pharaoh said: "And who is this Lord of the Universe?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Pharaoh said: "And what is the Lord of the worlds?
Mohammad Shafi   
Pharaoh said: "And who is `Lord of the worlds'?"

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Firawn (Pharaoh) said 'and what is the Lord of the Worlds?
Rashad Khalifa   
Pharaoh said, "What is the Lord of the universe?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Pharaoh said: 'And what is the Lord of the Worlds?
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the worlds
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Pharaoh said: "And what (is) the creations all together's/(universes') Lord?"
Bijan Moeinian   
Pharaoh said: “Who is this Lord of all worlds that you are talking about?”
Faridul Haque   
Said Firaun, “And what is the Lord Of The Creation
Sher Ali   
Pharaoh said, `And what is the Lord of the worlds?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(Pharaoh) said: ‘What is the Lord of all the worlds?
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Pharaoh (was confounded and turning the topic of the conversation) said, `What is (this) Lord of the world (by whom you claim to be sent?)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Firaun (Pharaoh) said: "And what is the Lord of the Alameen (mankind, jinns and all that exists)?"

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Pharaoh said, 'And what is the Lord of all Being?
George Sale   
Pharaoh said, and who is the Lord of all creatures
Edward Henry Palmer   
Said Pharaoh, 'Who is the Lord of the worlds?
John Medows Rodwell   
Said Pharaoh, "Who then is the Lord of the Worlds?"
N J Dawood (2014)   
Who is the Lord of the Universe?‘ said Pharaoh

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And Pharaoh said, “And what is the Lord the worlds?”
Munir Mezyed   
Pharaoh said: ’What do you mean by the Lord of all the beings?’
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Pharaoh said: and who is the Lord of all worlds?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Pharaoh said, “What is the Lord of the Worlds?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Pharaoh said, “And what is the Lord of all realms?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Pharaoh said: "What is the Lord of the Universe?"
Samy Mahdy   
Pharaoh said, “And what is The Worlds’ Lord?”
Sayyid Qutb   
Pharaoh said: And what is that “Lord of all the worlds”?
Ahmed Hulusi   
Pharaoh said, “And what is the Rabb of the worlds?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Pharaoh said: 'And what is the Lord of the woilds?
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Pharaoh asked: "and who is Allah, the Creator of the world"
Mir Aneesuddin   
Now (should) that favour with which you favoured me (become the cause) for your enslaving the children of Isreal?”
The Wise Quran   
Pharaoh said, 'And what is the Lord of the worlds?'

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Pharaoh said: "And what is the 'Lord and Cherisher of the worlds'?"
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Firaun said "And what (is the) Lord (of) the worlds?
OLD Transliteration   
Qala firAAawnu wama rabbu alAAalameena