Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
can you not cause that [ebbing life] to return - if what you claim is true
M. M. Pickthall
Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
bring that soul back, if what you say is true.
Safi Kaskas
don't you restore his soul back to him, if your claim is true?
Wahiduddin Khan
do you not cause the soul to return to him if you are truthful in your claim
Shakir
That you send it (not) back-- if you are truthful
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
returning the soul to the body , if you had been ones who are sincere?
T.B.Irving
answer back if you are truthful...!
Abdul Hye
bring back the soul (to its body) if you are truthful?
The Study Quran
do you not return it, if you are truthful
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Then bring it back, if what you say is true.
Talal Itani (2012)
Then bring it back, if you are truthful
Dr. Kamal Omar
bring back that (soul which is leaving the body) — if you are those who speak the truth
- restore to the dying person his soul? Answer this, if what you say be true
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Make it return, if (ever) you are sincere
Muhammad Sarwar
why can you not bring it (the soul) back (to life)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
bring the soul back, if you are truthful
Shabbir Ahmed
Make the departing return, if you are men of truth? (Denying the Fact that Allah alone is the Giver of life and death, and man owes his abilities, limited or abundant, to Him)
Dr. Munir Munshey
Return the soul back (to the dead), if you are (indeed) truthful
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Return the soul, if you are truthful, (in your claim of independence)
Bring it back, if you should be truthful
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Then return it, if you are truthfu
Abdel Haleem
do you not restore his soul to him, if what you say is true
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Cause ye it not to return, if ye say sooth
Ahmed Ali
Can you not bring him back? (Answer) if you are truthfu
Aisha Bewley
do you not send it back if you are telling the truth?
Ali Ünal
(How is it that) you do not restore the soul (of that dying human), if you are truthful (in your claim)
Ali Quli Qara'i
[to the Divine dispensation], restore it, should you be truthful
Hamid S. Aziz
Force back (the soul), if you are truthful (about your independence)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
you return it (the soul to the body), if you are truthful?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Call back the soul, if you are truthful
Musharraf Hussain
If you are truthful, why can’t you cause that ebbing life to return
Maududi
why are you then not able to bring them back to life if you are truthful
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Then return it, if you are truthful?
Mohammad Shafi
[Why not then] you bring that [dead body] back to life if you are right
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
That you may send it back if you are truthful?
why do you not restore (your soul), if you are truthful?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
do you not restore his soul, if you are truthful
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Do you not send it back, if you are truthful
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
You return it (the life), if you were truthful
Bijan Moeinian
… your claim, then go ahead and restore the soul
Faridul Haque
That you bring it back, if you are truthful
Sher Ali
You cannot bring it back if you are truthful
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
That you turn that soul back if you are truthful
Amatul Rahman Omar
You do not bring it (- the soul) back (to the body of the dying person), if you are truthful (in your claim of being independent of the supreme authority)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Bring back the soul (to its body), if you are truthful
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
You can bring it back if you are truthful.
Munir Mezyed
Why do you not bring it back (to its body) if you are truthful?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Don´t you bring it back, if you are truthful?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Call back (the soul) if you are honest.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
do you not bring it back if you are truthful?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
return [the soul] back if you are truthful...!
Samy Mahdy
Can bring it back, if you are truthful.
Ahmed Hulusi
And if you are truthful, then turn (death) away (if you think there is no sunnatullah)!
Mir Aneesuddin
(that you) bring the (soul) back, if you are truthful?
Why then are you unable to restore the soul to the dying if what you claim is true