Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | But they [who do not believe in the life to come] will not take it to heart unless God so wills: [for] He is the Fount of all God-consciousness, and the Fount of all forgiveness |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness | |
Shakir | | And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | they will only take heed if God so wills: He is the Lord who is worthy to be feared: the Lord of forgiveness | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | But they will not remember unless God wills. He is Worthy of God-consciousness and He is Worthy of granting The Forgiveness. | |
| T.B.Irving | | Yet they will not remember except however God may wish. He is Entitled to be heeded, as well as entitled to grant forgiveness! | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | But they cannot do so unless Allah wills. He ˹alone˺ is worthy to be feared and entitled to forgive. | |
| Safi Kaskas | | But they will not remember, unless God so wills. He is the Source of all righteousness, and the source of all forgiveness. | |
| Abdul Hye | | And they will not take heed unless Allah wills. He is the One deserves that mankind should be afraid of Him. He is the One Who forgives. | |
| The Study Quran | | And they remember not, save as God wills. He is most worthy of reverence and most worthy of granting forgiveness | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | And none will remember except if God wills. He is the source of righteousness and the source of forgiveness | |
Abdel Haleem | | they will only take heed if God so wishes. He is the Lord who should be heeded, the Lord of forgiveness | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | And they shall not heed unless Allah Willeth. He is the Lord of piety. and the Lord of forgivenes | |
Ahmed Ali | | But they will not remember except as God wills: He is worthy to be feared, and He is worthy of forgivin | |
Aisha Bewley | | But they will only pay heed if Allah wills. He is entitled to be feared and entitled to forgive. | |
Ali Ünal | | Yet they will not receive admonition and take heed unless God wills; He is the Lord of righteousness and piety, and the Lord of forgiveness | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | And they will not remember unless Allah wishes. He is worthy of [your] being wary [of Him] and He is worthy to forgive | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | But none will remember (or heed) unless Allah wills. He is the source of fear (or righteousness) and the source of Mercy | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | And in no way will they remember, except that Allah decides. He is The Source (Literally: The only Qualified One) of piety and The Source of forgiveness | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | No one will seek guidance unless God wills it. He alone is worthy of being feared and He is the Source of Forgiveness | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | And they will not take advice unless Allah so wills. He is worthy to be feared, and worthy to forgive | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | But they will not take it to heart except in accordance with Allah's Law of Guidance. (4:88). He is the Source of security, and the Source of forgiveness and protection. (76:30), (81:29) | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | And they will not keep it in memory (mind) except as Allah wills: He is the One Who deserving the righteousness (with prayer and supplication to Him) and He is the One Who grants forgiveness (of the sins) | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness | |
Farook Malik | | But none takes heed except by the will of Allah. He Alone is worthy to be feared and He Alone is worthy to forgive those who fear Him | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | But they will not heed unless Allah so wills. He is Worthy of being feared, and He is the One Who forgives | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | They will not remind (their ownselves or others) except that Allah desires (this). He (Alone is) worthy of (receiving) obedience and worthy for (granting) Forgiveness | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | But they will not remember, unless God wills. He is the Source of Righteousness, and the Source of Forgiveness | |
Maududi | | But they will not benefit from it unless Allah Himself so wills. He is worthy to be feared; and He is worthy to forgive (those that fear Him) | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | And they do not take notice unless God wants, as He is entitled to be cautioned of, and is entitled to forgive | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | But none will keep it in remembrance except as God wills. He is the Lord of righteousness, and the Lord of forgiveness | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | They will listen if Allah wills. He alone should be feared, the Lord of forgiveness | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | And none will remember except if God wills. He is the source of righteousness and the source of forgiveness | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | And none takes heed unless Allah so wills: He is the Embodiment of the virtue of piety, and the embodiment of the virtue of forgiveness | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | Only those who deserve the blessing of God will believe in it. In God alone you will find righteousness and in God alone you will find forgiveness | |
| Faridul Haque | | And what advice will they heed, except if Allah wills? Only He deserves to be feared, and His only is the greatness of forgiving | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | But none will remember, unless Allah wills, He is the Owner of fear, the Owner of forgiveness | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is Worthy that duty should be kept to Him and Worthy to forgive | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | And they do not mention/remember except that God wills/wants , He is worthy/relation (owner of) the fear and obedience, and (He is) worthy/relation (owner of) the forgiveness | |
Sher Ali | | And they will not remember unless ALLAH so pleases. HE alone is worthy to be feared and HE alone is worthy to forgive | |
Rashad Khalifa | | They cannot take heed against GOD's will. He is the source of righteousness; He is the source of forgiveness. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | And they will not accept admonition unless Allah so Please. He alone is worthy to be feared and He alone is worthy to forgive | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | But these (deniers) will not remember it unless Allah (so) will. He alone is worthy to be taken as a shield and He alone is most worthy of granting protection | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | And they will not remember (it) unless Allah so wills. He is the One to Whom fear (and righteousness) is due, and He alone is the Lord of forgiveness | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills; He (Allah) is the One, deserving that mankind should be afraid of, and should be dutiful to Him, and should not take any Ilah (God) along with Him, and He is the One Who forgives (sins) | |
