Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
yet it may well be that my Sustainer will give me something better than thy garden -just as He may let loose a calamity out of heaven upon this [thy garden], so that it becomes a heap of barren dus
M. M. Pickthall
Yet it may be that my Lord will give me better than thy garden, and will send on it a bolt from heaven, and some morning it will be a smooth hillside
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"It may be that my Lord will give me something better than thy garden, and that He will send on thy garden thunderbolts (by way of reckoning) from heaven, making it (but) slippery sand!
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
perhaps my Lord will grant me ˹something˺ better than your garden, and send down upon your garden a thunderbolt from the sky, turning it into a barren waste.
Safi Kaskas
it may well be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden and send down on it thunderbolts from the sky so that it becomes a heap of barren dust,
Wahiduddin Khan
my Lord may well give me a garden better than yours and send down thunderbolts from heaven upon your vineyard, turning it into a barren waste
Shakir
Then maybe my Lord will give me what is better than your garden, and send on it a thunderbolt from heaven so that it shall become even ground without plant
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Then, perhaps my Lord will give me better than thy garden and will send on it a thunderclap from heaven. And it will come to be in the morning a place of slippery earth.
T.B.Irving
perhaps my Lord will still give me something better than your garden and send a reckoning down from Heaven on it, so it will eventually become a bald hilltop,
Abdul Hye
it may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and may send a punishment from the sky on it, then turn it into a slippery earth.
The Study Quran
it may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and unleash against it a reckoning from the sky, so that it becomes a flattened plain
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
However, my Lord may give me something better than your garden, and He may send a calamity from the sky upon it, reducing it to a barren, dusty wasteland.
Talal Itani (2012)
Perhaps my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and release upon it thunderbolts from the sky, so it becomes barren waste
Dr. Kamal Omar
so perhaps my Nourisher-Sustainer, that He may provide me better than your orchard and may direct over it Husban (a thunderbolt) from towards the sky so it becomes a bare slippery ground
yet my Lord may give me a garden better than yours, and may send down thunderbolts from sky upon your garden, turning it into a barren wasteland
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Yet, it may be that my Lord will bring me a more charitable (thing) than your garden and send on it a reckoned (bolt) from the heaven so that in the morning it will be a slippery dry soil
Muhammad Sarwar
perhaps my Lord will give me a garden better than yours and strike your garden with a thunderbolt from the sky to turn it into a barren ground
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
then, it is likely that my Lord will give me (what is) better than your garden, and will send to it a punishment from the heavens, and it will become a barren land
Shabbir Ahmed
He said, "So my Lord may grant me something better than your garden. (The luxuries of this life are vulnerable). He may send a calamity from the height to wipe out this garden, leaving it a heap of barren dust."
Dr. Munir Munshey
"It is possible that my Lord may yet grant me a better garden, while he may strike yours (with a bolt) from the blue, leaving it slippery and barren."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and that He will send thunderbolts onto your garden from the sky, (by the way of warning) from heaven, making it slippery sand
It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a calamity from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"Perhaps my Lord will give me better than your garden, and He should send upon it a violent storm from the sky, so it becomes completely barren."
Abdel Haleem
my Lord may well give me something better than your garden, and send thunderbolts on your garden from the sky, so that it becomes a heap of barren dust
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Then belike my Lord will vouchsafe unto me something better than thy garden and send thereon a belt from the heaven that it become a plane slippery
Ahmed Ali
Yet, my Lord may haply give me a garden better than yours, and He may send a thunder-bolt, from the skies and in the morning it will be a barren plain
Aisha Bewley
it may well be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden and send down on it a fireball from the sky so that morning finds it a shifting heap of dust,
Ali Ünal
"It may well be that my Lord will give me something better than your vineyard, and send on it (your vineyard) a calamity from heaven so that it becomes a barren waste
Ali Quli Qara'i
maybe my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden, and He will unleash upon it bolts from the sky, so that it becomes a bare plain
Hamid S. Aziz
"It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and will send upon it a bolt from heaven, and it shall be but bare slippery mud on the morrow
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
then perhaps my Lord gives me better than your garden and sends a thunderbolt from the sky on it, so it becomes a slippery wasteland,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and that He will send on your garden thunderbolts from the sky, making it as quick sand
Musharraf Hussain
I am hopeful that my Lord will give me better than your vineyards; He could send a thunderbolt from the sky on them and turn the land barren,
Maududi
it may well be that my Lord will give me something better than your vineyard, and send a calamity upon your vineyard from the heavens and it will be reduced to a barren waste
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"Perhaps my Lord will give me better than your garden, and He will send upon it a tornado from the sky, so it becomes completely barren."
Mohammad Shafi
"Then maybe my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and send a thunderbolt from heaven on your garden so that it shall become just a barren land."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then it is near that my Lord will give me something better than your garden and send down thunder bolt from heaven on your garden, then it may become a bare plain ground.
"My Lord may grant me better than your garden. He may send a violent storm from the sky that wipes out your garden, leaving it completely barren.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
maybe my Lord will give me a garden better than yours, and send down a thunderbolt from heaven, so that in the morning it will be a slope of dust
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Then maybe my Lord will give me better than thy garden, and will send on (thine) a reckoning from heaven so that it is dust without plant
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So maybe/perhaps my Lord that He gives/brings me better than your treed garden, and He sends on it thunder storms/small arrows from the sky/space, so it becomes/becomes in the morning slippery/slithery dust
Bijan Moeinian
Do not forget that He may send a storm to destroy your gardens, turning them into a useless land.”
Faridul Haque
"So it is likely that my Lord will give me a garden better than yours, and send bolts of lightning from the skies on your garden - it therefore turns into a barren plain."
Sher Ali
`It may be, my Lord will grant me something better than thy garden, and will send on thy garden a thunderbolt from heaven so that it will become bare slippery ground
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
It is not far from possible that my Lord may give me a garden better than yours, and send from heaven some torment upon this (garden) turning it into a barren, slippery piece of land
Amatul Rahman Omar
`There is every hope that my Lord will give me a garden better than yours and He may visit this (garden of yours) with thunderbolts from above, so that it is turned into a barren waste
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
"It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and will send on it Husban (torment, bolt, etc.) from the sky, then it will be a slippery earth
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Thus it may well be that perhaps my Lord will give me something better than your garden and may send against it fire-bolts from the heaven and thus it turns into a slippery tract of sand
Munir Mezyed
It is possible that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, or he sends on it a thunderbolt from the sky, then it will be rough and slippery ground,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
But maybe my Lord will give me better than your garden and send against it a torrent from the sky so that it becomes washed away soil.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“…it may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden. He may send upon (your garden) a disaster from the sky and cause it to become slippery dirt.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Hopefully my Lord will give me better than your garden and send upon it thunderbolts from the sky so that it becomes slippery soil,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
perhaps my Lord will still give me something better than your garden and send a torment down from the sky on it, so it will eventually become a bald hilltop,
Samy Mahdy
So, perhaps my Lord will give me better than your paradise, and send upon it thunderbolts from the sky, so it becomes slippery barren.
Sayyid Qutb
yet it may well be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, just as He may let loose a calamity out of heaven upon this [your garden], so that it becomes a heap of barren dust
Ahmed Hulusi
“It may be that my Rabb will give me a better Paradise (garden) than yours and will send upon your garden a calamity from the sky and it will become a dry, dusty ground.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Yet it may be that my Lord will give me better than your garden, and will send on it (your garden) a thunderbolt from heaven so that it becomes an even slippery ground without plant
"Perhaps Allah, my Creator, will bestow on me what is better than your orchard and He may send against it from heaven a thunder-bolt reducing it into a smooth and unproductive piece of land"
Mir Aneesuddin
then it may be that my Fosterer will give me (something)better than your garden and will send on it thunderbolts from the sky so that it will become a smooth ground,
The Wise Quran
Perhaps my Lord will give me better than your garden, and will send upon it thunderbolts from the sky, then it will become bare slippery soil;