Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
“Now [as for me, I know that,] verily, these [false deities] are my enemies, [and that none is my helper] save the Sustainer of all the worlds
M. M. Pickthall
Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They are ˹all˺ enemies to me, except the Lord of all worlds.
Safi Kaskas
They are enemies to me. [I worship none] except the Lord of the worlds,
Wahiduddin Khan
they are all my enemies, not so the Lord of the Universe
Shakir
Surely they are enemies to me, but not (so) the Lord of the worlds
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, they are an enemy to me, but not so the Lord of the worlds
T.B.Irving
"They are enemies of mine, except for the Lord of the Universe
Abdul Hye
Surely! They are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds;
The Study Quran
For they are all enemies unto me, save the Lord of the worlds
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They are enemies to me; but not so the Lord of the Worlds.
Talal Itani (2012)
They are enemies to me, but not so the Lord of the Worlds
Dr. Kamal Omar
So, surely, they are enemies to me, except the Nourisher-Sustainer to the worlds
They are all enemies to me; except the Lord of the Worlds
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Yet, surely they are an enemy to me, except The Lord of the worlds
Muhammad Sarwar
are my enemies? Not so the Lord of the Universe
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
they all are an enemy to me, except the Lord of the worlds
Shabbir Ahmed
Now verily, they (all kinds of idols) are enemies to me, for I am devoted only to the Lord of the Worlds
Dr. Munir Munshey
"Indeed, they are my enemies _ all of them; other than the Lord of the worlds!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"Verily, they are enemies to me; except the Lord of the Worlds (Rab-ul-'Ala'meen)
Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"They are enemies to me, except for the Lord of the worlds."
Abdel Haleem
are my enemies; not so the Lord of the Worlds
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily they are an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the worlds
Ahmed Ali
Yet they are my enemies except the Lord of all the world
Aisha Bewley
They are all my enemies — except for the Lord of all the worlds:
Ali Ünal
"I see that they (all that you worship) are enemies to me, but the Lord of the worlds is not
Ali Quli Qara'i
They are indeed hateful to me, but the Lord of all the worlds
Hamid S. Aziz
"Verily, they are foes unto me, save only the Lord of the Worlds
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Indeed, they are my enemies, except the Lord of humankind,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“Indeed they are enemies to me, but not the Lord of the all the systems knowledge
Musharraf Hussain
These gods are my enemies, all apart from the Lord of the worlds
Maududi
They are all enemies to me; all, except the Lord of the Universe
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"They are enemies to me, except for the Lord of the worlds.
Mohammad Shafi
"And, indeed, these are enemies to me, but not the Lord of the worlds."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly they are all enemies to me but the Lord of the worlds.
"I am against them, for I am devoted only to the Lord of the universe.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They are enemies to me except the Lord of all the World
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely they are an enemy to me, but not (so) the Lord of the worlds
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So they truly are an enemy to me except the creations all together's/(universes') Lord
Bijan Moeinian
I am devoted only to the Lord of the all worlds:…
Faridul Haque
“They are all my enemies, except the Lord Of The Creation.”
Sher Ali
`They are all enemies to me but it is the Lord of the worlds
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So (all) these (idols) are enemies to me except the Lord of all the worlds. (He is the One Who is my God.
Amatul Rahman Omar
`They are (all) enemies to me. Different however is the case of the Lord of the world (Who is kind to me)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
"Verily! They are enemies to me, save the Lord of the Alameen (mankind, jinns and all that exists)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
most certainly they are an enemy for me except the Lord of the worlds
Munir Mezyed
Surely, they are enemies of me except the Lord of all the beings,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They are an enemy to me, except for the Lord of all worlds.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“They are truly enemies to me. [My enemy is] not the Lord of the Worlds.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They are enemies to me, except for the Lord of all realms,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They are enemies of mine, except for the Lord of the Universe
Samy Mahdy
So, they are enemies for me, except the Worlds Lord.
Sayyid Qutb
They are my enemies, except for the Lord of all the worlds.
Ahmed Hulusi
“They are definitely my enemies... Only the Rabb of the worlds...”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Surely they are enemies to me, save the Lord of the Worlds
They are adversaries who might obtain their end and therefore enemies to me but not Allah, the Creator of the worlds, the visible and the invisible, past, present and those to come."
Mir Aneesuddin
For they are enemies to me except the Fosterer of the worlds,
The Wise Quran
Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,