Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Verily, it is We who grant life and deal death; and with Us will be all journeys’ en
M. M. Pickthall
Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Final Goal
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
It is certainly We Who give life and cause death. And to Us is the final return.
Safi Kaskas
It is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is their final destination
Wahiduddin Khan
Truly, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us shall all retur
Shakir
Surely We give life and cause to die, and to Us is the eventual coming
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, it is We who give life and cause to die and to Us is the Homecoming
T.B.Irving
It is We Who give life and bring death, and toward Us lies the goal
Abdul Hye
Surely, it is We Who gives life and causes death; and to Us is the final return,
The Study Quran
Truly We give life and We cause death, and unto Us is the journey’s end
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
It’s We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination.
Talal Itani (2012)
It is We who control life and death, and to Us is the destination
Dr. Kamal Omar
Verily We, We, We give life, and We cause death; and to Us is the Final Return
Surely it is We Who give life and death; and to Us shall all return
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Surely We, Ever We, give life and make to die, and to Us is the Destiny
Muhammad Sarwar
We give life and cause things to die. To Us all things will return
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Surely We alone give life and bring death, and to Us is the final retur
Shabbir Ahmed
Verily, it is We Who grant life and dispense death, and unto us is the destination. (8:42)
Dr. Munir Munshey
Indeed, We (alone) bestow life, and We give death. Towards Us, is the return trip (of every soul)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Surely, it is We Who give life and cause death; And to Us is the Final Return—
Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destinatio
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
We are the Ones who give life and bring death, and to Us is the destiny
Abdel Haleem
It is We who give life and death; the final return will be to U
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily We! it is We Who give life and cause death, and Unto Us is the journeying
Ahmed Ali
We are the one who give life and death, and to Us will be the destination
Aisha Bewley
It is We who give life and cause to die and We are their final destination.
Ali Ünal
Surely it is We Who give life and cause to die, and to Us is the homecoming
Ali Quli Qara'i
Indeed it is We who give life and bring death, and toward Us is the destination
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely We give life and cause to die, and to Us is the final destination (or goal)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Indeed, We give life and We cause death, and the final return is to Us.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Indeed it is We Who give life and death, and to Us is the final goal
Musharraf Hussain
We give life and death, and the Final Return will be to Us.
Maududi
Surely it is We Who give life and cause death, and to Us shall all retur
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
We are the Ones who give life and bring death, and to Us is the destiny.
Mohammad Shafi
It is indeed We Who give life and cause death; and to Us is the final destination
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly, We give life and cause death and to Us is the return.
We are the ones who control life and death; to us is the final destiny.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
It is We who give life and make to die. To Us is the arrival
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely We give life and cause to die, and to Us is the eventual coming -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
That We, We revive/make alive, and We make die, and to Us (is) the end/destination
Bijan Moeinian
It is I (God) who give life and death and to Me you will all return on that Day
Faridul Haque
Indeed it is We Who give life, and give death, and towards Us only is the return
Sher Ali
Verily, it is WE Who give life and cause death, and to US is the final return
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Surely, it is We Who give life, and it is We Who cause death, and to Us is the return
Amatul Rahman Omar
It is We Who give life and cause death and to Us is the (final) return (of all)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Verily, We it is Who give life and cause death; and to Us is the final return
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Truly it is We who gives life and causes death and unto Us is the place of final coming.
Munir Mezyed
Verily it is We Who give life and bring death; and to Us is the journey’s end.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
We give life and give death and to Us is the journey.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Truly, We give life and death. To Us is the final goal.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Indeed, We—We alone—give life and cause death, and to Us is the destiny.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
It is We Who give life and bring death, and toward Us lies the destiny
Samy Mahdy
Surely, We will give life and will cause death, and to Us is the destiny.
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, it is Us, yes Us, who gives life and takes life! And to Us is the return!
Mir Aneesuddin
(It is) certainly We (Who) give life and cause to die and towards Us is the destination.
It is We who give life and inspirit the property of animate existence, and occasion death and deprive of animate existence, and to Us shall all return
The Wise Quran
Indeed We, We give life and We cause death, and to Us is the destination.