Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[And] have they created the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no certainty of anything
M. M. Pickthall
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? In fact, they have no firm belief ˹in Allah˺.
Safi Kaskas
Or did they create the heavens and the Earth? In truth, they are not certain of anything.
Wahiduddin Khan
Did they create the heavens and the earth? No! They have no faith
Shakir
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! they have no certainty
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Or created they the heavens and the earth? Nay! They are not certain.
T.B.Irving
Or did they create Heaven and Earth? Rather they will never be convinced.
Abdul Hye
Or have they created the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm belief.
The Study Quran
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no certainty
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Certainly, they lack conviction.
Talal Itani (2012)
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? In fact, they are not certain
Dr. Kamal Omar
Or have they created the heavens and the earth? Nay! They develop not the certainty in Faith
Did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! They will never be convinced
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Or even did they create the heavens and the earth? No indeed, (but) they have no certitude
Muhammad Sarwar
Have they created the heavens and the earth? In fact, they have no strong faith
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Or have they created the heavens and the earth? No, but they are sure of nothing
Shabbir Ahmed
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have certainty about nothing
Dr. Munir Munshey
Is it they, who brought the heavens and the earth into being? The fact is they lack faith
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? No! They have no firm belief
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Or did they create the heavens and the Earth No, they do not comprehend
Abdel Haleem
Did they create the heavens and the earth? No! They do not have faith
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Created they the heavens and the earth! Aye! they will not be convinced
Ahmed Ali
Or have they created the heavens and the earth? In fact they are certain of nothing
Aisha Bewley
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? No, in truth they have no certainty.
Ali Ünal
Or did they create the heavens and the earth (so that their sovereignty belongs to them)? No indeed. Rather, they have no certain knowledge (about creation, humankind, and the basic facts concerning them)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather they have no certainty
Hamid S. Aziz
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! They have no certainty
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Or did they create the skies and the earth? No, they are not sure.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? No, they have no firm beliefs
Musharraf Hussain
Or did they create the Heavens and the Earth? Nay, they will never be convinced.
Maududi
Or is it they who created the heavens and the earth? No; the truth is that they lack sure faith
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? No, they do not comprehend.
Mohammad Shafi
Or, have they created the heavens and the earth? And yet they are not certain of a Creator creating them!h
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Or they have created the heavens and the earth? Nay, rather they are not convinced.
Did they create the heavens and the earth? Indeed, they have no certainty.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Or, did they create the heavens and the earth? No, their belief is not certain
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they are sure of nothing
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Or they created the skies/space and the earth/Planet Earth, but/rather they are not sure/certain
Bijan Moeinian
Have they created heavens and the earth? The fact of the matter is that they are sure of nothing; they have no faith
Faridul Haque
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather they are not certain
Sher Ali
Did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no faith in the Creator
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Or did they create the heavens and the earth themselves? (No,) in fact, they do not have any faith (in the truth)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Have they created the heavens and the earth? The thing is only that they have no faith (in God)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Or is it that they created the heavens and the earth? Nay! They have no certitude.
Munir Mezyed
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? The truth is that they have no firm belief (in Allâh).
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? But they are not certain.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Did they create the skies and Earth? Nonsense! They have no certainty.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? In fact, they are not certain.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Or did they create Heaven and Earth? Rather they will never be convinced.
Samy Mahdy
Or did they create the skies and the earth? Nay, but they are not certain.
Ahmed Hulusi
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? No, they are not certain.
Mir Aneesuddin
Or did they create the skies and the earth? No, they have no certainty.
Or was it they who created the heavens and the earth and caused them to exist? Indeed they have a strong disposition to deny their Maker
The Wise Quran
Or they created the heavens and the earth. Nay, they are not sure.