Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
despite the fact that [both] the life to come and this present [one] belong to God [alone]
M. M. Pickthall
But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But it is to Allah that the End and the Beginning (of all things) belong
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
In fact, to Allah ˹alone˺ belongs this world and the next.
Safi Kaskas
when this life and the life to come belong only to God?
Wahiduddin Khan
But it is to God that the Hereafter and this world belong
Shakir
Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life)
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Then, to God belongs the Last and the First.
T.B.Irving
Yet God still holds the Last as well as the First!
Abdul Hye
But to Allah belong the last (Hereafter) and the first (the world).
The Study Quran
Yet unto God belong the Hereafter and this world
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
But to God belong the afterlife and the first.
Talal Itani (2012)
To God belong the Last and the First
Dr. Kamal Omar
But for Allah (is) the Hereafter and the initial (world)
Nay! To Allah belongs the hereafter and this present life
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Yet, to Allah belongs the Hereafter, and the First (life)
Muhammad Sarwar
All that is in the life to come and all that is in this life belongs only to God
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
(No,) because to Allah alone belongs the (good of) the Hereafter and the former life (of this world)
Shabbir Ahmed
Even though unto Allah belong the later life and the former. (His are the Keys of the heavens and the earth (7:96), (28:77), (39:63), (41:10), (42:12))
Dr. Munir Munshey
But to Allah belongs the end, (the life-to-come), as well as the beginning, (the life of this world)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
But it is Allah to Whom the end and the beginning (of everything) belong
Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
To God belongs the Hereafter, and the world
Abdel Haleem
when the present life and the life to come belong only to God
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Allah's is the last and the first
Ahmed Ali
To God belong the End and the Beginning
Aisha Bewley
The last and the first belong to Allah.
Ali Ünal
But (whatever human desires, be it to serve his higher good, or to serve his carnal appetites) to God belong the after(life) and the former (life)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Yet to Allah belong this world and the Hereafter
Hamid S. Aziz
Nay! To Allah belongs the after and the former life (or the End and the Beginning)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
While the last (the Hereafter) and the first (this world) belongs to God.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
But it is to God that the end and the beginning belong
Musharraf Hussain
Both the Hereafter and this world belong to Allah
Maududi
To Allah belong both the Next World and the present
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
To God belongs the end, and the beginning.
Mohammad Shafi
To Allah then belong the Hereafter and the present
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
But Allah is the Owner of the Hereafter and the world all.
To GOD belongs both the Hereafter, and this world.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
To Allah belongs the Eternal life and the first life
Maulana Muhammad Ali
But for Allah is the Hereafter and the former (life)
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So to God (is) the end (other life) and the first/beginning
Bijan Moeinian
No way. It is only the will of God which will be fulfilled in this world, as well as, in Hereafter
Faridul Haque
So (know that) Allah only is the Owner of all - the Hereafter and this world
Sher Ali
Nay, to ALLAH belong the Hereafter and this world
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So Allah alone is the Master of the Hereafter and the world
Amatul Rahman Omar
Rather (all the blessings of) the Hereafter as well as (those of) this present life belong to Allah
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
But to Allah belongs the last (Hereafter) and the first (the world)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
But for Allah is the end and the beginning.
Munir Mezyed
But to Allâh belongs the End and the Beginning (of all things).
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
But to Allah belongs the hereafter and this world.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
To Allah belong the end and the beginning.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
To Allah belong the Hereafter and the first (life).
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Yet Allah (God) still holds the Last (Hereafter) as well as the First (life in the world)!
Samy Mahdy
So it is for Allah the Last and the First.
Ahmed Hulusi
Both the eternal life to come and the world are for (the manifestations of the Names of) Allah!
Mir Aneesuddin
But Allah’s is the hereafter (future) and the former (past).
But to Allah belong the future and the present, the end and the beginning, all things to be and all that has been, and Hereafter and here
The Wise Quran
And for God is the hereafter and the former.