Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
GOD IS HE save whom there is no deity: the One who knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being’s perception, as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature’s senses or mind: He, the Most Gracious, the Dispenser of Grace
M. M. Pickthall
He is Allah, than Whom there is no other Allah, the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible. He is the Beneficent, Merciful
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Allah is He, than Whom there is no other god;- Who knows (all things) both secret and open; He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
He is Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him: Knower of the seen and unseen. He is the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
Safi Kaskas
He is God, there is no god but Him, the Knower of all that is beyond our senses and all that we can witness. He is the Merciful-to-all, the Mercy giver.
Wahiduddin Khan
He is God: there is no deity save Him. He knows the unseen and the visible. He is the Compassionate, the Merciful
Shakir
He is Allah besides Whom there is no god; the Knower of the unseen and the seen; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He is God; there is no god but He, One Who Knows of the unseen and the visible. He is The Merciful, The Compassionate.
T.B.Irving
He is God, besides Whom there is no [other] deity; Knowing the Unseen and the Visible, He is the Mercy-giving, the Merciful!
Abdul Hye
He is Allah, besides Whom there is no one worthy of worship but He, the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the Beneficent, the Merciful.
The Study Quran
He is God, other than Whom there is no god, Knower of the Unseen and the seen. And He is the Compassionate, the Merciful
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He is God, besides whom there is no god, the Knower of the invisible and the visible. He is the Gracious, the Merciful.
Talal Itani (2012)
He is God. There is no god but He, the Knower of secrets and declarations. He is the Compassionate, the Merciful
Dr. Kamal Omar
He is Allah, That (One): La-ilaha-illa-Huwa . Knower of the unseen and the seen, He is Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim
Allah is He, besides Whom there is no god, the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the Compassionate, the Merciful
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He is Allah, (other than Whom) there is no god except He. He is The Knower of the Unseen and the Witnessed. He is The All-Merciful, The Ever-Merciful
Muhammad Sarwar
He is God, the only Lord, Who knows the unseen and the seen. He is the Beneficent and All-merciful One
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He is Allah, besides whom there is no god, the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is All-Merciful, Very-Merciful
Shabbir Ahmed
He is Allah, other than Whom there is no god, Knower of the Invisible and the Visible. He is the Instant and Sustaining Source of all Mercy and Kindness
Dr. Munir Munshey
He is Allah! There is no god except Him, the Knower of the unseen and the manifest! He is the most Beneficent and the most Merciful
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Allah is He, other than Whom there is no other god:— The All Knowing (Aa'lam), of the hidden and open, He, (is) the Most Gracious (Ar-Rahman), the Most Merciful (Ar-Raheem)
He is Allah , other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He is God; there is no other god beside Him. Knower of all secrets and declarations. He is the Almighty, the Merciful
Abdel Haleem
He is God: there is no god other than Him. It is He who knows what is hidden as well as what is in the open, He is the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He is Allah, there is no God but He; Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the Compassionate, the Merciful
Ahmed Ali
He is God; there is no god but He, the knower of the unknown and the known. He is the benevolent, ever-merciful
Aisha Bewley
He is Allah — there is no god but Him. He is the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible. He is the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful.
Ali Ünal
God is He save Whom there is no deity; the Knower of the unseen (all that lies beyond sense-perception) and the witnessed (the corporeal realm). He is the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate
Ali Quli Qara'i
He is Allah—there is no god except Him— Knower of the sensible and the Unseen, He is the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
Hamid S. Aziz
He is Allah besides Whom there is no God; the Knower of the unseen and the seen; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He is God, the One that there is no god except Him, knower of the unseen and the visible, He is the beneficent, the merciful.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
God is He. There is no other god, who knows all things both secret and open, He is the Merciful Benefactor, the Merciful Redeemer
Musharraf Hussain
He is Allah: there is no God but Him. He is the Knower of the hidden and the open, the Kind, the Caring.
Maududi
He is Allah: there is no god but He; the Knower of the unseen and the manifest, He is the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He is God; there is no other god besides Him. Knower of all secrets and declarations. He is the Almighty, the Merciful
Mohammad Shafi
Allah is He save Whom there is no god — the knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the One Gracious, Merciful
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He is Allah, besides Whom there is none to be worshipped, the Knower of everything hidden and open. He is the Most Affectionate, the Merciful.
He is the One GOD; there is no other god beside Him. Knower of all secrets and declarations. He is the Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He is Allah, there is no god except He. He knows the Unseen and the Visible. He is the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He is Allah besides Whom there is no God: The Knower of the unseen and the seen; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
He is God, He whom (there is) no God except Him, knower (of) the unseen/invisible/ supernatural and the testimony/presence , He is the merciful, the most merciful
Bijan Moeinian
God is the only divinity besides Whom none else is divine. He is the only One Who knows everything which is visible to His creatures and everything which is invisible. God is the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful
Faridul Haque
It is Allah, except Whom there is no God; the Knowing of all – the hidden and the evident; He only is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Sher Ali
HE is ALLAH and there is no god beside HIM, the Knower of the unseen and the seen. HE is the Gracious, the Merciful
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Allah is He besides Whom there is no God: the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He alone is Most Kind, Ever-Merciful
Amatul Rahman Omar
He is Allah, He is the One beside whom there is no other, cannot be and will never be One worthy of worship but He. (He is) the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
He is Allah, than Whom there is La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He) the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen (open). He is the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He Allah, it is He, there is no deity save He, Knower of the unseen and of the witnessed. He is Ar-Rahman [The All-merciful], The Most Merciful.
Munir Mezyed
He is Allâh besides Whom there is no other god, the All-Knowing of the unseen and the visible. He is the True Merciful, the Most Merciful.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He is Allah the One besides whom there is no god, who knows the unseen and the apparent, He is the owner and giver of mercy.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Allah is He besides whom there is no deity. He knows both secrets and proclamations. He is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He is Allah, besides Whom there is no god, the Knower of the hidden realm and the manifest; He is the All-Merciful, the Bestower of mercy.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He is Allah (God), besides Whom there is no [other] deity; Knowing the Unseen and the Visible, He is the Mercy-giving, the Merciful!
Samy Mahdy
He is Allah, the one who there is no god except Him, the unseen’s Knower and the witnessing. He isAl-Rahman (The Widely merciful), Al-Raheem (The merciful to his creation and himself).
Ahmed Hulusi
HU is Allah, there is no god, only HU (as HU is the inner essence of the reality of everything that is perceived)! The Knower of the unknown and the witnessed! HU is the Rahman (the potential of the source of the entire creation; the quantum potential), the Rahim (the One who manifests the infinite qualities denoted by the Names and experiences the world of acts with and through their observation).
Mir Aneesuddin
Allah is He, besides Whom there is no god, Knower of the unseen and the seen, He is the Beneficent, the Merciful.
He is Allah, the only llah there is, Alimun (the Omniscient) of the invisible, the hidden and the unseen, and of what the bosoms store of thoughts and feelings and of what the bosoms forge. He has cognizance and holds prescience of what you converse secretly and utter below your breath and of what is suggested secretly to the mind. He is well acquainted with the visible and the seen and with what is avowed openly and openly disclosed, and with what is uttered loudly and with all that is being said, AL-Rahman, and AL-Rahim (the Merciful)
The Wise Quran
He is God; the one who there is no god but He; the knower of the unseen and the seen; He is the Merciful, the Compassionate.