Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[He has sent] an apostle who conveys unto you God's clear messages, so that He might those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds out of the depths of darkness into the light. And whoever believes in God and does what is right and just, him will He admit into gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide beyond the count of time: indeed, a most goodly provision will God have granted him
M. M. Pickthall
A messenger reciting unto you the revelations of Allah made plain, that He may bring forth those who believe and do good works from darkness unto light. And whosoever believeth in Allah and doeth right, He will bring him into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein to abide for ever. Allah hath made good provision for him
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
An Messenger, who rehearses to you the Signs of Allah containing clear explanations, that he may lead forth those who believe and do righteous deeds from the depths of Darkness into Light. And those who believe in Allah and work righteousness, He will admit to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever: Allah has indeed granted for them a most excellent Provision
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
˹and sent˺ a messenger reciting to you Allah’s revelations, making things clear so that He may bring those who believe and do good out of darkness and into light. And whoever believes in Allah and does good will be admitted by Him into Gardens under which rivers flow, to stay there for ever and ever. Allah will have indeed granted them an excellent provision.
Safi Kaskas
a Messenger who recites God’s verses that make things clear to you, that he may bring those who believe and do good deeds from the darkness of ignorance into enlightenment. God will admit those who believe in Him and do good deeds into Gardens with rivers flowing through them, to dwell there forever and ever. God has provided excellently for them.
Wahiduddin Khan
and a messenger who conveys to you God's clear messages, so that he might lead those, who believe and do good deeds, out of darkness into light. God will admit those who believe in Him and do good deeds into Gardens with rivers flowing through them, where they will remain forever. God has indeed made excellent provision for them
Shakir
An Messenger who recites to you the clear communications of Allah so that he may bring forth those who believe and do good deeds from darkness into light; and whoever believes in Allah and does good deeds, He will cause him to enter gardens beneath which rivers now, to abide therein forever, Allah has indeed given him a goodly sustenance
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
a Messenger who recounts to you the signs of God, ones that are made manifest, that he brings out those who believed and did as the ones in accord with morality from the shadows to the light. And whoever believes in God and does as one in accord with morality, He will cause him to enter into Gardens beneath which rivers run, ones who will dwell in them forever, eternally. Surely, God did good with provision for him.
T.B.Irving
through a messenger reciting God´s clear verses, so He may remove those who believe and perform honorable deeds from darkness into Light. God will show anyone who believes in Him and acts honorably into gardens through which rivers flow, to live there forever. What a handsome provision God has granted him!
Abdul Hye
(And also sent to you) a Messenger (Muhammad), who recites to you the Verses of Allah (the Qur’an) with clear explanations, so that He may take out those who believe and do righteous deeds from the darkness (of polytheism) to the light (of faith). Those who believe in Allah and perform righteous deeds, He will admit them into gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), they will reside in it forever. Indeed Allah has granted an excellent provision for them.
The Study Quran
a Messenger reciting unto you the clear signs of God to bring those who believe and perform righteous deeds out of darkness into light. And whosoever believes in God and works righteousness, He causes him to enter Gardens with rivers running below, to abide therein forever. God has indeed prepared for him a beautiful provision
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
A messenger who delivers God’s clear verses to you, to guide those who believe and do righteous deeds out of darkness into light. Whoever believes in God and acts righteously, He will admit him into Gardens through which rivers flow, to live there forever. God has prepared for him an excellent provision.
Talal Itani (2012)
A messenger who recites to you God's Verses, clear and distinct, that he may bring those who believe and work righteousness from darkness into light. Whoever believes in God and acts with integrity, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, therein to abide forever. God has given him an excellent provision
Dr. Kamal Omar
a Messenger: he reproduces before you Ayaatillahe Mobayyinatin so that He may take out those who have Believed and have performed righteous acts from the darkness unto Light. And whoever develops Faith in Allah and performs righteous deeds He will admit him into Gardens, flow underneath them rivers, (as) abiders therein for ever. Indeed Allah has made excellent for him (the) provision
a Messenger reciting to you the revelations of Allah containing clear guidance, so that he may lead the believers who do good deeds from the darkness to the light. He that believes in Allah and does good deeds, shall be admitted to gardens beneath which rivers flow, to live therein forever; and Allah has prepared an excellent provision for them
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
A Messenger reciting to you the demonstrably evident ayat (Verses, signs) of Allah, that He may bring the ones who have believed and done deeds of righteousness out of the darkness (es) into the Light. And whoever believes in Allah and does righteousness, He will cause him to enter Gardens from beneath which rivers run, eternally (abiding) therein forever. Allah has already most fairly made for him (his) provision
Muhammad Sarwar
a Messenger who recites to you the illustrious revelations of God, to bring the righteously striving believers out of darkness into light. God will admit those who believe in Him and act righteously to Paradise wherein streams flow, and they will live therein forever. God will provide them with excellent sustenance
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
a messenger who recites to you the verses of Allah, making (the truth) clear, so that He may bring forth those who believe and do righteous deeds from the layers of darkness into the light. And whoever believes in Allah, and acts righteously, He will admit him to the gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein such people will live forever. Allah has made for him a good provision
Shabbir Ahmed
(A Reminder) A Messenger who conveys to you Clear Messages of Allah so that he might lead those who have chosen to be graced with belief, and help others, from the depths of darkness into the Light. (5:15-16), (7:157), (76:4). And whoever believes in Allah and works for the good of others, He will admit him into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, therein to abide forever. Indeed, Allah has made for him excellent provision
Dr. Munir Munshey
A messenger recites for you the clear and unambiguous verses of Allah! So that he, (the messenger), may bring out of darkness into light, those who believe and act righteously. Allah will usher into paradise _ rivers run right through it _ anyone who believes in Him and performs righteous deeds. There, he will live forever and ever. (There), Allah has (kept in store) excellent (and everlasting) bounties for him
Syed Vickar Ahamed
A Messenger, who rehearses to you the Signs of Allah containing clear explanations, that he (the Prophet) may lead forth those who believe and do righteous deeds from the depths of darkness into light. And whosoever believe in Allah and do righteous good deeds, He (Allah) will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to live in there forever; Allah has indeed granted for them a most excellent provision
[He sent] a Messenger [Muhammad] reciting to you the distinct verses of Allah that He may bring out those who believe and do righteous deeds from darknesses into the light. And whoever believes in Allah and does righteousness - He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow to abide therein forever. Allah will have perfected for him a provision
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
A messenger who recites to you God's revelations, which are clear, to lead those who believe and work righteousness out of the darkness into the light. Anyone who believes in God and does good works, He will admit him into paradises with rivers flowing beneath; they abide therein forever. God has granted for him and excellent reward
Abdel Haleem
and a messenger- reciting to you God’s revelations that make things clear- to bring those who believe and do righteous deeds from darkness into light. God will admit those who believe in Him and do righteous deeds into Gardens graced with flowing streams, where they will remain for ever––He has made good provision for them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
An apostle reciting Unto you the revelations of Allah as evidences, that he may bring forth those who believe and work righteous works from darknesses into light. And whosoever believeth in Allah and worketh righteously, him He will cause to enter Gardens whereunder rivers flow, as abiders for evermore. Surely Allah hath made for him an excellent provision
Ahmed Ali
An Apostle who recites before you the explicating revelations of God that He may bring those who believe and do the right out of darkness into light. Whosoever believes in God and does the right, He will admit into gardens with rivers flowing by, where they will abide for ever. How excellent a provision has God made for hi
Aisha Bewley
a Messenger reciting Allah´s Clear Signs to you to bring those who have iman and do right actions out of the darkness into the Light. Whoever has iman in Allah and acts rightly, We will admit him into Gardens with rivers flowing under them remaining in them timelessly, for ever and ever. Allah has provided for him excellently!
Ali Ünal
(And as its embodiment, He has also sent you) a Messenger reciting (and so conveying) to you God’s signs and Revelations which show the truth clearly and illuminate your way, so that He may lead you out of all kinds of darkness into the light, and keep you firm therein. Whoever (truly and sincerely) believes in God and does good, righteous deeds, He will admit him into Gardens through which rivers flow, therein to abide forever. God has indeed granted him an excellent provision (as faith and good deeds in this world and Paradise in the Hereafter)
Ali Quli Qara'i
an apostle reciting to you the manifest signs of Allah that He may bring out those who have faith and do righteous deeds from darkness into light. And whoever has faith in Allah and does righteous deeds, He shall admit him into gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them forever. Allah has certainly granted him an excellent provision
Hamid S. Aziz
A Messenger who recites to you the clear revelations of Allah so that he may bring forth those who believe and do good deeds from darkness into light; and whoever believes in Allah and does good deeds, He will cause him to enter Gardens beneath which riv
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
A messenger who reads God's clear signs to you in order to bring out those who believe and do good from the darkness into the light. And anyone who believes and does good, He will admit him to gardens which rivers flow through them, remaining in there forever and ever. God has made good provision for him.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And a messenger, who rehearses to you the signs of God containing clear explanations, that he may lead forth those who believe and do righteous deeds, from the depths of darkness into light, and those who believe in God and work righteousness, He will admit to gardens with rivers flowing through them, to dwell therein forever. God has indeed granted for them an excellent provision
Musharraf Hussain
a Messenger who recites Allah’s clear verses to you, to take those who believe and do good deeds out of the layers of darkness into the light. Whoever believes in Allah and does righteous deeds, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow; they will live therein forever. Allah has perfected for them their provisions
Maududi
a Messenger who rehearses to you Allah´s verses that clearly expound the Guidance so that He may bring out those that believe and act righteously, from every kind of darkness into light. He will admit whosoever believes in Allah and acts righteously to Gardens beneath which rivers flow. They shall abide in them forever. For such has Allah made an excellent provision
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
A messenger who recites to you the revelations of God, which are clear, to lead those who believe and work righteousness out of the darkness into the light. Anyone who believes in God and does good works, He will admit him into estates with rivers flowing beneath them; abiding therein eternally. God has granted for him an excellent reward
Mohammad Shafi
[Through] a Messenger who conveys to you Allah's clear Verses, so that he might take those, who believe and do good deeds, out of darkness into light. Allah will admit the one who believes in Him and does good deeds into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, where such people will remain forever. Allah has surely made excellent provision for such a one
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The Messenger who recites unto you the bright signs of Allah, so that he may bring forth those who believe and do-good deeds from the darkness into light. And whoso believes in Allah and does good deeds -He will make him enter gardens beneath which streams flow, to abide therein forever. Undoubtedly, Allah has made good provision for him.
a messenger who recites to you GOD's revelations, clearly, to lead those who believe and work righteousness out of the darkness into the light. Anyone who believes in GOD and leads a righteous life, He will admit him into gardens with flowing streams; they abide therein forever. GOD will generously reward him.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
a Messenger reciting to you the verses, clear verses of Allah, so that he may bring forth those who believe and do good deeds from the darkness into thelight. Whosoever believes in Allah and does good deeds He will admit to Gardens underneath which rivers flow where they shall live for ever and ever. For those, Allah has made a goodly provision
Maulana Muhammad Ali
A Messenger who recites to you the clear messages of Allah so that he may bring forth those who believe and do good deeds from darkness into light. And whoever believes in Allah and does good deeds, He will cause him to enter Gardens wherein rivers flow, to abide therein for ever. Allah has indeed given him a goodly sustenance
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
A messenger, he reads/recites on you God's evident verses/evidences , to bring/drive out those who believed and made/did the correct/righteous deeds from the darknesses to the light, and who believes with (in) God and makes/does correct/righteous deeds, He enters him (into) treed gardens/paradises, the rivers/waterways flow from beneath it, immortally/eternally in it (for) ever (E), God had bettered for him a provision
Bijan Moeinian
… Any one who believes in God and leads an honorable life will end up in the gardens of Paradise wherein the rivers flow. He will live there forever. God has provided for such a person an excellent provision
Faridul Haque
The Noble Messenger who recites the clear verses of Allah to you, so that he may take those who accept faith and do good deeds, away from the realms of darkness towards light; and whoever accepts faith in Allah and does good deeds, Allah will admit him into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them for ever and ever; indeed Allah has kept an excellent sustenance for him
Sher Ali
A Messenger, who recites unto you the clear Signs of ALLAH, that HE may bring those who believe and do good deeds out of every kind of darkness into light. And whoso believes in ALLAH and does righteous deeds - HE will make him enter Gardens, through which streams flow, to abide therein for ever. ALLAH has, indeed, made excellent provision for him
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(And has also sent) the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him), who recites to you clear Verses so that he may take those who have believed and do pious deeds from darkness to light. And he who believes in Allah and does pious deeds, He will admit him to the Gardens with streams flowing under them. They will live in them forever. Indeed, Allah has (prepared) for him excellent sustenance
Amatul Rahman Omar
(In the form of) an eminent Messenger who recites to you the clear revelations of Allah, which tell the right from the wrong and thus He brings those who believe and (accordingly) do good deeds, out of all kinds of darkness into light. And he who believes in Allah and does good deeds He will admit him to the Gardens served with running streams to abide therein for ever. Allah has indeed made a (very) handsome provision for him
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
(And has also sent to you) a Messenger (Muhammad SAW), who recites to you the Verses of Allah (the Quran) containing clear explanations, that He may take out, those who believe and do righteous good deeds from the darkness (of polytheism and disbelief) to the light (of Monotheism and true Faith). And whosoever believes in Allah and performs righteous good deeds, He will admit him into Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever. Allah has indeed granted for him an excellent provision
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
A messenger who rehearses unto you Allah’s signs which make things clear so that He may bring forth those who believe and do righteous deeds from the darknesses to the light and whosoever believes in Allah and works righteous deeds, He will make him enter into gardens beneath which the rivers flow to abide therein forever. Indeed Allah has made for him an excellent provision.
Munir Mezyed
(He has also sent to you) a Messenger who recites to you the Verses of Allâh as a conclusive evidence so that He may bring those who Live by Faith and strive to do righteous acts out of darkness into the light. Whoever affirms his faith (in the Absolute Oneness of) Allâh and strives to do righteous acts, He will admit him into Gardens underneath which rivers flow where they will live in forever. And Allâh has indeed made splendid provision for him.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
A messenger who recites the clear signs of Allah to you in order to take those who believe and do good out of darkness into the light, and whoever believes in Allah and does good, He will enter him into gardens through which rivers flow where they will remain forever; Allah has already prepared the best provision for him.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[It came by] a messenger [Prophet Muhammed] reciting to you the verses of Allah. Obviously, this is so He may lead those who believe and perform righteous deeds, from dark shadows into light. Those who believe in Allah and perform righteous deeds will be admitted by Him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will live forever. Allah has indeed granted each one an excellent provision.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
a messenger who reads to you Allah’s signs, (which are) clarifying, in order to bring out those who have attained faith and have done righteous deeds from darkness into light. And whoever believes in Allah and acts righteously—He will enter him into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever; Allah has surely given him an excellent provision.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
through a messenger reciting Allah (God)'s clear verses, so He may remove those who believe and perform honorable deeds from darkness into Light. Allah (God) will show anyone who believes in Him and acts honorably into gardens through which rivers flow, to live there forever. What a handsome provision Allah (God) has granted him!
Samy Mahdy
Allah is the one Who created seven skies, and from the earth alike of them. The command descends between them to know that Allah is over everything competent and surely Allah has encompassed, with everything in knowledge.
Ahmed Hulusi
And a Rasul who informs you of the signs of Allah to bring those who believe and fulfill the requisites of faith out of the darkness into Nur (light of knowledge). Whoever believes in Allah and his essential reality with His Names, He will admit them to Paradises underneath which rivers flow to abide therein eternally. Allah has indeed provided sustenance for him.
Mir Aneesuddin
(through) a messenger who recites to you clear signs of Allah, so as to bring out those who believe and do righteous works, from darkness towards light. And whoever believes in Allah and does righteous work, He will make him enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, to stay therein for ever. Allah has made a better provision for him.
A Quran personified in a Prophet who features the spirit of truth and the grace of Allah expressing and elucidating to you its expounded revelations in order to guide you into all truth, and to conduct those, whose hearts are impressed with the image of religious and spiritual virtues and their deeds of wisdom and piety from want of spiritual or intellectual sight into enlightenment and illumination. Allah shall welcome them into gardens of surpassing beauty beneath which rivers flow; wherein they will have passed through nature to Eternity; and be graced with the bounty of Providence
The Wise Quran
A messenger reciting to you the clear signs of God; that He may bring out those who believed and did good works from the darkness to the light. And whoever believes in God and does good works, He will make him enter gardens beneath which the rivers flow, to dwell in it forever, forever. Certainly, God has made good provision for him.