Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Verily, thy Sustainer alone is fully aware as to who has strayed from His path, Just as He alone is fully aware of those who have found the right way
M. M. Pickthall
Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ knows best who has strayed from His Way and who is ˹rightly˺ guided.
Safi Kaskas
Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who is guided.
Wahiduddin Khan
Your Lord knows best who has fallen by the wayside, and who has remained on the true path
Shakir
Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, thy Lord, He is greater in knowledge of whoever went astray from His Way and He is greater in knowledge of ones who are truly guided.
T.B.Irving
Your Lord is quite Aware as to who has strayed from His path, just as He is quite Aware as to who are guided.
Abdul Hye
Surely, your Lord knows those better who have gone astray from His Way, and He is the Best Knower of those who are guided.
The Study Quran
Truly thy Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are rightly guided
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Your Lord knows best who strays from His path, and He knows best who is guided.
Talal Itani (2012)
Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best the well-guided
Dr. Kamal Omar
Verily, your Nourisher-Sustainer: He knows better who went astray from His Path, and He knows better those who stand guided
Surely it is your Lord Who knows those who have strayed from His Way, as He knows best those who are rightly guided
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Surely your Lord, He, Ever He, knows best the ones who have erred away from His way, and He Ever He, knows best the right-guided ones
Muhammad Sarwar
Your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His path and who is rightly guided
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Surely your Lord knows best who has strayed from his way, and He is well aware of those who are on the right path
Shabbir Ahmed
Verily, your Lord knows best him who strays from His Way, and He knows best those who are rightly guided
Dr. Munir Munshey
Indeed, your Lord knows well who has strayed from His path; and He (also) knows those who are the rightly guided
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Surely, it is your Lord Who knows best, which (among men) has strayed from His Path: And He Knows (Aalam) best those who receive (true) Guidance
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Your Lord is fully aware of those who strayed off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided
Abdel Haleem
Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who is rightly guided
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily thy Lord! He is the best Knower of him who strayeth from His path, and He is the best Knower of the guided one
Ahmed Ali
Verily your Lord knows those who have gone astray from His path, and He knows those who are guided on the way
Aisha Bewley
Your Lord knows best who is misguided from His Way and He knows best those who are guided.
Ali Ünal
Surely your Lord is He Who knows best who is astray from His way, and He knows best those who are rightly guided
Ali Quli Qara'i
Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right guidance
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Indeed, your Lord knows best who is lost from His way, and He knows best who the guided ones are.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Indeed it is your Lord Who knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best those who receive guidance
Musharraf Hussain
Your Lord knows best who strayed from His path, and He knows best who are the guided.
Maududi
Surely your Lord knows well those who have strayed from His Way just as He knows well those who are on the Right Way
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Your Lord is fully aware of those who strayed off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided.
Mohammad Shafi
Your Lord does indeed know who has strayed from His Path, and He knows those on right guidance
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly, your Lord knows well him who goes astray from His path, and He knows well those who are guided
Your Lord is fully aware of those who strayed off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Indeed, your Lord knows very well those who strayed from His Path, and those who are guided
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely thy Lord knows best who is erring from His way, and He knows best those who go aright
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
That truly your Lord He is more knowing with who misguided from His way/path , and He is more knowing with the guided
Bijan Moeinian
Indeed your Lord knows who is walking on the right path and who is lost
Faridul Haque
Indeed your Lord well knows those who have strayed from His path, and He well knows those who are upon guidance
Sher Ali
Surely, thy Lord knows best those who go astray from HIS way, and HE knows best those who follow guidance
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Surely, your Lord knows him best who has strayed from the straight path and (also) knows best those who are rightly guided
Amatul Rahman Omar
Surely, your Lord knows best those who go astray from His path and He (also) knows best those who follow the right guidance
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Verily, your Lord knows better, who (among men) has gone astray from His Path, and He knows better those who are guided
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Truly your Lord, He it is who is All-knowing about who has gone astray from His way and He it is who is All-knowing about those who are well guided.
Munir Mezyed
Most assuredly your Lord already knows who has deviated from His path. And He knows those who walk on the right path to salvation.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
For your Lord knows best who has strayed from His way and He knows best those who are guided.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Truly, your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path. He knows best those who receive guidance.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Indeed, yoursg Lord is He Who knows better who has strayed from His way, and it is He Who knows better of the rightly guided.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Your Lord is quite Aware as to who has strayed from His path, just as He is quite Aware as to who are guided.
Samy Mahdy
Surely Your Lord is a knower with who has strayed from His pathway, and He is knower with the guided ones.
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, your Rabb knows well (from their being) who has gone astray from His way. And He knows well who has attained the reality (as He is present within their being)!
Mir Aneesuddin
Your Fosterer certainly knows best him who has gone astray from His way and He knows best those who receive guidance.
Allah your Creator, is He Who knows best those who have wandered from the path of rectitude, and those who have been guided by the spirit of truth into all truth
The Wise Quran
Indeed, your Lord, He knows best who has erred from His way; and He knows best the guided ones.