Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Say: "I invoke my Sustainer alone, for I do not ascribe divinity to anyone beside Him."
M. M. Pickthall
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I pray unto Allah only, and ascribe unto Him no partner
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I call only upon my Lord, associating none with Him ˹in worship˺.”
Safi Kaskas
Say, "I only call on my Lord and I never associate anyone with Him."
Wahiduddin Khan
Say, I call only upon my Lord and do not associate anyone else with Him
Shakir
Say: I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate any one with Him
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Say: Truly, I call only to my Lord, and I ascribe not as partners with Him anyone.
T.B.Irving
SAY: "I appeal only to my Lord and never associate anyone else [in my worship of] Him."
Abdul Hye
Say (O Muhammad): “I only pray to my Lord, and I associate none as partners with Him.”
The Study Quran
Say, “I call only upon my Lord, and I ascribe none as a partner unto Him.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Say, “I only pray to my Lord, and I associate none with Him.”
Talal Itani (2012)
Say, 'I pray only to my Lord, and I never associate anyone with Him.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
Tell (them): “Certainly what (is true is that) I do invoke my Nourisher-Sustainer, and I do not associate in partnership to Him any one.”
O Prophet, say: "I pray only to my Lord and worship none besides Him."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Say, "Surely I invoke only my Lord, and I do not associate with Him anyone."
Muhammad Sarwar
(Muhammad), say, "I worship only my Lord and do not consider anyone equal to Him"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Say, .I invoke my Lord, and do not associate anyone with Him
Shabbir Ahmed
Say, "I call unto my Lord alone and associate no one with Him (I heed no one against His Laws)."
Dr. Munir Munshey
Say, "I shall pray (only) to my Lord and I shall not associate anyone with Him."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Say: "I do no more than call upon my Lord, and I do not join any (false gods) with Him."
Say, [O Muhammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Say: "I only call on my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with Him."
Abdel Haleem
Say, ‘I pray to my Lord alone; I set up no partner with Him.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Say thou: I simply call upon Allah, and I associate not with Him any-one
Ahmed Ali
Say: "I call on my Lord alone and I do not associate any one with Him."
Aisha Bewley
Say: ´I call only upon my Lord and do not associate anyone else with Him.´
Ali Ünal
Say: "I worship only my Lord and do not associate anyone as partner with Him."
Ali Quli Qara'i
Say, ‘I pray only to my Lord, and I do not ascribe any partner to Him.’
Hamid S. Aziz
Say, "I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate any one with Him."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Say: “I only call on my Lord and I do not associate anyone with Him.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Say, “I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I do not join any with Him.
Musharraf Hussain
Say: “I worship my Lord, and I don’t associate anyone with Him.”
Maududi
Say, (O Prophet): "I call on my Lord alone, and I do not associate aught with Him in His Divinity."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Say: "I only call on my Lord, and I do not set up anyone with Him."
Mohammad Shafi
Tell (them, O Muhammad), "I pray only to my Lord. And I pray not to anyone besides Him."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Say you, 'I pray to my Lord only, and I associate none with Him'.
Say, "I worship only my Lord; I never set up any idols beside Him."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Say: 'I supplicate only to my Lord and I do not associate any with Him.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Say: I only call upon my Lord, and associate naught with Him
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Say: "Truly I call my Lord, and I do not share/make partners with Him anyone."
Bijan Moeinian
O’ Mohammad, say: “I only worship God and do not associate any one with Him.”
Faridul Haque
Say (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him), “I worship only Allah, and I do not ascribe any partner to Him.”
Sher Ali
Say, `I pray to my Lord only, and I associate no one with HIM
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Say: ‘I worship only my Lord and do not associate any partner with Him.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Say, `I invoke only my Lord and I associate no one with Him (as His partner).
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I invoke only my Lord (Allah Alone), and I associate none as partners along with Him."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Say, “I only invoke my Lord and I do not ascribe any as a partner to Him.”
Munir Mezyed
Say: "Most assuredly I only pray to my Lord, associating none with Him in worship.”
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Say: I call on my Lord and I do not associate anyone with Him.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Say, “Indeed, I pray only to my Lord, and I never associate anyone with Him.”
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Say, “I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with Him [as equal].”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
SAY: "I appeal only to my Lord and never associate anyone else [in my worship of] Him."
Samy Mahdy
Say, “I only call my Lord, and I never associate with Him, anyone.”
Thomas Cleary
Say, “I call only on my Lord. with whom I associate no one."
Ahmed Hulusi
Say, “I turn only to (and ask only from) my Rabb! Never will I associate others to He who comprises my essence!”
Mir Aneesuddin
Say, “I pray only to my Fosterer and I do not associate anyone with Him.”
Say to them: "I only invoke Allah, my Creator, with whom I incorporate none"
The Wise Quran
Say, 'I only call on my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with Him.'