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Muhammad Asad
NAY, but consider the moon
Arthur John Arberry
Nay! By the moo
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Nay, verily: By the Moon
Source Arabic and Literal tools
Transliteration-2
kallā wal-qamar
Word by Word (2021)
Nay! By the moon,
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
NAY, but consider the moon
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Nay, by the Moo
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Nay, verily: By the Moon
Mustafa Khattab 2018
But no! By the moon,
Safi Kaskas 2025
No! By the moon
Wahiduddin Khan
No, by the moon
Shakir
Nay; I swear by the moon
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
No indeed! By the moon
T.B.Irving
Indeed not; by the moon,
Abdul Hye
Nay, by the moon
Saeed Malik
No! By the moon
The Study Quran
Nay! By the moon
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
No! By the moon.
Talal Itani (2012)
Nay! By the moon
Dr. Kamal Omar
Nay! The moon is a witness
M. Farook Malik
Nay! By the moon
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Not at all! And (by) the moon
Muhammad Sarwar
By the moon
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Truly, I swear by the moon
Shabbir Ahmed
Nay! The Moon stands witness
Dr. Munir Munshey
No! (I) swear by the moon
Syed Vickar Ahamed
No, surely, by the moon
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
No! By the moo
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
No, by the moon.
Abdel Haleem
Yes––by the moon
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
By no means! By the moon
Ahmed Ali
I say the truth, and call the moon to witness
Aisha Bewley
No indeed! By the moon
Ali Ãœnal
No indeed (the Qur’an is not as the unbelievers claim)! By the moon
Ali Quli Qara'i
No indeed! By the Moon
Hamid S. Aziz
Nay; I swear by (or call to witness) the moon
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
No way, by the moon,
Bilal Muhammad 2018
No, indeed by the Moon
Musharraf Hussain
Yes, by the moon,
Maududi
Nay, by the moon
Mohammad Shafi
Nay, verily, by the Moon
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Yes, by the moon.
Rashad Khalifa
Absolutely, (I swear) by the moon.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
No, by the moon
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nay, by the moon
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
No but and/by the moon
Bijan Moeinian
I (God) swear by the moon
Faridul Haque
Yes, never!* By oath of the moon. (Hell will never spare the disbelievers)
Sher Ali
Nay, by the moon
Edip Yuksel
No, by the moon.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Yes! By the moon (whose increase, decrease and disappearance is evidence)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Nay, I call the moon to witness
Hilali - Khan
Nay, and by the moon
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
Nay! By the moo
George Sale
By the moon
Edward Henry Palmer
Nay, by the moon
John Medows Rodwell
Nay, by the Moon
N J Dawood 2014
No, by the moon
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
Nay (Kallaa)! By (Wa) the moon (El'Qamar),
Fode Drame
Not at all! By the moon.
MunirMezyed2023
No indeed, by the moon,
Mustaqim
But no, by the moon,
Linda "iLham" Barto
Consider the moon.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
But no! By the moon.
Irving/Hegab
Indeed not; by the moon,
Samy Mahdy
Nay! And by the moon.
Qarai
No indeed! By the Moon!
Ahmed Hulusi
No! I swear by the Moon,
Mubarakpuri
Nay! And by the moon.
A. S. Mohamed
No indeed! By the moon,
Mir Aneesuddin
No, by the moon,
[Al-Muntakhab]
No, but I swear by the moon
The Wise Quran Project
Not so, by the moon.
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Nay, verily: By the Moon
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
No, by the moon.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
No, by the moon
OLD Word by Word
Nay! By the moon
Transliteration
Kalla waalqamari