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Muhammad Asad   
Is not He, then; able to bring the dead back to life
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Is such ˹a Creator˺ unable to bring the dead back to life?
Safi Kaskas   
Is not that [Creator] able to bring the dead to life?

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Arabic   
أَلَیۡسَ ذَ ٰلِكَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰۤ أَن یُحۡـِۧیَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ۝٤٠
Transliteration (2021)   
alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā an yuḥ'yiya l-mawt
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Is not [that] (He) Able [over] to give life (to) the dead?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Is not He, then; able to bring the dead back to life
M. M. Pickthall   
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Is such ˹a Creator˺ unable to bring the dead back to life?
Safi Kaskas   
Is not that [Creator] able to bring the dead to life?
Wahiduddin Khan   
Then is He not able to bring the dead back to life
Shakir   
Is not He able to give life to the dead
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Is not that One Who Has Power over that able to give life to the dead?
T.B.Irving   
Is such a Being not Able to revive the dead?
Abdul Hye   
Is not He Able to give life to the dead?
The Study Quran   
Is not such a one able to give life to the dead
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Isn’t He capable of reviving the dead?
Talal Itani (2012)   
Is He not Able to revive the dead
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Is not This (One) Capable over that He may revive the dead
M. Farook Malik   
Has He not then the power to bring the dead to life
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Is He (Literally: That) not (always) Determiner over giving life to the dead
Muhammad Sarwar   
Does He then not have the power to bring the dead back to life
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Has He no power to give life to the dead
Shabbir Ahmed   
Is not He, then, Able to bring the dead to life
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Isn´t such (a Mighty) being, (the Almighty), capable of bringing the dead back to life
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Does He not have, the Power to give life to the dead
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Is One as such then not able to resurrect the dea
Abdel Haleem   
Does He who can do this not have the power to bring the dead back to life
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Is not That One then Able to quicken the dead
Ahmed Ali   
Cannot such as He bring the dead to life
Aisha Bewley   
Is He who does this not able to bring the dead to life?
Ali Ünal   
Is not He (Who does that, equally) able to bring the dead back to life
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Is not such a one able to revive the dead
Hamid S. Aziz   
Is not He able to give life to the dead
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Is not such (a creator) able to give life to the dead?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Then does He not have the power to give life to the dead
Musharraf Hussain   
Isn’t He the One Who did that? So, isn’t He capable of bringing back to life the dead
Maududi   
Does He, then, not have the power to bring back the dead to life
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Is One as such then not able to resurrect the dead
Mohammad Shafi   
Is not That One [the Creator] powerful enough to give life to the dead!?

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Would the One who has done all these things be not able to give life to the dead
Rashad Khalifa   
Is He then unable to revive the dead?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
What, is He then unable to revive the dead
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Is not He powerful to give life to the dead
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Is not that with capable/able on that He revives/makes alive the deads
Bijan Moeinian   
Is not the same Creator able to bring the dead
Faridul Haque   
So will He, Who has done all this, not be able to revive the dead
Sher Ali   
Has not such a one the power to raise the dead to life
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Then has He not the power to give life to the dead again
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Has not such a One (Who creates from an inanimate source) the power of raising the (physically and spiritually) dead to life
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Is not He (Allah Who does that), Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
What, is He not able to quicken the dead
George Sale   
Is not he who hath done this able to quicken the dead
Edward Henry Palmer   
Is not He able to quicken the dead
John Medows Rodwell   
Is not He powerful enough to quicken the dead
N J Dawood (2014)   
Has He no power, then, to raise the dead to life

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Is He then not able to revive the dead?
Munir Mezyed   
Is not He then Capable of bringing the dead back to life?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Is He then not able to revive the dead?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Does He not then have the power to give life to the dead?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Is not that One able to revive the dead?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Is such a Being not Able to revive the dead?
Samy Mahdy   
Is not that surely capable of giving life to the dead?
Ahmed Hulusi   
Is this (the system and order of Allah who made all of this) not Qadir to give life to the dead?
Mir Aneesuddin   
Is He not able to give life to the dead ?
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Absolute as He is, Will He not be able to raise the dead when all creation is His

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Is not [that] (He) Able [over] to give life (to) the dead
OLD Transliteration   
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta