Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars
M. M. Pickthall
Oh, but I call to witness the planets
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
I do swear by the receding stars
Safi Kaskas
I swear by the contracting planets,
Wahiduddin Khan
I swear by the receding stars
Shakir
But nay! I swear by the stars
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
So no! I swear an oath by the stars that recede,
T.B.Irving
So I swear by the planets
Abdul Hye
So surely, I swear by the planets that recede;
The Study Quran
So I swear by those receding
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
So, I swear by the receding stars.
Talal Itani (2012)
I swear by the galaxies
Dr. Kamal Omar
Then, nay! I bring to witness (the heavenly bodies) that disappear and hide themselves (during the day)
But no! I swear by the retreating stars
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Then no! swear by the constant sinkers
Muhammad Sarwar
I do not need to swear by the orbitin
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So, I swear by those (stars) that recede
Shabbir Ahmed
Oh, but I call to witness the revolving planets
Dr. Munir Munshey
No, (I swear) by the planets
Syed Vickar Ahamed
So truly I call to witness the receding stars that hide awa
So I swear by the retreating stars
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
So, I swear by the receding stars
Abdel Haleem
I swear by the planet
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
I swear by the receding stars
Ahmed Ali
So, I call the receding stars to witness
Aisha Bewley
No! I swear by the planets with their retrograde motion,
Ali Ünal
Oh, I swear by the stars which recede (disappearing in the sun’s light)
Ali Quli Qara'i
So I swear by the stars that return
Hamid S. Aziz
But nay! I swear by (or call to witness) the Planets
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
So, I swear by the disappearing (and reappearing stars/planets),
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
So indeed I call to witness the planets that recede
Musharraf Hussain
So, I swear by the shining stars,
Maududi
No indeed; I swear by the alternating star
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
So I do swear by the planets that move away.
Mohammad Shafi
No! [The misgivings of the people that do not believe in these revelations are not correct, and] I swear by the star
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then I swear by those that recede;
I solemnly swear by the galaxies
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Rather, I swear by the returnin
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nay, I call to witness the stars
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So I do not swear/make oath by the planets
Bijan Moeinian
I (God) swear by the stars
Faridul Haque
So by oath of those that revolve. (The planets.
Sher Ali
Nay ! I call to witness those that recede while advancing
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So I swear by (the heavenly spheres) which recede (after appearing)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Nay, I call to witness those (planets) that recede while advancing in one direction
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
So I do swear by the Khunnas [heavy and slow-moving night particles].
Munir Mezyed
No indeed! I swear by the planets
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
But I swear by the persisting stars,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Truly, I [the Lord] attest by the planets that recede,…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
So, no! I swear by those (stars) receding,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
So I swear by the planets [that recede]
Samy Mahdy
So, no, I swear by the retreaters (Planets and stars).
Sayyid Qutb
I swear by the turning stars,
Ahmed Hulusi
I swear by ‘al-Hunnas’ (the stars that are not observable during the day due to sunlight),
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"So, I call to witness the planets that recede,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
No, I swear by the orbiting planets
I swear by the heavenly bodies that recede
Mir Aneesuddin
So I do swear by those that withdraw,
The Wise Quran
And I swear by the retreaters,