Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations
M. M. Pickthall
By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
By the sky full of constellations,
Safi Kaskas
By the heavens full of great constellations,
Wahiduddin Khan
By the sky with its constellations
Shakir
I swear by the mansions of the stars
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
By the heaven possessing the constellations,
T.B.Irving
By the sky holding constellations
Abdul Hye
By the heaven holding the big stars!
The Study Quran
By the sky possessed of constellations
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
By the sky with the constellations.
Talal Itani (2012)
By the sky with the constellations
Dr. Kamal Omar
The heaven, possessor of Buruj , acts as a witness
By the heaven and its constellations
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And (by) the heaven comprising the constellations
Muhammad Sarwar
By the heavens with constellations
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
I swear by the sky, the one having stellar formations
Shabbir Ahmed
The sky full of constellations stands witness
Dr. Munir Munshey
(I swear) by the sky, with (all) its constellations
Syed Vickar Ahamed
By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs
By the sky containing great star
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
By the universe laden with towers
Abdel Haleem
By the sky with its towering constellations
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
By the heaven adorned with big stars
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO witness the sky (bespangled) with the signs of the Zodiac
Aisha Bewley
By Heaven with its Houses of the Zodiac,
Ali Ünal
By the heaven with its constellations
Ali Quli Qara'i
By the sky with its houses
Hamid S. Aziz
By the heaven with its zodiacal signs
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
By the sky having the constellations
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
By the sky, displaying the constellations
Musharraf Hussain
By the sky full of constellations,
Maududi
By the heaven with its impregnable castles
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
By the heaven laden with towers.
Mohammad Shafi
By the sky, with its constellations of stars
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
By the firmament, possessor of the stations of the stars,
Munir Mezyed
I swear by the sky which is fraught with constellations:
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
By the sky with its constellations,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Consider the sky with its constellations.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
By the sky full of constellations.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
By the sky holding constellations
Samy Mahdy
By the sky which possesses the constellations.
Sayyid Qutb
By the heaven with its constellations,
Ahmed Hulusi
By the space containing the constellations!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"By the (night) sky with its constellations,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
By the Sky full of constellations
By the heaven that has been furnished with Zodiacal Signs
Mir Aneesuddin
By the sky containing galaxies of stars,
The Wise Quran
By the sky, possessor of the towers.