Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Behold, it is He who creates [man] in the first instance, and He [it is who] will bring him forth anew
M. M. Pickthall
Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
˹For˺ He is certainly the One Who originates and resurrects ˹all˺.
Safi Kaskas
It is He who begins [Creation] and repeats it.
Wahiduddin Khan
it is He who begins and repeats [His creation]
Shakir
Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, He causes to begin and He causes to return.
T.B.Irving
He is the One Who originates [matters], then repeats them all over again.
Abdul Hye
Surely, it is He Who originates (created everything) and will repeat it (on the Day of Resurrection).
The Study Quran
Truly it is He Who originates and brings back
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
It is He who starts and repeats.
Talal Itani (2012)
It is He who begins and repeats
Dr. Kamal Omar
Surely He, He initiates (a creation) and shall (afterwards) resurrect
Surely, He it is Who originates the creation of everything, and He it is Who will repeat it on the Day of Resurrection
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Surely He, Ever He, starts and He brings (you) back
Muhammad Sarwar
It is He who creates all things and causes them to return
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Surely He originates (creation) and repeats (it after death)
Shabbir Ahmed
Behold, He it is Who originates (life) and then makes again and again
Dr. Munir Munshey
It is He Who created; and He it is, Who will recreate
Syed Vickar Ahamed
It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore (life)
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
It is He who initiates and then returns
Abdel Haleem
it is He who brings people to life, and will restore them to life again––
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily He! He it is who beginneth and repeateth it
Ahmed Ali
It is verily He who initiates and repeats
Aisha Bewley
He originates and regenerates.
Ali Ünal
He it is Who originates and brings forth anew
Ali Quli Qara'i
It is indeed He who originates and brings back again
Hamid S. Aziz
Verily, it is He who creates and restores
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Indeed, He starts and repeats (the creation),
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
It is He Who originates and repeats
Musharraf Hussain
He started the creation and will reproduce it once more,
Maududi
He it is Who creates for the first time and He it is Who will create again
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
It is He who initiates and then returns.
Mohammad Shafi
It is He indeed Who does the original creation, and Who is capable of resurrecting His original creation when it is dead
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly, He begins first and then repeats.
He is the One who initiates and repeats
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
It is He who originates and repeats
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely He it is Who creates first and reproduces
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
That He truly creates/initiates , and returns/repeats
Bijan Moeinian
Your Creator is the One Who creates and then let his creation to reproduce itself and go through the evolutionary process
Faridul Haque
Indeed it is He Who initiates and redoes
Sher Ali
HE it is Who originates and reproduces
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Verily, He creates the first time, and He is the One Who will bring to life the second time
Amatul Rahman Omar
It is He Who originates and continues reproducing
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Truly He it is who starts [creation] and repeats [creation].
Munir Mezyed
For He is certainly the One Who originates and brings again.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He initiates and repeats.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He creates from the very beginning and He can recreate.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Indeed, it is He who originates and reproduces,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He is the One Who originates [matters], then repeats them all over again.
Samy Mahdy
Surely, He is who starts and repeats.
Sayyid Qutb
It is He who brings into being, and then restores to life.
Ahmed Hulusi
It is HU who originates (manifests) and then returns it (recreates)!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"It is He Who creates and then brings back (to life),"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
It is He Who creates (everything) from the very beginning and causes to return
It is He Who creates and re-creates all along
Mir Aneesuddin
It is certainly He Who causes to begin (originates) and causes to repeat (reproduces).
The Wise Quran
Indeed He, He originates and repeats,