Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
And at the sky, how it is raised aloft
M. M. Pickthall
And the heaven, how it is raised
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And at the Sky, how it is raised high?
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;
Safi Kaskas
at how the sky is raised
Wahiduddin Khan
and on the sky, how it is raised aloft
Shakir
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And of the heaven, how it was lifted up?
T.B.Irving
Nor how the sky has been lifted up?
Abdul Hye
And the sky, how it is raised?
The Study Quran
the sky, how it is raised
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And the sky, how it was elevated?
Talal Itani (2012)
And at the sky—how it is raised
Dr. Kamal Omar
and to the heaven, how it is raised
The heaven, how it was raised high
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And at the heaven, how it has been raised up
Muhammad Sarwar
how the heavens are raised up high
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and at the sky, how it is raised high
Shabbir Ahmed
- And at the sky, how it is raised high? (Without visible pillars (13:2))
Dr. Munir Munshey
And at the sky; how (high) is it raised
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And at the sky, how it is raised high
And at the sky - how it is raised
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And to the sky, how is it raise
Abdel Haleem
how the heavens are lifted
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And at the heaven, how it is raised
Ahmed Ali
And the heavens, how it was raised high
Aisha Bewley
and at the sky — how it was raised up?
Ali Ünal
And the heaven, how it has been raised high
Ali Quli Qara'i
and the sky, how it has been raised
Hamid S. Aziz
And at the heaven how it is raised high
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And at the sky, how it is raised?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And at the sky, how it is raised high
Musharraf Hussain
And the sky, how it was raised?
Maududi
And the sky: how it was raised high
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Andto the sky, how was it raised?
Mohammad Shafi
And the sky, how it is raised high
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And at the heaven, how it has been raised high?
And the sky and how it is raised
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
And how the heaven was raised up
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the heaven, how it is raised high
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And to the sky/space how it was raised
Bijan Moeinian
And the (majestic) sky above you
Faridul Haque
And the heaven - how it has been raised
Sher Ali
And at the heaven, how it is raised high
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And (do they not observe) how the heaven is raised so high (with its vast expanse)
Amatul Rahman Omar
And at the heaven, how it is raised high
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And at the heaven, how it is raised
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And unto the firmament how it was raised?
Munir Mezyed
How the sky was lifted up,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And at the sky, how it has been raised?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[Do they not observe] the sky and how it is raised high?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And at the sky—how it was raised?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Nor how the sky has been lifted up?
Samy Mahdy
And to the sky, how is it lifted up?
Sayyid Qutb
and heaven, how it is raised aloft;
Ahmed Hulusi
And (do they not look at) the sky, how it has been raised (how space has been formed)!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"-- and the sky, how it is raised high,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And at the Sky, how it is raised high
How the heavens* have been distantly elevated
Mir Aneesuddin
and towards the sky how it is raised,
The Wise Quran
And at the sky, how it is raised?