Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and the moon as it reflects the sun
M. M. Pickthall
And the moon when she followeth him
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
By the Moon as she follows him
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and the moon as it follows it,
Safi Kaskas
and the moon as it follows it,
Wahiduddin Khan
and by the moon as it follows it
Shakir
And the moon when it follows the sun
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
and by the moon when it related to it
T.B.Irving
and the moon as it trails after it,
Abdul Hye
by the moon as it follows it (sun),
The Study Quran
by the moon when following it
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And the moon, as it follows it.
Talal Itani (2012)
And the moon as it follows it
Dr. Kamal Omar
and the moon when it received its due (i.e., the light) from it
by the moon, as she follows him
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And (by) the moon when it ensues it
Muhammad Sarwar
by the moon when it follows the sun
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and by the moon when she follows him
Shabbir Ahmed
And the Moon that borrows its light
Dr. Munir Munshey
And the moon that trails (and reflects) its light
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And by the moon as follows it
And [by] the moon when it follows i
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And the Moon that comes after it
Abdel Haleem
and by the moon as it follows it
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
By the moon, when she followeth him
Ahmed Ali
And the moon as she follows in his wake
Aisha Bewley
and the moon when it follows it,
Ali Ünal
And the moon as it follows it (reflecting its light)
Ali Quli Qara'i
by the moon when he follows her
Hamid S. Aziz
And the moon when it follows him
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and by the moon when it follows it,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
By the moon as it follows it
Musharraf Hussain
by the moon that follows it,
Maududi
and by the moon as it follows it
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And the Moon that comes after it.
Mohammad Shafi
And by the moon as it reflects it [brightness of the Sun]
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And by the moon when it follows it.
The moon that follows it
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
by the moon, which follows it
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the moon when she borrows light from him
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And/by the moon when/if it followed it
Bijan Moeinian
And by the moon which follows the sun
Faridul Haque
And by oath of the moon when it follows the su
Sher Ali
And by the moon when it follows the sun
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And by the moon when it follows the sun (i.e., reflects sunshine)
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the moon when it borrows light from it (- the sun)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And by the moon as it follows it (the sun)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
and by the moon as it follows it [the sun],
Munir Mezyed
By the moon when it follows the sun:
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And the moon when it follows it,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Consider the moon as it follows.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and the moon as it follows her,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
and the moon as it trails after it,
Samy Mahdy
And by the moon when it follows, it.
Sayyid Qutb
by the moon as she follows him,
Ahmed Hulusi
And by the Moon when it follows it,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"and the moon when it follows (it),"
By the moon which follows it when first seen shortly after their apparent proximity or conjunction
Mir Aneesuddin
and the moon when it reflects it,
The Wise Quran
By the moon when it followed it.