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13. Surah • 41. Verse
Word Analysis
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Did not
أَنَّا
annā
that We
مِنْ
min
from
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
لَا
lā
(there is) no
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
Do they not see that every day on earth, brings them closer to the end, and that GOD decides their life span, irrevocably? He is the most efficient Reckoner.
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
Do they not see that We come to the land and reduce it from its ends? And God gives judgment and there is none to override His judgment. And He is swift to reckoning.
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
Do they not see that We come to the land and reduce it from its borders? God gives judgment and there is none to override His judgment. He is quick reckoning.*
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
See they not that We gradually reduce the land (of the disbelievers, by giving it to the believers, in war victories) from its outlying borders. And Allâh judges, there is none to put back His Judgement and He is Swift at reckoning.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? (Where) Allah commands, there is none to put back His Command: and He is swift in calling to account.
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
Do they not see that We are advancing in the land, diminishing it by its borders on all sides?[1] Allah judges, and no one has the power to reverse His judgement. He is swift in reckoning.
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"We are advancing in the land." This is a very subtle way of warning the opponents of the truth. The fact that Our message is spreading fast in Arabia. It does, in fact, mean that We Ourselves are advancing very fast in the country against you for We are with those who are carrying Our message. “Diminishing it from its outlying borders.” We are causing the influence of Islam to spread fast in the land and are thus reducing the boundaries of the influence of its opponents. Are not these things the portents of their coming disaster?
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
Do they not see how We come to [their] land and shrink its borders? God decides- no one can reverse His decision- and He is swift in reckoning.
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
Have they not seen that We are coming to the land narrowing it down from all its sides? Allah judges; there is none to repel His judgement. And He is swift at reckoning.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its outlying parts? (When) Allah doometh there is none that can postpone His doom, and He is swift at reckoning.
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
Do they not see that We gradually reduce their land from its borders? Allah decides—none can reverse His decision. And He is swift in reckoning.
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
Have they not seen how We visit the land diminishing it at its edges? Allah judges, and there is none who may repeal His judgement, and He is swift at reckoning.
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
Do they not see how We come to the land eroding it at its extremities. Allah judges and there is no reversing His judgement. He is swift at reckoning.
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
Do they not see that We come into their land, and straiten the borders thereof, by the conquests of the true believers? When God judgeth, there is none to reverse his judgment; and He will be swift in taking an account.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
Do they not see that We are invading the land (of disbelief and are gradually) reducing and curtailing it from its sides? Allâh judges the matter, there is none to reverse His judgment. Swift is He at calling to account.
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
Did they not see that we come to the land and diminish the borders thereof? God judges, and there is none to reverse His judgment, and He is swift at reckoning up!
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
Do they not see how day by day they are loosing the ground. It is God Who rules and there is none to reverse His decrees and God is swift in taking the guilty ones to account.
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
And have they not seen that We come up to the earth diminishing it in its extremities? And Allah judges; none reverses His judgment and He is swift at the reckoning.
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
Have they not seen how We come to the land diminishing it in its extremities? God judges; none repels His judgment; He is swift at the reckoning.
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
See they not how We visit the land and reduce its borders (through conquest)? Allah judges (or commands), and there is none to reverse His judgment (or command), and He is swift at reckoning!
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
Do they not see Us advancing from all sides into their land and reducing its frontiers? It is for God to judge; and there is none to reverse His judgement. He is swift at reckoning.
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
Do they -the infidels- not see that We reduce the; land or territory in their possession and add it to the Muslims territory by progressive conquests of its outlying borders! And Allah is He Who commands, and no one shall ever be able to reverse His judicial decision;He is swift indeed in putting the law in execution.
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
Have, then, they [who deny the truth] never yet seen how We visit the earth [with Our punishment], gradually depriving it of all that is best thereon? For, [when] God judges, there is no power that could repel His judgment: and swift in reckoning is He!
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
Don't they see that every day on earth brings them closer to the end? For, when Allah judges, there is no power that could repel His Judgment. And Swift in reckoning is He!
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
Do they not see that We slowly reduce the land (for them) from its outer (borders) regions? (When) Allah judges, there is no one to undo His Judgment: And He is (Al-Hasib) Swift in calling to Account.
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
Do they not see that We come to the land and reduce it from its ends And God gives judgment and there is none to override His judgment. And He is quick to reckoning.
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
Have they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? And Allah decides; there is no adjuster of His decision. And He is swift in account.
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
Have they not considered that We come to the earth, diminishing it from its extremities? And God judges; there is no adjuster of His judgment; and He is swift in reckoning.