The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:32

The Prophets · Verse 32 of 112

وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَاءَ سَقْفًا مَحْفُوظًا ۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And We have made the heaven a roof, well protected, still they turn away paying no heed to its (heavenly) signs.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they turn away from the Signs which these things (point to)!

Ahmed Ali

And We made the sky a well-protected roof. Still they turn away from His signs!

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And We have established the heaven as a canopy well-secured (against collapse and the ascension of devils). Yet they turn away from all such signs (of truth manifested) in the universe.

Daryabadi

And We have made the heaven a roof, safe, and from the signs there of they are averters.

Faridul Haque

And We have made the sky a roof, protected; and they turn away from its signs.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We have made the heaven a guarded canopy; yet they turn away from its signs.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And WE have made the heaven a roof, well-protected, yet they turn away from its Signs.

Muhammad Asad

and [that] We have set up the sky as a canopy well-secured?

Muhammad Musin Khan

And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds, etc.).

Muhammad Pickthall

And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn away from its portents.

Muhammad Sarwar

We made the sky above them as a well-guarded ceiling, but they have neglected the evidence (of Our existence) therein.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And We have made the heaven a guarded canopy and (yet) they turn aside from its signs.

Rashad Khalifa

And we rendered the sky a guarded ceiling. Yet, they are totally oblivious to all the portents therein.

Shabbir Ahmed

And We have rendered the sky a canopy well-guarded. Yet they turn away from the signs that these things point to.