The Quran

سورة لقمَان

Surah Luqmân 31:28

Luqman · Verse 28 of 34

مَا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

The creation of you all and your resurrection (for Him) are only like (the creation and resurrection of) one single soul; (all human beings are subject to the same laws of God). Verily, Allâh is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an individual soul: for Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things).

Ahmed Ali

Your creation and resurrection is but like that of a single cell. Verily He is all-hearing and all-seeing.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Your creation and your resurrection are but as (the creation and resurrection) of a single soul. Surely God is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Daryabadi

And your creation and your upraising are only as though of one soul; verily Allah is Hearing, Beholding.

Faridul Haque

Creating you all and raising you from the dead are like that of one soul *; indeed Allah is All Hearing, All Knowing. (He can create you slowly or all at once).

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Your creation or your raising is only like a single soul. Surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Your creation and your resurrection are only like the creation and resurrection of a single soul. Verily, ALLAH is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Muhammad Asad

[For Him,] the creation of you all and the resurrection of you all is but like [the creation and resurrection of] a single soul for, verily, God is all-hearing, all-seeing.

Muhammad Musin Khan

The creation of you all and the resurrection of you all are only as (the creation and resurrection of) a single person. Verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Seer.

Muhammad Pickthall

Your creation and your raising (from the dead) are only as (the creation and the raising of) a single soul. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.

Muhammad Sarwar

For God your creation and your resurrection are only like the creation and resurrection of one soul. God is All-hearing and All-seeing.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Neither your creation nor your raising is anything but as a single soul; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

Rashad Khalifa

The creation and resurrection of all of you is the same as that of one person. GOD is Hearer, Seer.

Shabbir Ahmed

Your creation or your resurrection is only as that of a single life cell. God is Hearer, Seer.