The Quran

سورة الزّخرُف

Surah Al-Zukhruf 43:9

The Ornaments · Verse 9 of 89

وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزِيزُ الْعَلِيمُ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will certainly say, `(It is) the All-Mighty, (and) the All-Knowing (God) who has created them.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If thou wert to question them, 'Who created the heavens and the earth?' They would be sure to reply, 'they were created by (Him), the Exalted in Power, Full of Knowledge';-

Ahmed Ali

If you ask them: "Who created the heavens and the earth?" they will answer: "The Mighty and All-knowing created them,"

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Ali Unal

If you ask them who has created the heavens and the earth, they most certainly say (in answer), "The One All-Glorious with irresistible might, the All-Knowing, has created them;"

Daryabadi

And if thou askest them: who hath created the heavens and the earth? they will surely say: created them the Mighty, the Knower.

Faridul Haque

And if you ask them, “Who has created the heavens and the earth?”, they will surely say, “They are created by the Most Honourable, the All Knowing.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if thou ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth? they would say: The Mighty, the Knowing One, has created them,

Maulvi Sher Ali

And if thou ask them, `Who created the heavens and the earth?' they will, surely, say `The Mighty, the All-Knowing God created them,'

Muhammad Asad

Yet thus it is (with most people]: if thou ask them, "Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth?" - they will surely answer, "The Almighty, the All-Knowing has created them."

Muhammad Musin Khan

And indeed if you ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" They will surely say: "The All-Mighty, the All-Knower created them."

Muhammad Pickthall

And if thou (Muhammad) ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely answer: The Mighty, the Knower created them;

Muhammad Sarwar

(Muhammad), if you ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" They will certainly say, "The Majestic and All-knowing God has created them".

Muhammed ali Shakir

And if you should ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth? they would most certainly say: The Mighty, the Knowing One, has created them;

Rashad Khalifa

If you asked them, "Who created the heavens and the earth," they would say, "The Almighty, the Omniscient has created them."

Shabbir Ahmed

If you ask them, "Who created the heavens and the earth?” They will answer, “The Almighty, the Knower created them."