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ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۜ

Thumma inna AAalayna bayanah

Then its explanation is Our concern.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Then it is for Us to clarify it.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Then, behold! It is for Us to explain it. (The Qur'an is its own best commentary. It explains itself).

  • Sam Gerrans

    Then upon Us is its clarification.)

  • The Monotheist Group

    Then it is for Us to explain it.

  • Edip-Layth

    Then it is for Us to clarify it.

  • Aisha Bewley

    Then its explanation is Our concern.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    Then it is we who will explain it.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The exposition of its meaning surely rests on Us.

  • Sahih International

    Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

  • Muhammad Asad

    and then, behold, it will be for Us to make its meaning clear.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    We are responsible for its interpretation.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    It is only God Who will explain Qur’an to you.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Then it is for Us (Allâh) to make it clear (to you).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):

  • Mustafa Khattab

    Then it is surely upon Us to make it clear ˹to you˺.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Then, it is undertaken by Us to explain it.

  • Abdul Haleem

    and We shall make it clear.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Then Ours it is to explain it.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And again it is for us to explain it.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Nay, more, it is for Us to explain (and clarify) it.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Thereafter surely upon Us is its evident (exposition).

  • George Sale

    And afterwards it shall be our part to explain it unto thee.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Then, it is for Us to explain it (and to make it clear):

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    The responsibility of explaining it lies again on Us.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Then, its exposition indeed [also] lies with Us.