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وَاِنَّ لَنَا لَلْاٰخِرَةَ وَالْاُو۫لٰى

Wa-inna lana lal-akhirata wal-oola

and both the Last and First belong to Us.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And to Us is the end and the beginning.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And behold, unto Us belong the End and the Beginning. (93:4).

  • Sam Gerrans

    And to Us belong the latter and the former.

  • The Monotheist Group

    And to Us is the end and the beginning.

  • Edip-Layth

    To Us is the end and the beginning.

  • Aisha Bewley

    and both the Last and First belong to Us.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    We control the Hereafter, as well as this life.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And to Us belong the End and the Beginning.

  • Sahih International

    And indeed, to Us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

  • Muhammad Asad

    and, behold, Ours is [the dominion over] the life to come as well as [over] this earlier part [of your life]:

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And lo! unto Us belong the latter portion and the former.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    And to Us indeed do the beginning and the end belong, for, one’s own self and all his possessions are not truly his own, but Ours.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    By assuring man that an ever lasting pleasure of Hereafter is better than a few day pleasure of this world.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning.

  • Mustafa Khattab

    And surely to Us ˹alone˺ belong this life and the next.

  • Taqi Usmani

    and in Our control is the Hereafter and the worldly life.

  • Abdul Haleem

    this world and the next belong to Us––

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and to Us belong the Last and the First.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And, verily, ours are the hereafter and the former life!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And, verily, Ours are the Latter and the Former life!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And surely to Us (belong) indeed the Hereafter and the First (i. e., the present life).

  • George Sale

    And ours is the life to come, and the present life.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And surely to Us (belong both) the end and the beginning.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And to Us belong (all the blessings of) both, the next world and the present.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and indeed to Us belong the world and the Hereafter.