53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 43
وَاَنَّهُ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰىۙ
Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka
that it is He Who brings about both laughter and tears;
- Progressive Muslims
And He is the One who makes laughter and tears.
- Shabbir Ahmed
- vi And that He it is Who makes laugh, and makes weep. (Nations that establish His Rule will have inner happiness, whereas the others will be in misery).
- Sam Gerrans
And that it is He who makes laugh, and makes weep,
- The Monotheist Group
And He is the One who makes laughter and tears.
- Edip-Layth
He is the One who makes laughter and tears.
- Aisha Bewley
that it is He Who brings about both laughter and tears;
- Rashad Khalifa
He is the One who makes you laugh or cry.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
That it is He who makes you happy and morose,
- Sahih International
And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep
- Muhammad Asad
and that it is He alone who causes [you] to laugh and to weep;
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And that He it is who maketh laugh, and maketh weep,
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And that it is He Who created the emotion expressed by laughing with or without tears, and the emotion expressed by lamenting with tears and weeping out one's eyes or one's heart.
- Bijan Moeinian
Know that God is the One Who makes you laugh or cry.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And that it is He (Allâh) Who makes (whom He wills) laugh, and makes (whom He wills) weep.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
That it is He Who granteth Laughter and Tears;
- Mustafa Khattab
Moreover, He is the One Who brings about joy and sadness.[1]
- Taqi Usmani
and that He is the One who makes (one) laugh and makes (him) weep,
- Abdul Haleem
that it is He who makes people laugh and weep;
- Arthur John Arberry
and that it is He who makes to laugh, and that makes to weep,
- E. Henry Palmer
and that it is He who makes men laugh and weep;
- Hamid S. Aziz
And that He it is Who makes men laugh and makes them weep;
- Mahmoud Ghali
And that He, Ever He, makes to laugh, and He makes to weep;
- George Sale
and that He causeth to laugh, and causeth to weep;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
That it is He Who gives laughter and tears;
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And that it is He alone Who makes people laugh and weep.
- Ali Quli Qarai
and that it is He who makes [men] laugh, and makes [them] weep,