Al-Qur'an Surah Ar-Rum Verse 11

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Allah originates the creation, then He will create it again, then to Him you are to be returned.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

It is Allah Who originates the creation, and will resurrect it. And then to Him you will ˹all˺ be returned.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Allah brings the creation into being, then He will repeat it, then to Him you will be returned.

A. J. Arberry

God originates creation, then brings it back again, then unto Him you shall be returned.

Abdul Haleem

God brings creation into being; in the end He will reproduce it and it is to Him you will be recalled.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Allah originateth the creation, then He shall restore it, then unto Him ye shall be returned.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It is Allah Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats it; then shall ye be brought back to Him.

Abul Ala Maududi

Allah creates in the first instance and will later repeat it. Thereafter it is to Him that you shall be sent back.

Ahmed Ali

God originates creation, and then will revert it, then you will go back to Him.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Allah initiates the creation, then will create it again – then it is to Him that you will return.

Ali Quli Qarai

Allah originates the creation, then He will bring it back, then you will be brought back to Him.

Ali Ünal

God originates creation in the first instance, and then reproduces it, (and will bring it back in the Hereafter), and then you will be returned to Him.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Allâh originates creation then He keeps on repeating and reproducing it, then to Him shall you be brought back.

English Literal

God begins/initiates the creation then He returns/repeats it, then to Him you are being returned.

Faridul Haque

Allah initiates the creation, then will create it again - then it is to Him that you will return.

Hamid S. Aziz

Then evil was the end of those who did evil, because they rejected the revelations of Allah and used to mock them.

Hilali & Khan

Allah (Alone) originates the creation, then He will repeat it, then to Him you will be returned.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Have they not travelled in the earth and seen what was the end of those before them? They were stronger than these in prowess, and dug up the earth, and built on it more than these have built. And their messengers came to them with clear arguments. So it was not Allah, Who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Allah originates the creation, then reproduces it, then to Him you shall be brought back.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Allah produceth creation, then He reproduceth it, then unto Him ye will be returned.

Muhammad Sarwar

God begins the creation then causes it to turn back and to Him you will all return.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Allah originates creation, then brings it back again, then to Him you shall be returned.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Allah originates the creation, then He will repeat it, then to Him you will be returned.

Wahiduddin Khan

God originates the creation, and shall repeat it, then to Him you shall be returned.

Talal Itani

God originates creation, and then repeats it. Then to Him you will be returned.

Tafsir jalalayn

God originates creation, in other words, He produces the creation of mankind, then He will reproduce it, that is, the creation of them, after their death, then to Him you shall be returned (read turja`na; or yurja`na, `they shall be returned').

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Allah said;

اللَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ

Allah originates the creation, then He will repeat it,

Just as He was able to create it in the first place, so He is also able to repeat it.

ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ



then to Him you will be returned.

on the Day of Resurrection, when each will be requited according to his deeds.

Then Allah says;

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ