Al-Qur'an Surah An-Najm Verse 25

Mufti Taqi Usmani

(No,) because to Allah alone belongs the (good of) the Hereafter and the former life (of this world).

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

In fact, to Allah ˹alone˺ belongs this world and the next.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and this world.

A. J. Arberry

And to God belongs the First and the Last.

Abdul Haleem

when the present life and the life to come belong only to God?

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Allah's is the last and the first.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But it is to Allah that the End and the Beginning (of all things) belong.

Abul Ala Maududi

To Allah belong both the Next World and the present.

Ahmed Ali

To God belong the End and the Beginning.

Ahmed Raza Khan

So (know that) Allah only is the Owner of all – the Hereafter and this world.

Ali Quli Qarai

Yet to Allah belong this world and the Hereafter.

Ali Ünal

But (whatever human desires, be it to serve his higher good, or to serve his carnal appetites) to God belong the after(life) and the former (life).

Amatul Rahman Omar

Rather (all the blessings of) the Hereafter as well as (those of) this present life belong to Allâh.

English Literal

So to God (is) the end (other life) and the first/beginning.

Faridul Haque

So (know that) Allah only is the Owner of all - the Hereafter and this world.

Hamid S. Aziz

Nay! To Allah belongs the after and the former life (or the End and the Beginning).

Hilali & Khan

But to Allah belongs the last (Hereafter) and the first (the world).

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Or shall man have what he wishes?

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former.

Muhammad Sarwar

All that is in the life to come and all that is in this life belongs only to God.

Qaribullah & Darwish

To Allah belongs the Eternal life and the first life.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

But to Allah belongs the last (Hereafter) and the first (the world).

Wahiduddin Khan

But it is to God that the Hereafter and this world belong.

Talal Itani

To God belong the Last and the First.

Tafsir jalalayn

Yet to God belong the Hereafter and the former [life], that is to say, [the life of] the world, and so nothing comes to pass in them except what He, exalted, wills.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

But to Allah belongs the last and the first.

meaning, all matters belong to Allah and He is the King and Owner of this world and the Hereafter, Who does what He will in both lives. Whatever He wills, occurs and whatever He does not will, never occurs.
No Interecession except with Allah's Leave

Allah said,

وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْيًا

إِلاَّ مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاء وَيَرْضَى