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Muhammad Asad Buy

nor the [cooling] shade and the scorching heat

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the shade and the torrid heat

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Buy

Nor are the (chilly) shade and the (genial) heat of the sun

Source Arabic and Literal tools

Transliteration-2 Buy

walā l-ẓilu walā l-ḥarūr

Word by Word (2021)

And not the shade and not the heat,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad Buy

nor the [cooling] shade and the scorching heat

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Buy

Nor are the (chilly) shade and the (genial) heat of the sun

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall Buy

Nor is the shadow equal with the sun's full heat

Mustafa Khattab 2018 Buy

nor the ˹scorching˺ heat and the ˹cool˺ shade.

Wahiduddin Khan Buy

shade and heat are not alike

Safi Kaskas 2025 Buy

nor shade and heat,

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Buy

nor are the shade and the torrid heat.

T.B.Irving Buy

nor a shady nook and a heatwave.

Shakir Buy

Nor the shade and the heat

Abdul Hye Buy

nor the shade and the sun’s heat;

Saeed Malik Buy

Not all shade, nor all heat.

The Study Quran Buy

nor the shade and the scorching heat

Talal Itani & AI (2025) Buy

Nor are shade and scorching heat.

Talal Itani (2012) Buy

Nor are the shade and the torrid heat.

M. Farook Malik Buy

nor the shade and the heat

Dr. Kamal Omar

and nor the shade (of different natures) and nor the (sun’s) heat (of different seasons)

Dr. Munir Munshey

Nor the (cool) shade and (the sultry heat of) the sun

Syed Vickar Ahamed Buy

Neither are the (cool) shade and the (burning) heat of the sun

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) Buy

Nor are the shade and the heat

Muhammad Sarwar Buy

nor shade and heat

Muhammad Taqi Usmani Buy

nor shade and heat of the sun

Shabbir Ahmed Buy

Nor the cooling shade and the scorching heat

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Buy

Nor the shade and the torrid heat

Hamid S. Aziz Buy

Nor the shade and the heat

Abdel Haleem Buy

shade and heat are not alike

Abdul Majid Daryabadi Buy

- Nor the shade and the sun's heat

Ahmed Ali Buy

Nor shade and heat of sunshine

Aisha Bewley Buy

nor are cool shade and fierce heat.

Ali Ünal Buy

Nor the shade and the scorching heat

Ali Quli Qara'i Buy

nor shade and torrid heat

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition) Buy

Nor are the shade and the heat.

Musharraf Hussain Buy

nor cool shade and sweltering heat.

Bilal Muhammad 2018 Buy

Nor are the shade and the heat of the sun

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

nor are the shade and the (sun’s) heat.

Maududi Buy

nor cool shade and torrid heat

Mohammad Shafi Buy

Nor are the shade and the heat alike

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Buy

And nor the shadow and the heat of the full sun.

Rashad Khalifa Buy

Nor are the coolness of the shade and the heat of the sun.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

The shade and the hot wind are not equal

Faridul Haque Buy

And neither are the shadow and the hot sunshine

Bijan Moeinian Buy

The coolness of the shade [the peace of mind of a believer] and the heat of the sun [the ever present anxiety of a disbeliever] are not alike

Maulana Muhammad Ali Buy

Nor the shade and the heat

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And nor the shade , and nor the hot wind/sun's heat

Sher Ali Buy

Nor the shade and the heat

Edip Yuksel Buy

Nor are the shade and the heat.

Amatul Rahman Omar Buy

Nor the shades (of the Heaven) and the horrid heat (of the Hell-fire)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Buy

Nor the shade and the hot sun

Hilali - Khan Buy

Nor are (alike) the shade and the suns heat

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood 2014 Buy

The shade and the heat are not equal

Arthur John Arberry Buy

the shade and the torrid heat

Edward Henry Palmer Buy

nor the shade with the hot blast

George Sale Buy

nor the cool shade and the scorching wind

John Medows Rodwell Buy

nor the shade and the hot wind

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi Buy

nor (Walaa) are the shade (Ez'Zillu) and (Walaa) the heat (El'Haruur),

Fode Drame Buy

Nor are the shade and the scorching heat of the sun;

MunirMezyed2023 Buy

Nor the sunshade and the heat.

Mustaqim

Nor the shade and the full heat.

Linda "iLham" Barto Buy

Neither are the cool shade and the blazing heat of the sun.

Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation Buy

nor are the shade and the torrid heat,

Irving/Hegab Buy

nor a shady nook and a heatwave.

Samy Mahdy Buy

Nor are the shade and the torrid heat.

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress) Buy

nor the [cooling] shade and the scorching heat;

Qarai Buy

nor shade and torrid heat;

Ahmed Hulusi Buy

Nor are the shade (consciousness; the forces of the Names) and the heat (the bodies)!

Mubarakpuri Buy

Nor are the shade and the sun's heat.

A. S. Mohamed Buy

Nor is the shade and the heat.

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli Buy

Nor the shade and the heat

Mir Aneesuddin

nor the shade and the heat.

[Al-Muntakhab]

Nor are they of a like nature: "the shade" affording coolness and the sun radiating heat

The Wise Quran Project

Nor the shade and the heat,

Newest Translations 2026

Zulfiquar Ali Bhotto

Nor are the shade and the scorching heat,

Verbatim Quran - Mahmoud K

And nor the shade and nor the heat.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Buy

Nor are the (chilly) shade and the (genial) heat of the sun

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) Buy

Nor are the shade and the heat.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) Buy

Nor are the shade and the heat

OLD Word by Word

And not the shade and not the heat

Transliteration Buy

Wala alththillu wala alharooru

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