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Transliteration-2
alif-lam-mee
Word by Word (2021)
Alif Lam Meem.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Alif. Lam. Mim
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Alif. Lam. Mim
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
A. L. M
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Alif-Lãm-Mĩm.
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Alif Lam Meem,
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Alif Lam Mim
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Alif L[m M\m.
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A. L. M.
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Alif-Lam-Meem.
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Alif. Lãm. Mĩm.
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Alif Lam Mim.
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Alif, Lam, Meem
Dr. Kamal Omar
A. L. M
M. Farook Malik
Alif Lam M'im
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Alif, Lam, Mim (These are the names of letters of the Arab alphabet, and only Allah knows their meaning here)
Muhammad Sarwar
Alif. Lam. Mim
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Alif Lam Mim
Shabbir Ahmed
A.L.M. Allah Aleem the Knower, Hakeem the Wise, narrates that
Dr. Munir Munshey
Alif, Laam, Meem
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Alif Lam Mim
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Alif, Lam, Meem
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
ALM.
Abdel Haleem
Alif Lam Mi
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Alif; Lam. Mim
Ahmed Ali
ALIF LAM MIM
Aisha Bewley
Alif Lam Mim.
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Alif, Lam, Ma«m
Hamid S. Aziz
ALIF LAM MIM
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A.L.M. (Alif. Lam. Mim.)
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Alif, Laam, Miim
Musharraf Hussain
Alif Lam Meem
Maududi
Alif. Lam. Mim
Mohammad Shafi
These are among the letters, of the Arabic language, appearing at the beginning of some Qur'aanic chapters. Significance of these letters is a mystery. Omniscient Allah has perhaps purposely kept it mysterious to remind mankind of the limitation of knowledge it is bestowed with
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Alif Lam Mim.
Rashad Khalifa
A. L. M.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
AlifLaamMeem
Maulana Muhammad Ali
I, Allah, am the Best Knower
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
A L M
Bijan Moeinian
A.L.M
Faridul Haque
Alif-Lam-Meem. (Alphabets of the Arabic language – Allah, and to whomever He reveals, know their precise meanings.
Sher Ali
Alif, Lam, Mim
Edip Yuksel
ALM
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Alif, Lam, Mim. (Only Allah and the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] know the real meaning.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Alif Lam Mim - I am Allah the All-Knowing
Hilali - Khan
AlifLamMeem. (These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings.
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
Alif Lam Mi
George Sale
A.L.M
Edward Henry Palmer
A. L. M
John Medows Rodwell
ELIF. LAM. MIM
N J Dawood 2014
ALIF lām mīm
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
A (Alif), L (Laam), M (Miim):
Fode Drame
Alif. Lam. Mim.
MunirMezyed2023
Alif. La’am. Mi’em!
Mustaqim
Alif, Lam, Mim.
Linda "iLham" Barto
Alif. Lam. Meem.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
Alif Lām Mīm.
Irving/Hegab
A. L. M.
Samy Mahdy
Alif, Lam, Meem.
Qarai
Alif, Lam, Meem.
Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)
Alif. Lām. Mīm.
Ahmed Hulusi
Alif, Lam, Meem.
Mubarakpuri
Alif Lam Mim.
A. S. Mohamed
A. L. M.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Alif, 'A', L?m, 'L', M?m 'M'
[Al-Muntakhab]
A. (Alef), L. (Lam), M. (Meem) the Surah opens with these introductory letters from the Arabic Alphabet to draw attention to the miracle of the Quran which though written in the people's tongue, cannot be emulated
Mir Aneesuddin
Alif Laam Miim.
The Wise Quran Project
Alif.Lam.Mim.
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
A. L. M
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
ALM
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
A. L. M
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Alif Lam Meem
Transliteration
Alif-lam-meem