Quran Ayah al-`Alaq (The Clot, Read) 96:3 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
Read - for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful On
Arthur John Arberry   
Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,

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Arabic   
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ
Arabic   
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
www.quran.live   
iq’ra warabbuka l-akramu
www.quran.live   
Read! And your Lord ˹Allah˺ is the Most Generous
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Read, and your Lord (is) the Most Generous,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Read - for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful On
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,
M. M. Pickthall   
Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,
Wahiduddin Khan   
Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful On
Safi Kaskas   
Recite, and your Lord is the most generous,
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Recite: Thy Lord is the Most Generous,
T.B.Irving   
READ, for your Lord is most Generous;
Shakir   
Read and your Lord is Most Honorable
Abdul Hye   
Read! Your Lord is the Generous,
Saeed Malik   
Read! Your Rabb is the Most Generous
The Study Quran   
Recite! Thy Lord is most noble
Talal Itani (2012)   
Read: And your Lord is the Most Generous
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous.
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Read, and your Lord is the Generous One.
M. Farook Malik   
Recite! Your Lord is the Most Gracious
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Read and your Rabb is More Generous
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Read! Your Lord is the most Generous
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Proclaim! And your Lord is Most Bountiful —
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous
Muhammad Sarwar   
Recite! Your Lord is the most Honorable One
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Read, and your Lord is the most gracious
Shabbir Ahmed   
Read! For, your Lord is the Most Generous. (He has placed a tremendous blessing in learning and teaching)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Read: And your Lord is The Most Honorable
Hamid S. Aziz   
Read (or proclaim), for your Lord is most Bountiful
Abdel Haleem   
Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful On
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Recite thou: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous
Ahmed Ali   
Read, for your Lord is most beneficent
Aisha Bewley   
Recite: And your Lord is the Most Generous,
Ali Ünal   
Read, and your Lord is the All-Munificent
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Read, and your Lord is the most generous
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Proclaim, and your Lord is Most Bountiful
Musharraf Hussain   
Recite! “Your Lord is the most Generous”,
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Read and (know that) your Lord is the most noble,
Maududi   
Recite: and your Lord is Most Generous
Mohammad Shafi   
Read and your Lord is most Liberal

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Recite, for your Lord is the Most Generous,
Rashad Khalifa   
Read, and your Lord, Most Exalted
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Read! Your Lord is the Most Generous
Faridul Haque   
Read, and your Lord only is the Most Beneficent
Bijan Moeinian   
Read and praise your Lord Who…
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Read and thy Lord is most Generous
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Read and/by your Lord, the most honoured/generous
Sher Ali   
Proclaim ! and thy Lord is the Most Bounteous
Edip Yuksel   
Read, and your Lord is the Generous One.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Proclaim, for your Lord is the Most Benignant
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Read, and your Lord is Most Generous
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One
Arthur John Arberry   
Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous
Edward Henry Palmer   
Read, for thy Lord is most generous
George Sale   
Read, by thy most beneficent Lord
John Medows Rodwell   
Recite thou! For thy Lord is the most Beneficent

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
read (Eq'ra'), and (Wa) your LORD (s) (Rabbu-ka) is the Most Honourable (El' Ak'ram),
Fode Drame   
Recite along with your Lord, The All-gracious;
Munir Mezyed   
Read! Your Lord is the Most Generous,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Recite, and your Lord is the most generous,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Read! Your Lord is Most Bountiful.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Recite: And yoursg Lord is the Most Noble,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
READ, for your Lord is most Generous;
Samy Mahdy   
Read: And your Lord is the Most Honored.
Sayyid Qutb   
Read for your Lord is the most Bountiful One,
Ali Quli Qarai   
Read, and your Lord is the most generous,
Thomas Cleary   
Recite, for your Lord is most generous,
Ahmed Hulusi   
READ! For your Rabb is Akram (most generous).
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous.
A. S. Mohamed   
Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
Read! And your Lord is Most Generous
Mir Aneesuddin   
Recite, and your Fosterer is the Most Honourable,
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Read : and realize that Allah, your Creator is most generous
The Wise Quran Project   
Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Read, and your Lord is the Generous One.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Read, and your Lord is the Generous One
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Read, and your Lord (is) the Most Generous
OLD Transliteration   
Iqra/ warabbuka al-akramu