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Muhammad Asad   
[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
Safi Kaskas   
He is Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.

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Arabic   
رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَیۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَیۡنِ ۝١٧
Transliteration (2021)   
rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Lord (of) the two Easts and Lord (of) the two Wests.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset
M. M. Pickthall   
Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
Safi Kaskas   
He is Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
Wahiduddin Khan   
He is the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests
Shakir   
Lord of the East and Lord of the West
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
The Lord of the Two Easts, and the Lord of the Two Wests!
T.B.Irving   
Lord of both Easts and Lord of both Wests!
Abdul Hye   
(He is) the Lord of the 2 easts (places of sunrise during summer and winter) and the Lord of the 2 wests (places of sunset during summer and winter).
The Study Quran   
Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests.
Talal Itani (2012)   
Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Rabb to the two easts, and Rabb to the two wests
M. Farook Malik   
He is Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
The Lord of the two easts and The Lord of the two wests
Muhammad Sarwar   
He is the Lord of the East and West through all seasons
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
He is the Lord of both points of sunrise and both points of sunset
Shabbir Ahmed   
Lord of the two Easts and the two Wests. (The East and the West of the summer, and the East and the West of the winter)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
The Lord of the two Easts! And the Lord of the two Wests
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
(He is the) Lord of the two easts (east and the far, far east) and the Lord of the two wests (west and the far, far west)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
The Lord of the two easts and the two wests
Abdel Haleem   
He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
He is Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests
Ahmed Ali   
Lord of the two Easts, Lord of the two Wests
Aisha Bewley   
The Lord of the two Easts and the Lord of the two Wests.
Ali Ünal   
He is the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Lord of the two easts, and Lord of the two wests
Hamid S. Aziz   
He is the Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
The Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
Musharraf Hussain   
He is the Lord of two risings and settings.
Maududi   
Lord of the two easts and of the two wests is He
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
The Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
Mohammad Shafi   
Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
He is the Lord of the two easts and the two wests'.
Rashad Khalifa   
Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
The Lord of the Two Easts, the Lord of the Two Wests
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
When then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
The two sun rises'/easts' Lord, and the two sunsets'/declines' Lord
Bijan Moeinian   
He is the Lord of the easts and Lord of the wests
Faridul Haque   
Lord of both the Easts, and Lord of both the Wests
Sher Ali   
The Lord of the two Easts and the Lord of the two Wests
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(He alone is) the Lord of the two easts and (He alone is) the Lord of the two wests
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(He is) the Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
(He is) the Lord of the two easts (places of sunrise during early summer and early winter) and the Lord of the two wests (places of sunset during early summer and early winter)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Lord of the Two Easts, Lord of the Two Wests
George Sale   
He is the Lord of the east, and the Lord of the west
Edward Henry Palmer   
The Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests
John Medows Rodwell   
He is the Lord of the East, He is the Lord of the West
N J Dawood (2014)   
The Lord of the two easts³ is He, and the Lord of the two wests

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests.
Munir Mezyed   
He is the Lord of the East and the West.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
The Lord of the two Easts and the Lord of the two Wests.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
He is the Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Lord of both Easts and Lord of both Wests!
Samy Mahdy   
Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
Ahmed Hulusi   
He is the Rabb of the two easts (the world and the eternal life after death) and the Rabb of the two wests (the world and the dimension of the grave).
Mir Aneesuddin   
Fosterer of the two places/times of sun rise and Fosterer of the two places/times of sun set (at the summer and winter solstice).
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
It is He, Who ordained the two major cardinal eastern points and the two major western cardinal points and the points in between, where the sun rises and sets in winter and summer respectively, passing through recurrent cycles of successive events

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Lord (of) the two Easts and Lord (of) the two Wests
OLD Transliteration   
Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayni