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Muhammad Asad   
there is none who could avert it
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
In no way (can) there be any repelling
Safi Kaskas   
Nothing can prevent it.

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Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعࣲ ۝٨
Transliteration (2021)   
mā lahu min dāfiʿi
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Not for it any preventer.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
there is none who could avert it
M. M. Pickthall   
There is none that can ward it off
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
There is none can avert it;
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
none will avert it—
Safi Kaskas   
Nothing can prevent it.
Wahiduddin Khan   
there is no one who could avert i
Shakir   
There shall be none to avert it
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
There is no one who averts it.
T.B.Irving   
No one will avert it
Abdul Hye   
There is none that can avert it.
The Study Quran   
None can avert it
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
No one can avert it.
Talal Itani (2012)   
There is nothing to avert it
Dr. Kamal Omar   
(There is) not unto it any who can avert
M. Farook Malik   
There shall be none to avert it
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
In no way (can) there be any repelling
Muhammad Sarwar   
and no one will be able to prevent it
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
There is nothing to push it back
Shabbir Ahmed   
There is none who can repel it
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Which absolutely no one can avert
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
There is no one who can change it—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Of it there is no preventer
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Nothing can stop it.
Abdel Haleem   
it cannot be put off––
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Of it there is no averter
Ahmed Ali   
There is none who could avert it
Aisha Bewley   
No one can ward it off.
Ali Ünal   
There is none that can avert it
Ali Quli Qara'i   
There is none who can avert it
Hamid S. Aziz   
There shall be none to avert it
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
No one (and nothing) can repel it.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
There are none who can avert it
Musharraf Hussain   
no power can stop it!
Maududi   
none can avert that
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Nothing can stop it.
Mohammad Shafi   
None can ward it off

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
There is none to avert it.
Rashad Khalifa   
No force in the universe can stop it.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
there is none to prevent it
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
There is none to avert it
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
(There is) no repeller/pusher for it
Bijan Moeinian   
judgment that no one can escape it
Faridul Haque   
No one can avert it
Sher Ali   
There is none to avert it
Edip Yuksel   
Nothing can stop it.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
No one can avert it
Amatul Rahman Omar   
None can avert it
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
There is none that can avert it

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
there is none to avert it
George Sale   
there shall be none to withhold it
Edward Henry Palmer   
there is none to avert it
John Medows Rodwell   
And none shall put it back
N J Dawood (2014)   
No power shall ward it off

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Saeed Malik   
It has none to push it back.
Shuaib Abdullahi   
It has (Lahu) no (Maa Min) repellent (Daafie).
Fode Drame   
There is nothing that is going to push it away.
Munir Mezyed   
There shall be none to preclude it.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
It cannot be averted.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
No one can avert it.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
there is nothing to avert it
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
No one will avert it
Samy Mahdy   
None will push it away
Ali Quli Qarai   
There is none who can avert it.
Ahmed Hulusi   
There is no power to repel it!
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
There is none that can avert it.
Mir Aneesuddin   
there will be no one to repel it.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
And there is just not any expedient nor anyone in the heaven's realm or on earth that can avert it
The Wise Quran   
There is no repeller for it.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
There is none can avert it;
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Not for it any preventer
OLD Transliteration   
Ma lahu min dafiAAin