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Muhammad Asad   
and then covered them from sight forever
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
How overwhelming was what covered ˹them˺!
Safi Kaskas   
And covered them by that whatever He covered them.

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Arabic   
فَغَشَّاهَا مَا غَشَّى
Transliteration (2021)   
faghashāhā mā ghash
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
So covered them what covered.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and then covered them from sight forever
M. M. Pickthall   
So that there covered them that which did cover
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
How overwhelming was what covered ˹them˺!
Safi Kaskas   
And covered them by that whatever He covered them.
Wahiduddin Khan   
and then covered them from sight forever
Shakir   
So there covered them that which covered
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
then, enwrapped them with what enwrapped.
T.B.Irving   
and covered them up with whatever covered them."
Abdul Hye   
who were covered by (the punishment with stones) that covered them.”
The Study Quran   
such that there covered them that which covered
Dr. Kamal Omar   
So enveloped that whatever enveloped (as a wrath and torment coming from Allah)
Farook Malik   
who were smitten by the scourge that smote them
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
And covered them with whatever covered them
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
So that (there) He constantly enveloped it whatever He constantly enveloped
Muhammad Sarwar   
and covered them with torment
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
so enveloped they were by that which enveloped
Shabbir Ahmed   
So that there covered each of them what covered them. (Sodom and Gomorrah buried under the Dead Sea. Also applies to other townships covered with Doom.
Dr. Munir Munshey   
That, which covered those cities, covered them completely
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
So that (soil and debris) have covered them up
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And covered them by that which He covered
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Consequently, they utterly vanished
Abdel Haleem   
and enveloped them in the punishment He ordained for them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Then covered them with that which covered them
Ahmed Ali   
So that they were covered over by what they were covered over
Aisha Bewley   
so that what enveloped it enveloped it.
Ali Ünal   
So that there covered them that which covered
Ali Quli Qara'i   
covering it with what covered it
Hamid S. Aziz   
So that they were covered with that which covers
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and it was covered by what covers
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And they have been covered up
Musharraf Hussain   
and covered them with rubble so they’re hidden from sight.
Maududi   
and caused them to be covered with that which He covered them with
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
So it was covered by that which covers
Mohammad Shafi   
And He covered them with what He covered.h

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Then covered them what covered them.
Rashad Khalifa   
Consequently, they utterly vanished.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
so that there came upon them that which came
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And that He destroyed the First ‘Ad
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
So covered/came upon it what covers
Bijan Moeinian   
Consequently, ruins covered them up as you know
Faridul Haque   
So they were covered with whatever covered them
Sher Ali   
So that there covered them that which covered
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Then covered them that which did cover (i.e., the stones were rained on them)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
So they were completely covered with that which overwhelms (when the punishment befalls)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
So there covered them that which did cover (i.e. torment with stones)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
so that there covered it that which covered
George Sale   
and that which covered them, covered them
Edward Henry Palmer   
and there covered them what did cover them
John Medows Rodwell   
So that that which covered them covered them
N J Dawood (2014)   
so that they were smitten by the scourge that smote them

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
…so that they have been consumed.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
and covered them up with whatever covered them."
Ahmed Hulusi   
And thus covered them with their coverings (as the result of their deeds)!
Mir Aneesuddin   
so there covered them that which covered?
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
To a degree inconceivable in imagination as to how they were berried the way they were

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up
OLD Literal Word for Word   
So covered them what covered