as-Saffat 37:49

AYAH as-Saffat 37:49	37:50 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 37:48
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُون
Transliteration		Kaannahunna baydun maknoonun
Transliteration-2		ka-annahunna bayḍun maknūnu
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		As if they were eggs, well protected.

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		[as free of faults] as if they were hidden [ostrich] eggs
M. M. Pickthall		(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich)
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded
Shakir		As if they were eggs carefully protected
Wahiduddin Khan		like closely guarded pearls
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		as if they are well-guarded pearls.
T.B.Irving		as if they were hidden [like hatching] eggs.
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		as if they were pristine pearls.
Safi Kaskas		just like closely guarded pearls.
Abdul Hye		as if they were preserved eggs.
The Study Quran		as if they were hidden eggs
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		They are like fragile eggs
Abdel Haleem		like protected eggs
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		As though they were eggs hidden
Ahmed Ali		Like sheltered eggs in a nest
Aisha Bewley		just like closely guarded pearls.
Ali Ünal		(As free from any ugliness, and) untouched, as if they were hidden (ostrich) eggs
Ali Quli Qara'i		as if they were hidden ostrich eggs
Hamid S. Aziz		As if they were delicate eggs carefully protected
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		As if they were white nestled (jewels)
Muhammad Sarwar		who are as chaste as sheltered eggs
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		as if they were eggs hidden (under feathers, protected from pollution)
Shabbir Ahmed		Faultless like the hidden ostrich eggs (of unblemished character)
Syed Vickar Ahamed		As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded (from evil)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected
Farook Malik		as if they were delicate eggs closely guarded
Dr. Munir Munshey		So dainty and delicate; like a thin film lining the eggshell
Dr. Kamal Omar		as if they are eggs well guarded (in a nest)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		As if they were closely guarded pearls
Maududi		so delicate as the hidden peel under an egg´s shell
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		as if they were protected eggs
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		Like delicate eggs closely guarded
Musharraf Hussain		like precious eggs, well-preserved
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		They are like fragile eggs.
Mohammad Shafi		As if they were eggs, carefully shielded

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		As delicate as an egg under its shell
Faridul Haque		As if they were eggs, safely hidden
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		as if they were hidden pearls
Maulana Muhammad Ali		As if they were eggs, carefully protected
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		As though they are (F) protected/covered whites/eggs
Sher Ali		As though they were sheltered eggs
Rashad Khalifa		Protected like fragile eggs.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		As they are eggs preserved.
Amatul Rahman Omar		Just as though they were eggs carefully guarded (- of pure and unsoiled character)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		(Fair, charming complexion, they will look) as if they were eggs protected from dust
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		(Delicate and pure) as if they were (hidden) eggs (well) preserved

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		as if they were hidden pearls
Edward Henry Palmer		as though they were a sheltered egg
George Sale		and resembling the eggs of an ostrich covered with feathers from the dust
John Medows Rodwell		fair like the sheltered egg
N J Dawood (2014)		as chaste as hidden pearls.¹

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		[They will be] as if they were eggs carefully protected.
Sayyid Qutb		as if they were hidden eggs.
Ahmed Hulusi		As though they are eggs closely guarded (assisting in the manifestation of inherent forces).
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		As if they were (as white as) eggs (secured) hidden.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		Beauties who look as though they were clear pure white eggs affording keen pleasure to the eye, guarded under the shadow of a gracious wing
Mir Aneesuddin		as if they were protected eggs.

AYAH as-Saffat 37:49

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