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Muhammad Asad   
with seven gates leading into it, each gate receiving its allotted share of sinners.
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
It has seven gates, to each a group of them is designated.”
Safi Kaskas   
There will be seven gates leading into Hell, each gate receiving its allotted share."

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Arabic   
لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُوم
Transliteration (2021)   
lahā sabʿatu abwābin likulli bābin min'hum juz'on maqsūmu
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
For it (are) seven gates, for each gate among them (is) a portion assigned.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
with seven gates leading into it, each gate receiving its allotted share of sinners.
M. M. Pickthall   
It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
It has seven gates, to each a group of them is designated.”
Safi Kaskas   
There will be seven gates leading into Hell, each gate receiving its allotted share."
Wahiduddin Khan   
it has seven gates: and each gate has a portion of them allotted to it
Shakir   
It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a separate party of them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
It has seven doors. Then, for every one, a door set apart, is for them.
T.B.Irving   
It has seven gates; each gate will have a portion assigned from them."
Abdul Hye   
it (hell) has 7 gates; each gate will be assigned to a separate class (for sinners) from them.
The Study Quran   
Seven gates it has, and for each gate is appointed a separate portion of them
Dr. Kamal Omar   
For it are seven (i.e., many) gates, for each gate (overhere is) an assigned class of those (sinners, transgressors, polytheists, pagans, disbelievers and those who did not respect the Oneness of Allah)
Farook Malik   
which has seven gates, each gate will be assigned to a separate group from among them."
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
'It has seven doors; for each door is an assigned class.'
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
It has seven gates; and each gate has an appointed part (Literally: divided)
Muhammad Sarwar   
It has seven gates and each gate is assigned for a certain group of people
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
It has seven gates. For each gate there is a group apportioned from them
Shabbir Ahmed   
"With seven gates leading into it, each gate receiving its share of wrongdoers." (The Straight Path is one, while the wrong paths are numerous and each of them leads to Hell (30:30-31))
Dr. Munir Munshey   
It has seven gates, each for a different class of sinners
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
To it are seven gates: For each of those gates there is a class (of sinners) assigned
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
"It has seven gates, for every gate will be an assigned segment from them."
Abdel Haleem   
with seven gates, each gate having its allotted share of them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Unto it are seven portals; unto each portal is a Portion of them assigned
Ahmed Ali   
Which has several gates, and each gate is marked for every section of them."
Aisha Bewley   
It has seven gates and each gate has its allotted share.
Ali Ünal   
It has seven gates, with an appointed group of them for each gate
Ali Quli Qara'i   
It has seven gates, and to each gate belongs a separate portion of them.’
Hamid S. Aziz   
It has seven gates (entrances); to each gate (entrance) is assigned a certain class (or portion)."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
It has seven gates, and each gate is for an assigned portion of them
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
For there are seven gates, for each of those gates is a group assigned
Musharraf Hussain   
with its seven gates, each gate receiving its allotted share.”
Maududi   
There are seven gates in it, and to each gate a portion of them has been allotted
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
"Ithas seven gates, for every gate will be an assigned segment from them."
Mohammad Shafi   
It has seven gates assigned separately to separate sections of them

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
It has seven entrances. For each entrance there is an appointed portion of them.
Rashad Khalifa   
"It will have seven gates. Each gate will get a specific share of them."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
It has seven gates, and through each gate a portion of them belong
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
It has seven gates. For each gate is an appointed portion of them
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
For it (are) seven doors/entrances, to each door/entrance from them (is an) apportioned/divided part/portion
Bijan Moeinian   
“The Hell has seven gates; each welcoming a certain type of sinners.”
Faridul Haque   
It has seven gates; for each gate is a portion assigned from them
Sher Ali   
It has seven gates, and each gate has a portion of them allotted to it
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
It has seven doors; for each one a fixed portion of them has been specified.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
`It has seven gates. Each gate shall have an assigned portion of them (who have gone astray)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
"It (Hell) has seven gates, for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Seven gates it has, and unto each gate a set portion of them belongs.
George Sale   
It hath seven gates; unto every gate a distinct company of them shall be assigned
Edward Henry Palmer   
It has seven doors; at every door is there a separate party of them.
John Medows Rodwell   
It hath seven Portals; at each Portal is a separate band of them
N J Dawood (2014)   
It has seven gates, and through each gate they shall come in separate bands

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Seven gates lead to (Hell). A different group is assigned for each gate.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
It has seven gates; each gate will have a portion assigned from them."
Sayyid Qutb   
It has seven gates, with each gate having its allotted share of them.'
Ahmed Hulusi   
“It has seven gates (the seven organs – eyes, ears, tongue, hands, feet, stomach and sexual organs – which are misused to defeat their purpose)... And each gate has a section allotted to them.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
It has seven gates, for every gate there shall be a (separate) party of them assigned.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
Apprehended in a material sense, it has seven gates through each of which shall enter those appropriated to the degree of suffering that is commensurate with their evil deeds
Mir Aneesuddin   
There are seven gates for it, for each of these (gates) there will be an assigned portion.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned
OLD Literal Word for Word   
For it (are) seven gates, for each gate among them (is) a portion assigned