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Muhammad Asad   
[the people of] Iram the many-pillared
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,
Safi Kaskas   
with Iram of the pillars,

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Arabic   
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَاد
Transliteration (2021)   
irama dhāti l-ʿimād
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Iram, possessors (of), lofty pillars,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[the people of] Iram the many-pillared
M. M. Pickthall   
With many-columned Iram
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,
Safi Kaskas   
with Iram of the pillars,
Wahiduddin Khan   
the people of Iram, the city of many pillars
Shakir   
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
with Iram of the pillars
T.B.Irving   
[the people of] Iram, possessing columns
Abdul Hye   
(Tall residents of) Iram with lofty pillars,
The Study Quran   
Iram the pillared
Dr. Kamal Omar   
(of the capital-city of) Iram, possessing lofty high-rise buildings
Farook Malik   
The residents of Iram, the city of lofty pillars
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
Erum of the pillars
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Iram comprising the columns, (i.e., It is the city of Aad, who were stalwart and huge buildings)
Muhammad Sarwar   
the people of the huge columned city of Era
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
of Iram , the men of tall pillars
Shabbir Ahmed   
Those whose capital was Iram, the city of towers and lofty mansions
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Those well known for the high pillars (of their architecture)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
(And with the people) of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Irum, with the great column
Abdel Haleem   
of Iram, [the city] of lofty pillars
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
The people of many-columned lram
Ahmed Ali   
Of Eram with lofty pillars (erected as signposts in the desert)
Aisha Bewley   
Iram of the Columns
Ali Ünal   
(The people of) Iram with many-columned (i.e. monumental) buildings
Ali Quli Qara'i   
[and] Iram, [the city] of the pillars
Hamid S. Aziz   
With the city of Iram of the lofty pillars
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
(people of) Iram (a city) with the pillar
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Of Iram, with lofty pillars
Musharraf Hussain   
of Iram with its lofty pillars,
Maududi   
of Iram, known for their lofty columns
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Irum, with the great columns?
Mohammad Shafi   
[The anscient people] of Iram, [city of] lofty-pillared buildings

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
The people of Iram excessively tall,
Rashad Khalifa   
Erum; the town with tall buildings
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
of the columned (city) of Iram
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
(Of) Iram, having lofty buildings
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
Iram that of the pillars/posts
Bijan Moeinian   
The residents of the city of Eram…
Faridul Haque   
(And) the tall giants of Iram
Sher Ali   
The tribe if Iram, possessors of lofty buildings
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(They) were (the people) of Iram (and) were (tall like) lofty columns (possessing towering castles)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Of Iram, possessors of tall statures and lofty columns
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Who were very tall like lofty pillars

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Iram of the pillars
George Sale   
the people of Irem, adorned with lofty buildings
Edward Henry Palmer   
with Iram of the columns
John Medows Rodwell   
At Irem adorned with pillars
N J Dawood (2014)   
The many-columned city of Iram

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
[Have you not seen what He did] to Iram having lofty pillars?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
[the people of] Iram, possessing [bodies like] columns
Sayyid Qutb   
the people of Iram, the many- pillared [city],
Ahmed Hulusi   
And Iram, the (city) with lofty pillars?
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
Of (the city of) Iram with towering pillars
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
And with their city of Iram with its lofty and strong architectural pillars imposing, by reason of beauty coupled with magnitude that was indeed grand
Mir Aneesuddin   
people of Iram, possessors of (lofty buildings supported by) pillars,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Iram, possessors (of), lofty pillars