Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
those who want only to be seen and praised
M. M. Pickthall
Who would be seen (at worship
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Those who (want but) to be seen (of men)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
those who ˹only˺ show off,
Safi Kaskas
Those who make a show [of their deeds]
Wahiduddin Khan
Those who do things only to be seen by others
Shakir
Who do (good) to be seen
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
those who make display,
T.B.Irving
who aim to be noticed
Abdul Hye
those who do good deeds only to be seen,
The Study Quran
those who strive to be seen
Dr. Kamal Omar
those: they (offer Prayers and only) act to be seen
those who make a show of piet
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
Those who put on the appearance
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Who are they that show off
Muhammad Sarwar
who show off (his good deeds
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
who (do good only to) show off
Shabbir Ahmed
They only want to be seen and praised. (9:54). (They go through motions of prayer and keep announcing it)
Dr. Munir Munshey
Those who aim to be seen (doing good)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Those who (only want) to be seen (by men)
Those who make show [of their deeds]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They only want to be seen
Abdel Haleem
those who are all sho
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They who would be seen
Ahmed Ali
Who dissimulat
Aisha Bewley
those who show off
Ali Ünal
Those who want to be seen and noted (for their acts of worship)
Ali Quli Qara'i
those who show of
Hamid S. Aziz
Who pretend for sho
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
those who pretend (and show off what they do)
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Those who want to be seen
Musharraf Hussain
who merely show off,
Maududi
those who do good (in order) to be seen
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They only want to be seen
Mohammad Shafi
Those who show off