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Muhammad Asad   
"and from the evil of all human beings bent on occult endeavours
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and from the evil of those ˹witches casting spells by˺ blowing onto knots,
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and from women who blow on knots

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Arabic   
وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِی ٱلۡعُقَدِ ۝٤
Transliteration (2021)   
wamin sharri l-nafāthāti fī l-ʿuqad
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And from (the) evil (of) the blowers in the knots,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
"and from the evil of all human beings bent on occult endeavours
M. M. Pickthall   
And from the evil of malignant witchcraft
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
From the mischief of those who practise secret arts
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and from the evil of those ˹witches casting spells by˺ blowing onto knots,
Safi Kaskas   
and from women who blow on knots
Wahiduddin Khan   
from the evil of those who blow on knot
Shakir   
And from the evil of those who blow on knots
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
and from the worst of the women who practice magic, blowing on the knots
T.B.Irving   
and from the mischief of women spitting on knots
Abdul Hye   
and from the evil of the witches who blow in the knots (black magic),
The Study Quran   
from the evil of those who blow upon knots
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
And from the evil of those who blow on knots.
Talal Itani (2012)   
And from the evil of those who practice sorcery
Dr. Kamal Omar   
and against the evil-effect of those personalities who try to create sabotage in a commitment
M. Farook Malik   
from the mischief of those who blow on knots (black magic)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And from the evil of the women who spit on the knots, (i.e., perform malignant witchcraft)
Muhammad Sarwar   
from the evil of those who practice witchcraf
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
and from the evil of the women who blow on the knots
Shabbir Ahmed   
And from the covert activities of people who try to put knots and complicate the simple
Dr. Munir Munshey   
"From the evil of (women practicing) witchcraft, and blowing (spells) over knotted ropes
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
"From the mischief of those who practice secret (and evil) arts as they blow into knots (riddles)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And from the evil of the blowers in knot
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
"And from the evil of those who practice sorcery,"
Abdel Haleem   
the harm in witches when they blow on knots
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And from the evil of the women blowers upon knots
Ahmed Ali   
From the evil of sorceresses who blow incantations on knots
Aisha Bewley   
and from the evil of women who blow on knots
Ali Ünal   
"And from the evil of the witches who blow on knots (to cast a spell)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
and from the evil of the witches who blow on knots
Hamid S. Aziz   
And from the evil of those who practice secret arts
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and from the harm of the blowers into the knots (who practice witchcraft)
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
From the harm of those who whisper into convictions
Musharraf Hussain   
from the harm of witches who blow on knots,
Maududi   
from the evil of the women who blow on knots
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
"And from the evil of those who blow on knots,"
Mohammad Shafi   
"And from the evil of those who blow on knots,"

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And from the evil of those women who blow in the knots.
Rashad Khalifa   
"From the evils of the troublemakers
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
from the evil of the blowers on knots
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And from the evil of those who cast (evil suggestions) in firm resolutions
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And from bad/evil/harm (of) the female magicians/sorceresses/dischargers in the knots
Bijan Moeinian   
from the evil of those who practice witchcraft
Faridul Haque   
“And from the evil of the witches who blow into knots.”
Sher Ali   
And from the evil of those who blow upon the knots of mutual relationships to undo them
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And from the evil of those women (and men) who practise magic on knots by blowing
Amatul Rahman Omar   
`And from the evil of those who try (and whisper evil suggestions) to deter (people) from doing their duty
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
"And from the evil of the witchcrafts when they blow in the knots

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
from the evil of the women who blow on knots
George Sale   
and from the mischief of women blowing on knots
Edward Henry Palmer   
and from the evil of the blowers upon knots
John Medows Rodwell   
And against the mischief of weird women
N J Dawood (2014)   
from the mischief of conjuring witches;¹

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
and from the evil of those who spit in the knots
Munir Mezyed   
The evil of the witches who blow on the knots,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And from the harm of women blowing on knots,
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
and from the evil of sorceresses who blow upon knots,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
[I seek refuge] from the corruption of those who blow on knots [in practicing black magic].
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
and from the mischief of women spitting on knots
Samy Mahdy   
And from, an evil of the blowers in the knots.
Sayyid Qutb   
from the evil of the conjuring witches
Thomas Cleary   
and from the evil of cursers,
Ahmed Hulusi   
“From the evil of the women who blow on knots (those who manipulate brain waves to make black magic).”
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"and from the evil of those who practise witchcraft,"
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
"And counter to the evil generated by the witches who stand in the way of concord and blow over entangled knots to fan the flow of discord"
Mir Aneesuddin   
and from the evil of women blowing in the knots (practicing witchcraft)

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
From the mischief of those who practise secret arts
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And from (the) evil (of) the blowers in the knots
OLD Transliteration   
Wamin sharri alnnaffathati fee alAAuqadi