Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
For, distant from it shall remain he who is truly conscious of God
M. M. Pickthall
Far removed from it will be the righteou
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But those most devoted to Allah shall be removed far from it,
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
But the righteous will be spared from it—
Wahiduddin Khan
One who fears God shall be kept away from i
Safi Kaskas
But the one who was most mindful of God will be spared,
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
But the devout will be caused to turn aside from it.
T.B.Irving
while the most heedful will keep away from it,
Shakir
And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against evil)
Abdul Hye
But the pious will be far removed from it (hell),
The Study Quran
And the most reverent shall be removed from it
Talal Itani (2012)
But the devout will avoid it
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
But the righteous will avoid it.
Dr. Kamal Omar
And soon — Al-Atqa shall be kept away from it —
Dr. Munir Munshey
Far removed from it, would be the righteous one
Syed Vickar Ahamed
But those most devoted to Allah shall be removed far from it—
But the righteous one will avoid it
But the pious shall be kept away from it
Muhammad Sarwar
The pious ones who spend for the cause of Go
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And saved from it will be the most God-fearing one
Shabbir Ahmed
But far removed from it is he who walks aright
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And which the most pious will soon be made to avoid
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
As for the righteous, he will be spared it
Abdel Haleem
The most pious one will be spared this–&ndash
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And avoid it shall the most pious
Ahmed Ali
But save him who fear
Aisha Bewley
Those with most taqwa will be far removed from it:
Ali Ünal
And far removed from it (the Fire) will be he who keeps farthest away from disobedience to God in greater reverence for Him and piety
Ali Quli Qara'i
The Godwary shall be spared i
Hamid S. Aziz
But the pious shall be kept away from it
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
But those most devote will be removed far from it
Musharraf Hussain
But the one who was mindful will be kept away from it,
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And the most cautious (of God) will be kept away from it,
Maududi
But the God-fearing shall be kept away from it
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
As for the righteous, he will be spared it.
Mohammad Shafi
And, he will be distanced from it [Fire] who fears Allah
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
But the most pious one shall be kept far away from it,
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and from which the cautious shall be distanced
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And away from it shall be kept the most faithful to duty
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And the most fearing and obeying will be made to avoid it/be distanced from it
Bijan Moeinian
As far as those who have obeyed God they will be spared from the Hell
Faridul Haque
He will be far away from the most pious. (The first Caliph S. Abu Bakr Siddiq
Avoiding it will be the righteous
Sher Ali
But the righteous one shall be kept away from it
Amatul Rahman Omar
But the one who guards against evil and keeps his duty (to God and others), shall most carefully be kept away from it (- the Fire)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
But the most pious one shall be saved from this (Fire)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And Al-Muttaqoon (the pious and righteous - see V.2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
But the one who guards his own soul will be removed far away from it;
Munir Mezyed
But the most pious one can elude from it
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And the pious will be kept away from it.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The righteous will be far removed from (Hell).
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
But the most mindfulsg (of God) will be kept away from it—
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
while the most heedful will keep away from it,
Samy Mahdy
And he will avoid it, the most pious.
Sayyid Qutb
Kept away from it will be him who is God- fearing,
Thomas Cleary
And the most conscientious keep out of it,
Ahmed Hulusi
But the one who sought protection will be kept away from it.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
But the most righteous will be taken far away from it -
Mir Aneesuddin
And one who guards (against evil) will be saved from it,
But saved from it will be the one who entertains the profound reverence dutiful to Allah and carries his reverence to Allah from contemplation to reality
The Wise Quran
And the one who fears most will be far removed from it,