Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

As the likeness of hidden pearls

كَاَمْثَالِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ۬ الْمَكْنُونِۚ
Kaamthali allu/lui almaknoon
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1ka-amthāliLikeمثل
2l-lu'lu-ipearlsلالا
3l-maknūniwell-protectedكنن
  • Aisha Bewley

    like hidden pearls.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Like pearls which are sheltered.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Like unto pearls well-guarded, far from vice.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    As the likeness of hidden pearls

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Like pearls which are sheltered.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Like pearls which are sheltered.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Like protected pearls.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Like pearls within their shells,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

  • Muhammad Asad

    like unto pearls hidden in their shells.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Like unto hidden pearls,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    beautiful as pearls hidden in their shells.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Beauties representing as like precious pearles gracefully adorned as with blazonry affording keen pleasure to the sense of sight, and charming the intellectual and moral faculties.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    … as lovely as well-guarded pearls.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Like unto preserved pearls.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Like unto Pearls well-guarded.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    like pristine pearls,

  • Taqi Usmani

    all (neat and clean) like a hidden pearl,

  • Abdul Haleem

    like hidden pearls:

  • Arthur John Arberry

    as the likeness of hidden pearls,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    like hidden pearls;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    The like of the well-preserved pearls:

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    As the likeness of nestled pearls.

  • George Sale

    resembling pearls hidden in their shells:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Like (they are) pearls, well-guarded.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    (Chaste) like pearls, well-guarded and well preserved.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    like guarded pearls,