Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

As if they were eggs closely guarded.

كَاَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَكْنُونٌ
Kaannahunna baydun maknoon
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1ka-annahunnaAs if they were
2bayḍuneggsبيض
3maknūnunwell protectedكنن
  • Aisha Bewley

    just like closely guarded pearls.

  • Progressive Muslims

    They are like fragile eggs.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Faultless like the hidden ostrich eggs (of unblemished character).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    As if they were eggs closely guarded.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    They are like fragile eggs.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    They are like fragile eggs.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Protected like fragile eggs.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Like sheltered eggs in a nest.

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

    As if they were eggs, well-protected.

  • Muhammad Asad

    as if they were hidden eggs.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    (Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    so delicate as the hidden peel under an egg's shell.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Beauties who look as though they were clear pure white eggs affording keen pleasure to the eye, guarded under the shadow of a gracious wing.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    As delicate as an egg under its shell.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    (Delicate and pure) as if they were (hidden) eggs (well) preserved.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    as if they were pristine pearls. 

  • Taqi Usmani

    as if they were eggs hidden (under feathers, protected from pollution).

  • Abdul Haleem

    like protected eggs.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    as if they were hidden pearls.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    as though they were a sheltered egg;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    As if they were delicate eggs carefully protected.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    As if they were white nestled (jewels).

  • George Sale

    and resembling the eggs of an ostrich covered with feathers from the dust.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded (from evil).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Just as though they were eggs carefully guarded (- of pure and unsoiled character).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    as if they were hidden ostrich eggs.