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Muhammad Asad   
and who turn away from all that is frivolous
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And the ones who from idle talk are veering away
Safi Kaskas   
who turn away from the meaningless talk,

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Arabic   
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَنِ ٱللَّغۡوِ مُعۡرِضُونَ ۝٣
Transliteration (2021)   
wa-alladhīna hum ʿani l-laghwi muʿ'riḍūn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Those who [they] from the vain talk turn away,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and who turn away from all that is frivolous
M. M. Pickthall   
And who shun vain conversation
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Who avoid vain talk
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
those who avoid idle talk;
Safi Kaskas   
who turn away from the meaningless talk,
Wahiduddin Khan   
those who turn away from all that is frivolous
Shakir   
And who keep aloof from what is vain
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
and they, those who from idle talk, are ones who turn aside
T.B.Irving   
who refrain from idle talk,
Abdul Hye   
and those who turn away from evil vain talk
The Study Quran   
and who turn away from idle talk
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Those who avoid vain talk.
Talal Itani (2012)   
Those who avoid nonsense
Dr. Kamal Omar   
and those: they are those who keep (themselves) away from Al-Laghw
M. Farook Malik   
who avoid vain talk
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And the ones who from idle talk are veering away
Muhammad Sarwar   
who avoid impious talks
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
and who keep themselves away from vain things
Shabbir Ahmed   
And who turn away from all that is senseless. (And they value time)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
And shun vulgarity
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And those who avoid useless talk
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And they who turn away from ill speec
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
And they abstain from vain talk.
Abdel Haleem   
who shun idle talk
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And those who from everything vain turn away
Ahmed Ali   
Who shun all frivolities
Aisha Bewley   
those who turn away from worthless talk;
Ali Ünal   
They always turn away from and avoid whatever is vain and frivolous
Ali Quli Qara'i   
who avoid vain talk
Hamid S. Aziz   
And who shun vain talk
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and who stay away from useless (acts and talks),
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Who avoid harmful talk
Musharraf Hussain   
who turn away from meaningless activities;
Maududi   
who avoid whatever is vain and frivolous
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And they abstain from vain talk
Mohammad Shafi   
And those that shun vanity

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And those who turn away from vain talk.
Rashad Khalifa   
And they avoid vain talk.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
who turn away from idle talk
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And who shun what is vain
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And those who from the nonsense/senseless talk, they are objecting/turning away
Bijan Moeinian   
The believers are those who avoid worthless talk
Faridul Haque   
And who do not incline towards indecent matters
Sher Ali   
And who shun all that which is vain
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And who (always) keep away from absurd talk
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And who keep aloof from all that is vain and idle
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allah has forbidden)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and from idle talk turn awa
George Sale   
and who eschew all vain discourse
Edward Henry Palmer   
and who from vain talk turn aside
John Medows Rodwell   
And who keep aloof from vain words
N J Dawood (2014)   
who avoid profane talk

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And those who turn away from idle talk.
Munir Mezyed   
Who walk away from the evil vain talk,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And who turn away from idle talk,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
[They] avoid frivolous talk.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
and those who disregard idle talk;
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
who refrain from idle talk,
Samy Mahdy   
And those who from the chitchat are averted.
Sayyid Qutb   
who turn away from all that is frivolous,
Ahmed Hulusi   
They turn away from empty discourse and engagements;
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And those who keep aloof from (what is) vain
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Who refrain from small or idle talk, gossip and slander
Mir Aneesuddin   
Those who are humble during their worship (salat)
The Wise Quran   
And those who they turn away from the foolish talk,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Who avoid vain talk
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Those who [they] from the vain talk turn away
OLD Transliteration   
Waallatheena hum AAani allaghwi muAAridoona