Quran Ayah al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) 56:18 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied spring
Arthur John Arberry   
with goblets, and ewers, and a cup from a spring
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains

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Arabic   
بِأَكۡوَابࣲ وَأَبَارِیقَ وَكَأۡسࣲ مِّن مَّعِینࣲ ۝١٨
Transliteration (2021)   
bi-akwābin wa-abārīqa wakasin min maʿīni
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
With vessels and jugs and a cup from a flowing stream,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with water from unsullied spring
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains
M. M. Pickthall   
With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
with cups, pitchers, and a drink ˹of pure wine˺ from a flowing stream,
Wahiduddin Khan   
carrying goblets and ewers and cups filled with the purest wine
Safi Kaskas   
with vessels, pitchers and a cup of a pure drink
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
with cups and ewers and goblets from a spring of water.
T.B.Irving   
with glasses, pitchers, and a cup from a fountain
Shakir   
With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink
Abdul Hye   
with cups, jugs, and glasses of flowing wine,
Saeed Malik   
with mugs and pitchers and a cup from a spring in plain view.
The Study Quran   
with goblets, ewers, and a cup from a flowing spring
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
With cups, pitchers, and a goblet from a flowing spring.
Talal Itani (2012)   
With cups, pitchers, and sparkling drinks
M. Farook Malik   
with goblets, shining beakers and cups of pure wine
Dr. Kamal Omar   
alongwith cups and jugs, and a glass (full) of a freely flowing (drink)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
With cups and goblets, and glasses filled (with pure wine) from the spring
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
With little glasses, (shining) tumblers, and cups (filled) from clear-flowing fountains
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring
Muhammad Sarwar   
with goblets, jugs and cups of crystal clear win
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
with bowls and jugs and a goblet of pure wine
Shabbir Ahmed   
With goblets, glistening beakers, and sparkling drinks
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
With goblets, and beakers, and a cup from a profuse spring
Hamid S. Aziz   
With goblets and ewers and a cup filled from a pure fountain
Abdel Haleem   
with glasses, flagons, and cups of a pure drink
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
With goblets and ewers and a cup of limpid drink
Ahmed Ali   
Cups and decanters, beakers full of sparkling wine
Aisha Bewley   
carrying goblets and decanters and a cup from a flowing spring —
Ali Ünal   
With goblets, and ewers, and a cup from a clear-flowing spring
Ali Quli Qara'i   
with goblets and ewers and a cup of a clear wine
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
With cups, pitchers, and a cup of pure drink.
Musharraf Hussain   
carrying glasses and jugs full of the purest wine,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
With goblets, bowls, and cups filled from clear-flowing fountains
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
with drinking glasses and jugs and cups of spring water.
Maududi   
with goblets and ewers and a cup filled with a drink drawn from a running spring
Mohammad Shafi   
[Serving] with vessels, jugs and a bowl of a pure original drink

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Goblets and ewers and cups with flowing drink before sight.
Rashad Khalifa   
With cups, pitchers and pure drinks.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
with goblets and ewers, and a cup from a spring
Faridul Haque   
Carrying bowls and pitchers – and cups filled with wine flowing before them
Bijan Moeinian   
eternal youths [perhaps those who died young] with nice cups and pitchers filled from…
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
With goblets and ewers, and a cup of pure drink -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
With cups and jugs and a cup/wine flowing easily and plentifully
Sher Ali   
Carrying goblets and ewers and cups filled out of a flowing spring
Edip Yuksel   
With cups and pitchers, drinks which are pure.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Carrying goblets and (shining) beakers and cups (full) of pure and clean drink
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(They will be attending) carrying bowls, ewers and cups filled with (transparent) drink of (nearness) from the free-flowing springs
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
With cups, and jugs, and a glass from the flowing wine

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
with bowls and ewers and a cup of purest win
Arthur John Arberry   
with goblets, and ewers, and a cup from a spring
Edward Henry Palmer   
with goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine
George Sale   
with goblets, and beakers, and a cup of flowing wine
John Medows Rodwell   
With goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
with (Bi) drinking glasses (Ak'waabin), pitchers (Abaariiqa) and (Wa) cups (Ka'sin) of (Min) spring water (Maeen).
Fode Drame   
With goblets and jars and cups [filled] from pure fountains.
Munir Mezyed   
Carrying goblets, pitchers and a cup of pure wine.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
With tumblers and glasses and cups of flowing beverage.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
…goblets, pitchers, and a flask filled from pure, flowing fountains.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
with glasses, and pitchers, and a cup from a flowing spring,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
with glasses, pitchers, and a cup from a fountain
Samy Mahdy   
With cups, pitchers, and goblet from a flowing stream.
Ali Quli Qarai   
with goblets and ewers and a cup of a clear wine,
Ahmed Hulusi   
With vessels filled from the source, pitchers and cups...
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
With cups, and jugs, and a glass of flowing wine,
A. S. Mohamed   
with goblets, decanters, and a cup from a flowing spring.
Mir Aneesuddin   
with bowls and beakers and cups (filled with drinks) from a spring.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Attendants who go round carrying large mouthed deep vessels and goblets to serve a drink issuing from a jet streaming from the springs of heaven
The Wise Quran Project   
With cups and ewers and a cup of wine from a flowing spring;

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
With cups, pitchers, and a cup of pure drink.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
With cups, pitchers and drinks which are pure
OLD Literal Word for Word   
With vessels and jugs and a cup from a flowing stream
OLD Transliteration   
Bi-akwabin waabareeqa waka/sin min maAAeenin