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Muhammad Asad   
those who want only to be seen and praised
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those who ˹only˺ show off,
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Those who make a show [of their deeds]

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Arabic   
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ
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alladhīna hum yurā‘ūna
www.quran.live   
they are those who ˹do only to˺ be seen (i.e., to show off)
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Those who [they] make show.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
those who want only to be seen and praised
M. M. Pickthall   
Who would be seen (at worship
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Those who (want but) to be seen (of men)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
those who ˹only˺ show off,
Safi Kaskas   
Those who make a show [of their deeds]
Wahiduddin Khan   
Those who do things only to be seen by others
Shakir   
Who do (good) to be seen
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
those who make display,
T.B.Irving   
who aim to be noticed
Abdul Hye   
those who do good deeds only to be seen,
The Study Quran   
those who strive to be seen
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Those who make a show.
Talal Itani (2012)   
Those who put on the appearance
Dr. Kamal Omar   
those: they (offer Prayers and only) act to be seen
M. Farook Malik   
those who make a show of piet
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Who are they that show off
Muhammad Sarwar   
who show off (his good deeds
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
who (do good only to) show off
Shabbir Ahmed   
They only want to be seen and praised. (9:54). (They go through motions of prayer and keep announcing it)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Those who aim to be seen (doing good)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Those who (only want) to be seen (by men)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Those who make show [of their deeds]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
They only want to be seen
Abdel Haleem   
those who are all sho
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
They who would be seen
Ahmed Ali   
Who dissimulat
Aisha Bewley   
those who show off
Ali Ünal   
Those who want to be seen and noted (for their acts of worship)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
those who show of
Hamid S. Aziz   
Who pretend for sho
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
those who pretend (and show off what they do)
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Those who want to be seen
Musharraf Hussain   
who merely show off,
Maududi   
those who do good (in order) to be seen
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
They only want to be seen
Mohammad Shafi   
Those who show off

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Those who make a Show of it.
Rashad Khalifa   
They only show off
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
who show off
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Who do (good) to be seen
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Those whom they are pretending/showing off (what they are not)
Bijan Moeinian   
The hypocrite’s engagement in charitable activities is not out of sincerity and is merely in order to be seen and earn a good name in public
Faridul Haque   
Those who make a display (of their deeds)
Sher Ali   
They like only to be seen of men
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Who show off (their worship, for they only render a formal service to the Creator and are inconsiderate to the oppressed humanity)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And they like (only) to be seen (of people while they make a show of their deeds)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Those who do good deeds only to be seen (of men)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
to those who make displa
George Sale   
who play the hypocrites
Edward Henry Palmer   
Who preten
John Medows Rodwell   
Who make a shew of devotion
N J Dawood (2014)   
who make a show of piet

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Those who show off themselves.
Munir Mezyed   
They pray only to be seen and praised by people
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Who show off,
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
those who make show (of their deeds)
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
They want only to be seen.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
who [do good deds only] to be noticed
Samy Mahdy   
Those who dissemble. (The Hypocrites).
Sayyid Qutb   
who put on a show of piet
Thomas Cleary   
those who appear to pray
Ahmed Hulusi   
They are the ones who make a show of their deeds,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
those who show off (in prayer and other good deeds
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Who cultivate pretence and they, themselves, are empty of all good
Mir Aneesuddin   
(in the sense that they are) those who make a show (of their worship)
The Wise Quran   
Those who they make a show,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Those who (want but) to be seen (of men)
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Those who [they] make show
OLD Transliteration   
Allatheena hum yuraoona