Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
with seven gates leading into it, each gate receiving its allotted share of sinners.
M. M. Pickthall
It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
It has seven gates, to each a group of them is designated.”
Safi Kaskas
There will be seven gates leading into Hell, each gate receiving its allotted share."
Wahiduddin Khan
it has seven gates: and each gate has a portion of them allotted to it
Shakir
It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a separate party of them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
It has seven doors. Then, for every one, a door set apart, is for them.
T.B.Irving
It has seven gates; each gate will have a portion assigned from them."
Abdul Hye
it (hell) has 7 gates; each gate will be assigned to a separate class (for sinners) from them.
The Study Quran
Seven gates it has, and for each gate is appointed a separate portion of them
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
It has seven gates. For every gate, there is a designated portion of them.
Talal Itani (2012)
'It has seven doors; for each door is an assigned class.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
For it are seven (i.e., many) gates, for each gate (overhere is) an assigned class of those (sinners, transgressors, polytheists, pagans, disbelievers and those who did not respect the Oneness of Allah)
which has seven gates, each gate will be assigned to a separate group from among them."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
It has seven gates; and each gate has an appointed part (Literally: divided)
Muhammad Sarwar
It has seven gates and each gate is assigned for a certain group of people
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
It has seven gates. For each gate there is a group apportioned from them
Shabbir Ahmed
"With seven gates leading into it, each gate receiving its share of wrongdoers." (The Straight Path is one, while the wrong paths are numerous and each of them leads to Hell (30:30-31))
Dr. Munir Munshey
It has seven gates, each for a different class of sinners
Syed Vickar Ahamed
To it are seven gates: For each of those gates there is a class (of sinners) assigned
It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"It has seven gates, for every gate will be an assigned segment from them."
Abdel Haleem
with seven gates, each gate having its allotted share of them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Unto it are seven portals; unto each portal is a Portion of them assigned
Ahmed Ali
Which has several gates, and each gate is marked for every section of them."
Aisha Bewley
It has seven gates and each gate has its allotted share.
Ali Ünal
It has seven gates, with an appointed group of them for each gate
Ali Quli Qara'i
It has seven gates, and to each gate belongs a separate portion of them.’
Hamid S. Aziz
It has seven gates (entrances); to each gate (entrance) is assigned a certain class (or portion)."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
It has seven gates, and each gate is for an assigned portion of them.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
For there are seven gates, for each of those gates is a group assigned
Musharraf Hussain
with its seven gates, each gate receiving its allotted share.”
Maududi
There are seven gates in it, and to each gate a portion of them has been allotted
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"Ithas seven gates, for every gate will be an assigned segment from them."
Mohammad Shafi
It has seven gates assigned separately to separate sections of them
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
It has seven entrances. For each entrance there is an appointed portion of them.
"It will have seven gates. Each gate will get a specific share of them."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
It has seven gates, and through each gate a portion of them belong
Maulana Muhammad Ali
It has seven gates. For each gate is an appointed portion of them
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
For it (are) seven doors/entrances, to each door/entrance from them (is an) apportioned/divided part/portion
Bijan Moeinian
“The Hell has seven gates; each welcoming a certain type of sinners.”
Faridul Haque
It has seven gates; for each gate is a portion assigned from them
Sher Ali
It has seven gates, and each gate has a portion of them allotted to it
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
It has seven doors; for each one a fixed portion of them has been specified.
Amatul Rahman Omar
`It has seven gates. Each gate shall have an assigned portion of them (who have gone astray)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
"It (Hell) has seven gates, for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
For it are seven gates and for every gate a definite portion of them is assigned.
Munir Mezyed
It has seven gates: each gate is designated for a specific group of people.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
It has seven gates, for each gate a portion of them will be assigned.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Seven gates lead to (Hell). A different group is assigned for each gate.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
It has seven gates; for each gate is an assigned class.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
It has seven gates; each gate will have a portion assigned from them."
Samy Mahdy
“It has seven doors; for each door among them is a divided portion.”
Sayyid Qutb
It has seven gates, with each gate having its allotted share of them.'
Ahmed Hulusi
“It has seven gates (the seven organs – eyes, ears, tongue, hands, feet, stomach and sexual organs – which are misused to defeat their purpose)... And each gate has a section allotted to them.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
It has seven gates, for every gate there shall be a (separate) party of them assigned.
Apprehended in a material sense, it has seven gates through each of which shall enter those appropriated to the degree of suffering that is commensurate with their evil deeds
Mir Aneesuddin
There are seven gates for it, for each of these (gates) there will be an assigned portion.
The Wise Quran
It has seven doors; for every door is a separate party of them.