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Muhammad Asad   
Thus shall it be. And We shall pair them with companions pure, most beautiful of eye
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
So it will be. And We will pair them to maidens with gorgeous eyes.
Safi Kaskas   
So it will be. And We shall pair them with Hoor Ein.

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Arabic   
كَذَ ٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِینࣲ ۝٥٤
Transliteration (2021)   
kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīni
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Thus. And We will marry them to fair ones (with) large eyes.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Thus shall it be. And We shall pair them with companions pure, most beautiful of eye
M. M. Pickthall   
Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
So it will be. And We will pair them to maidens with gorgeous eyes.
Safi Kaskas   
So it will be. And We shall pair them with Hoor Ein.
Wahiduddin Khan   
so it will be. We shall wed them to maidens with large, dark eyes
Shakir   
Thus (shall it be), and We will wed them with Houris pure, beautiful ones
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Thus, it is so. We will give in marriage lovely, most beautiful eyed ones.
T.B.Irving   
and We will wed them to dark-eyed damsels
Abdul Hye   
So (it will be), and We shall marry them to Houris (fair females) with wide lovely eyes.
The Study Quran   
Thus it is. And We shall wed them to wide-eyed maidens
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Thus. And We will pair them with pure companions with beautiful eyes.
Talal Itani (2012)   
So it is, and We will wed them to lovely companions
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Like this (they will pass their life), and We provided them company of Hur (wonderful members of a new creation, with very fair skin, and raven-black cornea on a snow-white sclera) Eein (possessing beautiful wide eyes)
M. Farook Malik   
Such shall be their place! And We shall wed them to Hourin-Ayn (damsels with beautiful big and lustrous eyes)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Thus (it will be); and We will espouse them to wide-eyed h?r (Fair females in paradise)
Muhammad Sarwar   
We shall unite them to maidens with big black and white lovely eyes
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Thus (it will happen,) and We will marry them with houris having big dark eyes
Shabbir Ahmed   
Thus shall it be. And We shall pair them with virtuous companions of beautiful vision
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Thus shall it be! And We shall wed them to the fair females with big beautiful eyes
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Like this, (it will be!) We shall enjoin them the companions with beautiful, big and lovely eyes
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
So it is, and We coupled them with wonderful companions
Abdel Haleem   
so it will be. We shall wed them to maidens with large, dark eyes
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Even so. And We shall pair them with fair damsels large- eyed
Ahmed Ali   
Just like that. We shall pair them with companions with large black eyes
Aisha Bewley   
So it will be. We will marry them to dark-eyed maidens.
Ali Ünal   
Just so it will be. And We will assign for them maidens pure, most beautiful of eye
Ali Quli Qara'i   
So shall it be, and We shall wed them to black-eyed houris
Hamid S. Aziz   
Thus shall it be, and We will join them with Houris (pure and beautiful companions) with wide, lovely eyes
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
It is like that. And We marry them to beautiful (spouses) with gorgeous eyes.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And We will join them to companions with beautiful eyes
Musharraf Hussain   
That’s how it will be, We shall wed them with pure spouses with gorgeous eyes.
Maududi   
Thus shall it be: and We shall espouse them to fair, wide-eyed maidens
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
So it is, and We married them to wonderful companions
Mohammad Shafi   
Thus shall it be! And We shall give them Houris with lovely eyes as companions

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Thus it is, and We got them married to black and bright large eyed maidens.
Rashad Khalifa   
We grant them wonderful spouses.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
As such, We shall wed them to wideeyed houris (the virgins of Paradise)
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Thus (shall it be). And We shall join them to pure, beautiful ones
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
As/like that, and We got them married with (spouses of) eyes with intense blackness of pupils and whiteness (beautifully contrasted)
Bijan Moeinian   
Married to most beautiful women
Faridul Haque   
So it is; and We have wedded them to maidens with gorgeous eyes
Sher Ali   
Thus will it be. And WE shall give them as companions fair maidens, having large, black eyes
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
So will it happen! And We shall marry them to fair maidens having lovely wide eyes
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Thus (shall it actually happen). And We shall pair them with pure maidens having beautiful large eyes
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
So (it will be), and We shall marry them to Houris (female fair ones) with wide, lovely eyes

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Even so; and We shall espouse them to wide-eyed houris
George Sale   
Thus shall it be: And We will espouse them to fair damsels, having large black eyes
Edward Henry Palmer   
Thus!- and we will wed them to bright and large-eyed maids
John Medows Rodwell   
Thus shall it be: and we will wed them to the virgins with large dark eyes
N J Dawood (2014)   
Even thus; and We shall wed them to dark-eyed houris

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Thus it is and We married them with ladies of paradise with beautiful eyes.
Munir Mezyed   
Even so We will wed them to fair women with beautiful wide, lustrous eyes.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
This is how it is, and We will marry them to women of rare beauty.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Thus shall it be. We shall join them to companions with beautiful, wide, lustrous eyes.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
So it is. And We married them to spouses with lovely wide eyes.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
just like that; and We will wed them to dark-eyed damsels.
Samy Mahdy   
Thus. And We married them by nymphets with beautiful large eyes.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Thus it is... We partnered them (the conscious humans manifesting the forces of the Names) with houris (bodies with superior and clear vision [heart])!
Mir Aneesuddin   
Thus (it will happen).And We will pair them with fair ones (having) wide beautiful eyes.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Thus shall it be, and thus shall We join them in wedlock to beauty with attractive dark eyes whose splendour could not have been sustained in life
The Wise Quran   
Thus. And We paired them with wide-eyed houris.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
So; and We shall join them to Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Thus. And We will marry them (to) companions with beautifu
OLD Transliteration   
Kathalika wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin