Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[They will be seated] on gold-encrusted thrones of happiness
M. M. Pickthall
On lined couches
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
˹All will be˺ on jewelled thrones,
Safi Kaskas
They recline on luxurious woven couches.
Wahiduddin Khan
Seated on couches wrought in gold and encrusted with precious stones
Shakir
On thrones decorated
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
are on lined couches,
T.B.Irving
on couches set close together,
Abdul Hye
(They will be) on thrones of gold and precious stones,
The Study Quran
upon embroidered couches
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Upon ornate thrones.
Talal Itani (2012)
On luxurious furnishings
Dr. Kamal Omar
(These successful people will be seated) on seats woven with gold and precious stones—
They shall have the jewelled couches
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Upon close-wrought (Or: plaited or encrusted) settees
Muhammad Sarwar
They will recline on jewelled couche
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
(They will be sitting) on thrones woven with gold
Shabbir Ahmed
On decorated thrones
Dr. Munir Munshey
(They will sit) on thrones engraved with gold and precious stones
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(They will be) on thrones inlaid (with gold and precious stones)
On thrones woven [with ornament]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Upon luxurious furnishings
Abdel Haleem
On couches of well-woven clot
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
On couches in wrought with gold
Ahmed Ali
On couches wrought of gold
Aisha Bewley
On sumptuous woven couches,
Ali Ünal
(They will be seated) on lined thrones (encrusted with gold and precious stones)
Ali Quli Qara'i
On brocaded couche
Hamid S. Aziz
On thrones decorated
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
On sofas lavishly inlaid (with jewels and gold),
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
On thrones encrusted
Musharraf Hussain
Resting on couches decked with jewels,
Maududi
They (will be seated) on gold-encrusted couches
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Upon luxurious beds.
Mohammad Shafi
On couches embedded with gold and precious stone
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They will be on eiderdown beds.
Munir Mezyed
(They will sit) on bejeweled thrones,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
On decorated couches.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[They will be] on ornate thrones,…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
on luxurious couches,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
on couches set close together,
Samy Mahdy
On woven beds.
Ahmed Hulusi
On thrones embroidered with jewels. (The verses in regards to Paradise as of this verse should be read in light of the statement “The example [metaphoric representation] of Paradise” mentioned in various verses [13:35, 47:15]. All expressions are symbolic and should not be taken literally.)
Mir Aneesuddin
(they will be) on couches encrusted (with gold and precious stones),
They will be seated on thrones studded with gold and adorned with pearls
The Wise Quran
On woven couches,