Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells
M. M. Pickthall
Like unto hidden pearls
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Like unto Pearls well-guarded
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
like pristine pearls,
Safi Kaskas
like well-protected pearls,
Wahiduddin Khan
like the pearls in their shells
Shakir
The like of the hidden pearls
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
like the parable of the well-guarded pearls,
T.B.Irving
just like treasured pearls,
Abdul Hye
like guarded pearls,
The Study Quran
the likeness of concealed pearls
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Resembling pristine pearls.
Talal Itani (2012)
The likenesses of treasured pearls
Dr. Kamal Omar
like the shapes of the pearls, well preserved
as lovely as well guarded pearl
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
As the likeness of nestled pearls
Muhammad Sarwar
like pearls preserved in their shells
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
all (neat and clean) like a hidden pearl
Shabbir Ahmed
Like unto pearls well-guarded, far from vice
Dr. Munir Munshey
(So beautiful), as if they were pearls preserved in their shells
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Like (they are) pearls, well-guarded
The likenesses of pearls well-protected
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Like pearls which are sheltered
Abdel Haleem
like hidden pearls
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
The likes Unto pearls hidden
Ahmed Ali
Like pearls within their shells
Aisha Bewley
like hidden pearls.
Ali Ünal
Like pearls kept hidden (in their shells)
Ali Quli Qara'i
like guarded pearls
Hamid S. Aziz
The like of the well-preserved pearls
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
like the hidden pearls (inside the shell),
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Like pearls well guarded
Musharraf Hussain
like hidden pearls.
Maududi
beautiful as pearls hidden in their shells
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Like pearls which are sheltered.
Mohammad Shafi
[The eyes] like pearls hidden in their shell
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Like unto pearls well hidden.
Munir Mezyed
Like hidden pearls,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Like hidden pearls.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
…will be like safely guarded pearls.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
like well-preserved pearls,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
just like treasured pearls,
Samy Mahdy
As like the hidden pearls.
Ahmed Hulusi
Like hidden pearls (raised in the mother of pearl; formations of the Names of Allah [bodies] and the manifestations of their qualities through the human consciousness).
Mir Aneesuddin
resembling in likeness, hidden pearls,
Beauties representing as like precious pearles gracefully adorned as with blazonry affording keen pleasure to the sense of sight, and charming the intellectual and moral faculties
The Wise Quran
Like the similitudes of the protected pearls;