Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[the people of] Iram the many-pillared
M. M. Pickthall
With many-columned Iram
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,
Safi Kaskas
with Iram of the pillars,
Wahiduddin Khan
the people of Iram, the city of many pillars
Shakir
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
with Iram of the pillars
T.B.Irving
[the people of] Iram, possessing columns
Abdul Hye
(Tall residents of) Iram with lofty pillars,
The Study Quran
Iram the pillared
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Iram of the pillars.
Talal Itani (2012)
Erum of the pillars
Dr. Kamal Omar
(of the capital-city of) Iram, possessing lofty high-rise buildings
The residents of Iram, the city of lofty pillars
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Iram comprising the columns, (i.e., It is the city of Aad, who were stalwart and huge buildings)
Muhammad Sarwar
the people of the huge columned city of Era
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
of Iram , the men of tall pillars
Shabbir Ahmed
Those whose capital was Iram, the city of towers and lofty mansions
Dr. Munir Munshey
Those well known for the high pillars (of their architecture)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(And with the people) of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Irum, with the great column
Abdel Haleem
of Iram, [the city] of lofty pillars
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
The people of many-columned lram
Ahmed Ali
Of Eram with lofty pillars (erected as signposts in the desert)
Aisha Bewley
Iram of the Columns
Ali Ünal
(The people of) Iram with many-columned (i.e. monumental) buildings
Ali Quli Qara'i
[and] Iram, [the city] of the pillars
Hamid S. Aziz
With the city of Iram of the lofty pillars
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
(people of) Iram (a city) with pillars
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Of Iram, with lofty pillars
Musharraf Hussain
of Iram with its lofty pillars,
Maududi
of Iram, known for their lofty columns
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Irum, with the great columns?
Mohammad Shafi
[The anscient people] of Iram, [city of] lofty-pillared buildings
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The people of Iram excessively tall,
Erum; the town with tall buildings
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
of the columned (city) of Iram
Maulana Muhammad Ali
(Of) Iram, having lofty buildings
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Iram that of the pillars/posts
Bijan Moeinian
The residents of the city of Eram…
Faridul Haque
(And) the tall giants of Iram
Sher Ali
The tribe if Iram, possessors of lofty buildings
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(They) were (the people) of Iram (and) were (tall like) lofty columns (possessing towering castles)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Of Iram, possessors of tall statures and lofty columns
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Who were very tall like lofty pillars
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
people of Iram, possessor of the lofty pillars,
Munir Mezyed
With Iram, the city of the pillars,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
(The clan of) Iram with their tall buildings,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[Have you not seen what He did] to Iram having lofty pillars?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Iram, (the city) of the pillars
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
[the people of] Iram, possessing [bodies like] columns
Samy Mahdy
Iram the possessor of the pillars.
Sayyid Qutb
the people of Iram, the many- pillared [city],
Ahmed Hulusi
And Iram, the (city) with lofty pillars?
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
Of (the city of) Iram with towering pillars
And with their city of Iram with its lofty and strong architectural pillars imposing, by reason of beauty coupled with magnitude that was indeed grand
Mir Aneesuddin
people of Iram, possessors of (lofty buildings supported by) pillars,
The Wise Quran
Iram, possessors of the columns,