Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
like unto pearls [still] hidden in their shells
Arthur John Arberry
as the likeness of hidden pearls
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Like unto Pearls well-guarded
Arabic
كَأَمۡثَـٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ ٢٣
Transliteration (2021)
ka-amthāli l-lu'lu-i l-maknūn