Quran Ayah an-Naba` (The Tidings, The Announcement) 78:16 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and gardens dense with follage

Arthur John Arberry

and gardens luxuriant

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And gardens of luxurious growth

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وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

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وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا

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wajannātin alfāfan

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and dense gardens

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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And gardens (of) thick foliage.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and gardens dense with follage

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And gardens of luxurious growth

M. M. Pickthall

And gardens of thick foliage

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and dense orchards?

Wahiduddin Khan

and gardens dense with foliage

Safi Kaskas

and luxuriant gardens?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and luxuriant Gardens.

T.B.Irving

as well as luxuriant gardens.

Shakir

And gardens dense and luxuriant

Abdul Hye

and gardens of thick growth?

Saeed Malik

And lushly dense gardens

The Study Quran

and luxuriant gardens

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

And gardens dense with growth.

Talal Itani (2012)

And luxuriant gardens

M. Farook Malik

and gardens of luxurious growth

Dr. Kamal Omar

and gardens of overwhelming growth

Dr. Munir Munshey

And lush and luxurious gardens

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And gardens of rich growth

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And gardens of entwined growth

Muhammad Sarwar

and thick gardens grow

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and thick gardens

Shabbir Ahmed

And gardens of dense foliage

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And gardens entwined

Hamid S. Aziz

And gardens dense and luxuriant

Abdel Haleem

and luxuriant gardens

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And gardens thick with trees

Ahmed Ali

And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs

Aisha Bewley

and luxuriant gardens.

Ali Ünal

And gardens dense and luxuriant

Ali Quli Qara'i

and luxuriant gardens

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And gardens of thick growth?

Musharraf Hussain

and gardens of dense greenery

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And gardens of luxurious growth

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and dense (and lush) gardens.

Maududi

and gardens dense with foliage

Mohammad Shafi

And gardens luxuriant

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And thick gardens.

Rashad Khalifa

And various orchards

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and luxuriant gardens

Faridul Haque

And dense gardens

Bijan Moeinian

And various orchard

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And luxuriant gardens

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And interwoven/encircled treed gardens/paradises

Sher Ali

And gardens of luxuriant growth

Edip Yuksel

Gardens of thick growth?

Amatul Rahman Omar

And (grow with it) gardens thick and luxuriant

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And (grow) thick gardens

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And gardens of thick growth

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

and gardens thick with foliage

Arthur John Arberry

and gardens luxuriant

Edward Henry Palmer

and gardens thickly planted

George Sale

and gardens planted thick with trees

John Medows Rodwell

And gardens thick with trees

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

as well as (Wa) undergrowth (Al'faafaa) gardens (Jannaatin)?!

Fode Drame

and gardens of trees whose branches thereby embrace one another.

Munir Mezyed

And gardens of thick foliage.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And lush gardens.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

…and luxurious gardens.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and luxuriant gardens?

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

as well as luxuriant gardens.

Samy Mahdy

And thick foliage paradises?

Sayyid Qutb

and gardens thick with trees.

Ali Quli Qarai

and luxuriant gardens?

Ahmed Hulusi

Gardens within gardens!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And gardens that are Alfaf.

A. S. Mohamed

and gardens of entwined growth?

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"and gardens, thick with leaves."

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

And gardens of luxurious growth

Mir Aneesuddin

and dense gardens.

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

and thickly foliaged orchards and gardens of delightful variation

The Wise Quran Project

And luxuriant gardens?

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And gardens of luxurious growth

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And gardens of thick growth?

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And gardens of thick growt

OLD Literal Word for Word

And gardens (of) thick foliage

OLD Transliteration

Wajannatin alfafan

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