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Muhammad Asad
noble and most virtuous
Arthur John Arberry
noble, pious
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Honourable and Pious and Just
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كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Transliteration-3
kirāmin bararatin
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Honorable (i.e., Noble), Obedient (i.e., Dutiful)
Word by Word (2021)
Noble, dutiful.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
noble and most virtuous
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Noble and righteous
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Honourable and Pious and Just
Mustafa Khattab 2018
honourable and virtuous.
Safi Kaskas 2025
honorable and virtuous.
Wahiduddin Khan
noble and virtuous scribes
Shakir
Noble, virtuous
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
and ones who are kindly, generous.
T.B.Irving
(noble, virtuous
Abdul Hye
(who are) honorable and obedient.
Saeed Malik
noble, virtuous.
The Study Quran
noble and pious
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
Noble and righteous.
Talal Itani (2012)
Noble and devoted
Dr. Kamal Omar
noble (and) virtuous
M. Farook Malik
who are noble and virtuous
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Honorable, benign
Muhammad Sarwar
and angelic scribes
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
who are honorable, righteous
Shabbir Ahmed
Honorable and virtuous
Dr. Munir Munshey
Noble and virtuous
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Blessed and just
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Noble and dutiful
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
Honorable and righteous.
Abdel Haleem
noble and virtuous scribes
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Honourable and virtuous
Ahmed Ali
Noble and pious
Aisha Bewley
noble, virtuous.
Ali Ãœnal
Noble and virtuous
Ali Quli Qara'i
noble and pious
Hamid S. Aziz
Noble and righteous
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
noble and good.
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Honorable, pious and just
Musharraf Hussain
who are noble and righteous
Maududi
noble and purified
Mohammad Shafi
Noble and virtuous
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Noble. virtuous.
Rashad Khalifa
Who are honorable and righteous
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
noble and pious
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nobel, virtuous
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Honoured/generous , righteous/obedient
Bijan Moeinian
glorified book presented…through righteous angles
Faridul Haque
Who are noble, virtuous
Sher Ali
Noble and virtuous
Edip Yuksel
Honorable and righteous.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Who are possessors of eminence (and) embodiments of obedience
Amatul Rahman Omar
Noble and virtuous
Hilali - Khan
Honourable and obedient
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
noble, pious
George Sale
and just
Edward Henry Palmer
noble, righteous scribes
John Medows Rodwell
Cursed be man! What hath made him unbelieving
N J Dawood 2014
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New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
dignified (Kiraami) and justified (Bararat').
Fode Drame
Gracious and pious.
MunirMezyed2023
Noble and obedient.
Mustaqim
Dignified and dutiful.
Linda "iLham" Barto
…who are honorable and righteous.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
noble and devoted.
Irving/Hegab
virtuous scribes.
Samy Mahdy
Are Honorables devotees.
Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)
by the hands of noble and devout scribes. (15-16)
Qarai
noble and pious.
Ahmed Hulusi
Noble (dignified, supreme) and dutiful,
Mubarakpuri
Honorable and obedient.
A. S. Mohamed
noble and pious.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
who are noble and pious
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Honorable and pious and just
[Al-Muntakhab]
Honourable, pious and just
Mir Aneesuddin
honoured, virtuous.
The Wise Quran Project
Noble, righteous.
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Honourable and Pious and Just
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Honorable and righteous.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Honourable and righteous
OLD Word by Word
Noble, dutiful
Transliteration
Kiramin bararatin