Quran Ayah al-Fajr (The Dawn, Daybreak) 89:7 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
[the people of] Iram the many-pillared
Arthur John Arberry   
Iram of the pillars
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars

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Arabic   
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
Arabic   
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
www.quran.live   
irama dhāti l-ʿimādi
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˹the people of˺ iram, with the lofty (i.e., tall) pillars 
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Iram, possessors (of), lofty pillars,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[the people of] Iram the many-pillared
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars
M. M. Pickthall   
With many-columned Iram
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,
Wahiduddin Khan   
the people of Iram, the city of many pillars
Safi Kaskas   
with Iram of the pillars,
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
with Iram of the pillars
T.B.Irving   
[the people of] Iram, possessing columns
Shakir   
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings
Abdul Hye   
(Tall residents of) Iram with lofty pillars,
Saeed Malik   
of Iram, the many-columned [settlement]--
The Study Quran   
Iram the pillared
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
Iram of the towering pillars.
Talal Itani (2012)   
Erum of the pillars
M. Farook Malik   
The residents of Iram, the city of lofty pillars
Dr. Kamal Omar   
(of the capital-city of) Iram, possessing lofty high-rise buildings
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
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars
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
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Iram comprising the columns, (i.e., It is the city of Aad, who were stalwart and huge buildings)
Hamid S. Aziz   
With the city of Iram of the lofty pillars
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
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Irum, with the great columns?
Musharraf Hussain   
of Iram with its lofty pillars,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Of Iram, with lofty pillars
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
(people of) Iram (a city) with pillars
Maududi   
of Iram, known for their lofty 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,
Rashad Khalifa   
Erum; the town with tall buildings
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
of the columned (city) of Iram
Faridul Haque   
(And) the tall giants of Iram
Bijan Moeinian   
The residents of the city of Eram…
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
(Of) Iram, having lofty buildings
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Iram that of the pillars/posts
Sher Ali   
The tribe if Iram, possessors of lofty buildings
Edip Yuksel   
Iram, with the great columns?
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Of Iram, possessors of tall statures and lofty columns
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(They) were (the people) of Iram (and) were (tall like) lofty columns (possessing towering castles)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Who were very tall like lofty pillars

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
The many-columned city of Iram
Arthur John Arberry   
Iram of the pillars
Edward Henry Palmer   
with Iram of the columns
George Sale   
the people of Irem, adorned with lofty buildings
John Medows Rodwell   
At Irem adorned with pillars

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
boulder (Irama) containing (Zaati) the pillars (El'Emaad),
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],
Ali Quli Qarai   
[and] Iram, [the city] of the pillars,
Ahmed Hulusi   
And Iram, the (city) with lofty pillars?
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
Iram of the pillars,
A. S. Mohamed   
Irum of the high pillars,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
Of (the city of) Iram with towering pillars
Mir Aneesuddin   
people of Iram, possessors of (lofty buildings supported by) pillars,
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
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
The Wise Quran Project   
Iram, possessors of the columns,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Irum, with the great columns?
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Irum, with the great column
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Iram, possessors (of), lofty pillars
OLD Transliteration   
Irama thati alAAimadi