Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | clothed in garments of black pitch, with fire veiling their faces |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | Their raiment of pitch, and the Fire covering their faces | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire | |
Shakir | | Their shirts made of pitch and the fire covering their face | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | their garments shall be of pitch and the fire shall envelop their faces | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | their tunics are made of pitch and the fire will overcome their faces | |
| T.B.Irving | | their garments will be [smeared] with tar while fire will cover their faces, | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | with garments of tar, and their faces covered with flames. | |
| Safi Kaskas | | clothed in garments of tar, with fire veiling their faces. | |
| Abdul Hye | | their garments will be of tar, and fire will cover their faces. | |
| The Study Quran | | their garments made of pitch, and the Fire covering their faces | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | Their clothes will be of tar, and the fire will overwhelm their faces | |
Abdel Haleem | | in garments of pitch, faces covered in fire | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Their trouser hell be of pitch, and the Fire shall cover their faces | |
Ahmed Ali | | Of molten pitch shall be their garments, their faces covered with flames | |
Aisha Bewley | | wearing shirts of tar, their faces enveloped in the Fire. | |
Ali Ünal | | Clothed in garments of pitch and their faces covered by the Fire | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | their garments made of pitch, and the Fire covering their faces | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | With garments of pitch, and fire covering their faces | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | Their apparels of pitch, and their faces enveloped by the Fire | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | with garments of pitch and faces covered by fire | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | their shirts will be of rosin, and their faces will be covered with Fir | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | They will be drenched in the flames of their own igniting, feeling as if the coal tar is stuck on their whole existence | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | Their clothes of liquid (pitch black) tar, and their faces covered with fire | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | Their garments of liquid pitch and their faces covered by the Fire | |
Farook Malik | | their garments will be made of tar and their faces will be covered with flames | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | Their shirts will consist of molten tar, and fire will wrap their faces | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | Their garments will be of sulphur or pitch, and fire will cover their faces | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | Their garments made of tar, and the Fire covering their faces | |
Maududi | | their garments shall be black as if made out of pitch, and flames of the Fire shall cover their face | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | Their clothes are from tar and the fire covers their faces | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with fire | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | their coats made of tar, and their faces ablaze. | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | Their clothes will be of tar, and the fire will overwhelm their faces | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | Their dresses made of tar and the fire covering their faces | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | They will be dipped in tar and their faces covered with fire | |
| Faridul Haque | | Their cloaks will be of pitch and fire will cover their faces | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | their garments shall be of melted tar, and their faces enveloped by the Fire | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | Their shirts made of pitch, and fire covering their faces | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | Their shirts/clothes (are) from oily fluid from some trees (tar), and the fire covers/darkens their faces/fronts | |
Sher Ali | | Their garments will be, as if, of pitch and the fire shall envelop their faces | |
Rashad Khalifa | | Their garments will be made of tar, and fire will overwhelm their faces. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | Their shirt shall be of pitch and the fire shall cover their faces. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | Pitch will form their raiments and the fire shall envelop their faces | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | Their garments will be of pitch (or some inflammable oil), and the Fire will be enveloping their faces | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | Their garments will be of pitch, and fire will cover their faces | |
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
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| Linda “iLHam” Barto | | Their garments will be of liquid tar, and their faces will be covered with fire. | |
| Sayyid Qutb | | wearing garments of black pitch, and their faces covered with flames. | |
| Ahmed Hulusi | | Their garments of liquid tar (the blackness of their ego has embodied them) and their faces covered with fire (of being curtained from the reality). | |
| Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli | | Their robes (shall be) of pitch, and their faces covered with Fire, | |
| Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim | | Vested in garments of pitch with their faces shrouded in a veil of flames | |
| Mir Aneesuddin | | their shirts made of pitch and the fire covering their faces, | |
