Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | [so that] they [who seek to learn the unknowable] should not be able to overhear the host on high, but shall be repelled from all sides |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | (So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but be cast away from every side | |
Shakir | | They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are thrown at from every side | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | they cannot overhear the Higher Assembly for they are pelted from every side | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | They pay no attention to the lofty Council for they are hurled at from every edge, | |
| T.B.Irving | | so they may not listen to the supreme council and are hurled forth on every side. | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | They cannot listen to the highest assembly ˹of angels˺ for they are pelted from every side, | |
| Safi Kaskas | | [so that the devils] may not listen to the highest assembly [of angels] but be repelled from every side, | |
| Abdul Hye | | They cannot even listen to the higher group (angels) for they are pelted from every side, | |
| The Study Quran | | They listen not to the Highest Assembly, for they are repelled from every side | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | They cannot listen to the command up high; and they are bombarded from every side | |
Abdel Haleem | | they cannot eavesdrop on the Higher Assembly––pelted from every side | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | They cannot listen to the exalted assembly, and they are darted at from every side | |
Ahmed Ali | | So that they are not able to listen to the angels of higher (echelons), and are pelted from all side | |
Aisha Bewley | | They cannot eavesdrop on the Highest Assembly and they are stoned from every side, | |
Ali Ünal | | They cannot hear anything from the High Assembly (of the angels) – and (whenever they attempt to hear) become targets of missiles from all directions | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | They do not eavesdrop on the Supernal Elite but are shot at from every side | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are thrown at from every side | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | They do not overhear the most Exalted Chiefs, (i.e., angels) and they are pelted (with hurled meteors) from every side | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | The devils cannot hear those high above. They would be struck from all side | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | They cannot listen to the Upper Realm and are hit from every sid | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | Repelled faraway from the Truth, the 'occult sciences' despite their boisterous claims, can get not a hint of what Divine Revelation is | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | (So that) they (the Satans') should not try to hear from the direction of the Exalted Assembly (of men and angels in Allah’s service and worship) but (they) be thrown out from every side | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | [So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side | |
Farook Malik | | They cannot even hear the words of the exalted assembly of angels and they are darted at from every sid | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | These Shaitans are chased out of everywhere as they attempt to eavesdrop on the conversation of the exalted angels (to learn about the events to come) | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | They are unable to hear to the higher elite and they are pelted from every side — | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | They cannot eavesdrop on the Supernal Elite, for they get bombarded from every side | |
Maududi | | These satans cannot listen to what transpires in the High Council for they are pelted away from every sid | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | They would not listen to the high assembly, for they are pelted from every side | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | They should not strain their ears in the direction of the exalted assembly, but shall be cast away from every side | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | They cannot eavesdrop on the higher assembly of angels, they will be attacked from all sides | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | They cannot listen to the command up high; and they are bombarded from every side. | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | They cannot listen to the deliberations of the Highest Assembly up there. And they are repelled from every side | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | These satans cannot break into the communication system of those who are close to God as they are on defensive | |
| Faridul Haque | | They cannot listen to the speech of those on higher elevations and they are targeted from every side | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | so they cannot listen to the High Assembly, for they are pelted from every side | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are reproached from every side | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | They do not hear/listen (E) to the nobles/assembly the highest/mightiest/most dignified, and they be thrown/hurled from every/each side/direction | |
Sher Ali | | They cannot listen to anything from the Exalted Assembly of angels - and they are pelted from every side | |
Rashad Khalifa | | They cannot spy on the High Society; they get bombarded from every side. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | They can not give ear towards heavenly world and they are pelted from every side. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | They (having no access to the source of prophecy) cannot listen to (what goes on in) the exalted assembly (of the arch angels). They are reproached (for their false conjectures) from every side | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | They (satans) cannot listen to the celestial world. And (burning brands) are thrown on them from every side | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | They cannot listen to the higher group (angels) for they are pelted from every side | |
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
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| Linda “iLHam” Barto | | [This is] so they could not listen to the Exalted Assembly. Instead, they are repelled from every side. | |
| Sayyid Qutb | | Thus, they cannot eavesdrop on the ones on high, but shall be repelled from all sides, | |
| Ahmed Hulusi | | Thus they (those devils) cannot listen to the exalted assembly (Mala-i Ala) and are pelted from every side. | |
| Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli | | They cannot listen to (the secrets of) the exalted assembly and they are thrown at from every side, | |
| Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim | | Who peers inquisitively into the realm making an effort to hear what is discussed in the August Assembly, but they are debarred, being assailed with flames on every side | |
| Mir Aneesuddin | | they cannot listen to the high assembly and they are struck from every side, | |
