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Muhammad Asad   
Behold, [only] those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds and humble themselves before their Sustainer - [only] they are destined for paradise, and there shall they abide
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Surely those who believe, do good, and humble themselves before their Lord will be the residents of Paradise. They will be there forever.
Safi Kaskas   
[Only] those who believe and do righteous deeds and humble themselves before their Lord are destined for Heaven, where they will remain for eternity.

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Arabic   
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَأَخْبَتُوا إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُون
Transliteration (2021)   
inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti wa-akhbatū ilā rabbihim ulāika aṣḥābu l-janati hum fīhā khālidūn
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Indeed, those who believe and do good deeds and humble themselves before their Lord, those (are the) companions (of) Paradise, they in it (will) abide forever.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Behold, [only] those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds and humble themselves before their Sustainer - [only] they are destined for paradise, and there shall they abide
M. M. Pickthall   
Lo! those who believe and do good works and humble themselves before their Lord: such are rightful owners of the Garden; they will abide therein
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
But those who believe and work righteousness, and humble themselves before their Lord,- They will be companions of the gardens, to dwell therein for aye
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Surely those who believe, do good, and humble themselves before their Lord will be the residents of Paradise. They will be there forever.
Safi Kaskas   
[Only] those who believe and do righteous deeds and humble themselves before their Lord are destined for Heaven, where they will remain for eternity.
Wahiduddin Khan   
Those who have believed and done good deeds and humbled themselves before their Lord are destined for Paradise, and they will live in it forever
Shakir   
Surely (as to) those who believe and do good and humble themselves to their Lord, these are the dwellers of the garden, in it they will abide
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Truly, those who believed and did as the ones in accord with morality and humbled themselves before their Lord, those will be the Companions of the Garden. They, ones who will dwell in it forever.
T.B.Irving   
Those who believe, perform honorable deeds, and yield unto their Lord, will become inhabitants of the Garden; they will live in it forever.
Abdul Hye   
Surely, those who believe, do righteous deeds, and humble themselves before their Lord, they will be residents of Paradise, and they will reside therein forever.
The Study Quran   
Truly those who believe and perform righteous deeds and are humble before their Lord, it is they who are the inhabitants of the Garden; they shall abide therein
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Certainly, those who have Believed and did righteous deeds and humbled (themselves) before their Nourisher-Sustainer — they are the companions of the Garden, they are dwellers therein
Farook Malik   
As for those who believe and do good deeds and humble themselves before their Lord, they will be residents of paradise to live therein forever
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
As for those who believe and do good deeds, and humble themselves before their Lord—these are the inhabitants of Paradise, where they will abide forever
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Surely the ones who have believed and done deeds of righteousness and have venerated their Lord, those will be the companions (i.e., inhabitants) of the Garden; they are therein eternally (abiding)
Muhammad Sarwar   
The righteously striving believers who are humble before their Lord, will be the dwellers of Paradise wherein they will live forever
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Surely, those who believe and do good deeds and humble themselves before their Lord, those are the people of Paradise. There they shall live forever
Shabbir Ahmed   
Those who attain belief and work for the betterment of people, and are humble before their Lord, are the rightful dwellers of the Garden; they will abide therein
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Those who believe, do good deeds and stand in humility before their Lord are the residents of paradise. There, they shall live forever
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Surely, those who believe and act the good deeds, and humble themselves before their Lord— They will be companions of the Garden, to live in there forever
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds and humbled themselves to their Lord - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide eternally therein
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Those who believe and do good works, and are humble towards their Lord; they are the dwellers of Paradise, in it they will remain
Abdel Haleem   
But those who believed, did good deeds, and humbled themselves before their Lord will be companions in Paradise and there they will stay
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Verily those who believed and worked righteous works and humbled themselves before their Lord--they shall be the fellows of the Garden: therein they shall be abiders
Ahmed Ali   
But those who believe and do things good, and are humble before their Lord, are men of Paradise where they will abide for ever
Aisha Bewley   
As for those who have iman and do right actions and humble themselves before their Lord, they are the Companions of the Garden. remaining in it timelessly, for ever.
Ali Ünal   
As for those who believe and do good, righteous deeds, and have humbled themselves before their Lord, they are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Indeed those who have faith and do righteous deeds and are humble before their Lord —they shall be the inhabitants of paradise, and they shall remain in it [forever]
Hamid S. Aziz   
Verily, those who believe and do what is right, and humble themselves before their Lord, they are the Fellows of the Garden; they shall dwell therein
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Indeed those who believed and did good works and humbled themselves before their Master, they are inhabitants of the garden, remaining in there forever
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
But those who believe and work righteousness, and humble themselves before their Lord, they will be companions of Paradise, and will dwell therein forever
Musharraf Hussain   
Those who believed, did noble deeds and were humble before their Lord, they will be the companions of Paradise, and live there forever.
Maududi   
As for those who believed and acted righteously and dedicated themselves totally to their Lord -they are the people of Paradise, and there they shall abide forever.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Those who believe and do good works, and are humble towards their Lord; they are the dwellers of the Paradise, in it they will remain.
Mohammad Shafi   
Indeed, as for those who believe and do good deeds and are humble towards their Lord, they are the dwellers of the Garden. They shall reside therein forever

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
No doubt those who believed, and did good deeds and turned humbly towards their Lord, they are the men of Heaven, therein they shall abide.
Rashad Khalifa   
As for those who believe and lead a righteous life, and devote themselves to their Lord, they are the dwellers of Paradise; they abide therein forever.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Whereas those who believe and do good deeds and humble themselves before their Lord, they are the companions of Paradise, and there they shall live for ever
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Surely those who believe and do good and humble themselves before their Lord, these are the owners of the Garden; therein they will abide
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
That those who believed and made/did the correct/righteous deeds, and they became humble/tranquil to their Lord, those are the Paradise's owners/company/friends, they are in it immortally/eternally
Bijan Moeinian   
As for those who chose to believe, did good deeds and devoted themselves to their Lord, they will reach Paradise, wherein there will live for ever
Faridul Haque   
Indeed those who believed and performed good deeds and directed themselves towards their Lord - they are the people of Paradise; they will abide in it forever
Sher Ali   
Verily, those who believe and do good works, and humble themselves before their Lord - these are the dwellers of Heaven; therein shall they abide forever
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Verily, those who believe and persist in pious works and humble themselves before their Lord, it is they who are the people of Paradise. They will live there forever
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Verily, those who believe and do deeds of righteousness and humble themselves before their Lord, it is these who are the owners of Paradise, they shall abide in it
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Verily, those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and humble themselves (in repentance and obedience) before their Lord, - they will be dwellers of Paradise to dwell therein forever

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
But those who believe, and do righteous deeds, and have humbled themselves unto their Lord -- they shall be the inhabitants of Paradise, therein dwelling forever
George Sale   
But as for those who believe, and do good works, and humble themselves before their Lord, they shall be the inhabitants of paradise; they shall remain therein for ever
Edward Henry Palmer   
Verily, those who believe and do what is right, and humble themselves to their Lord, they are the fellows of Paradise; they shall dwell therein for aye
John Medows Rodwell   
But they who shall have believed and done the things that are right, and humbled them before their Lord, shall be the inmates of Paradise; therein shall they abide for ever
N J Dawood (2014)   
As for those that believe and do good works and humble themselves before their Lord, they are the heirs of Paradise, wherein shall they abide for ever

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Those who believe, perform righteousness, and humble themselves before their Lord, however, will be companions of the Garden, where they will live forever.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Those who believe, perform honorable deeds, and yield unto their Lord, will become inhabitants of the Paradise; they will live in it for ever.
Sayyid Qutb   
Those who believe and do righteous deeds and humble themselves before their Lord are destined for paradise, and there shall they abide.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Indeed, those who believe and do the deeds required by their faith and who are obedient and in awe of their Rabb, they are the people of Paradise! They will abide therein eternally.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Verily those who believe and work righteousness, and humble themselves before their Lord, they will be Companions of the Garden,(paradise), they will abide therein for ever.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
Indeed, those who acknowledged Allah and His Messengers with hearts impressed with the image of religious and spiritual virtues and deeds imprinted with wisdom and piety, and their innermost thoughts and being have been compliant with the will of Allah, their Creator, are they whom Allah shall richly gratify; they are the inmates of Paradise wherein they will have passed through nature to Eternity
Mir Aneesuddin   
Those who believe and do righteous works and humble themselves before their Fosterer, those are certainly the inhabitants of the garden, they will stay therein.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
But those who believe and work righteousness, and humble themselves before their Lord,- They will be companions of the gardens, to dwell therein for aye
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Indeed, those who believe and do good deeds and humble themselves before their Lord, those (are the) companions (of) Paradise, they in it (will) abide forever