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Muhammad Asad   
and a tongue, and a pair of lips
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
a tongue, and two lips;
Safi Kaskas   
And a tongue and two lips

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Arabic   
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْن
Transliteration (2021)   
walisānan washafatayn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
And a tongue, and two lips?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and a tongue, and a pair of lips
M. M. Pickthall   
And a tongue and two lips
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And a tongue, and a pair of lips?
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
a tongue, and two lips;
Safi Kaskas   
And a tongue and two lips
Wahiduddin Khan   
and a tongue, and a pair of lips
Shakir   
And a tongue and two lips
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
and a tongue and two lips
T.B.Irving   
a tongue and two lips,
Abdul Hye   
And a tongue and a pair of lips (to control)?
The Study Quran   
a tongue, and two lips
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And a tongue, and a pair of lips
Farook Malik   
One tongue and two lips to control it
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
And a tongue, and two lips
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And a tongue, and two lips
Muhammad Sarwar   
a tongue, and two lips
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
and one tongue and two lips
Shabbir Ahmed   
And a tongue and a pair of lips
Dr. Munir Munshey   
A tongue, and the lips
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And a tongue and a pair of lips
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And a tongue and two lips
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And a tongue and two lip
Abdel Haleem   
a tongue, lips
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And a tongue and two lips
Ahmed Ali   
One tongue, and two lips
Aisha Bewley   
and a tongue and two lips
Ali Ünal   
And a tongue and two lips
Ali Quli Qara'i   
a tongue, and two lips
Hamid S. Aziz   
And a tongue, and two lips
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and a tongue and two lip
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And a tongue, and a pair of lips
Musharraf Hussain   
a tongue and two lips?
Maududi   
and a tongue and two lips
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And a tongue and two lips?
Mohammad Shafi   
And a tongue and two lips

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And a tongue and two lips'?
Rashad Khalifa   
A tongue and two lips
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
a tongue, and two lips
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And a tongue and two lips
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
And a tongue , and two lips
Bijan Moeinian   
…. two lips [ to let the tongue witness the truth or to hide the truth]
Faridul Haque   
And a tongue and two lips
Sher Ali   
And a tongue and two lips
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And (have We not given him) a tongue and two lips
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And a tongue and two lips (so that he can ask if he cannot see for himself)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And a tongue and a pair of lips

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and a tongue, and two lips
George Sale   
and a tongue, and two lips
Edward Henry Palmer   
and a tongue, and two lips
John Medows Rodwell   
And tongue, and lips
N J Dawood (2014)   
a tongue, and two lips

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
[Have We not made] a tongue [with which to ask for guidance], and two lips [with which to speak truth]?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
a tongue and two lips,
Sayyid Qutb   
a tongue, and two lips,
Ahmed Hulusi   
A tongue and two lips...
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"and a tongue and two lips,"
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
A tongue and a pair of lips for eating and talking and pronouncing a decision
Mir Aneesuddin   
and a tongue and two lips,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And a tongue, and a pair of lips?
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And a tongue, and two lips