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Muhammad Asad   
and gardens dense with follage
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and dense orchards?
Safi Kaskas   
and luxuriant gardens?

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Arabic   
وَجَنَّـٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا ۝١٦
Transliteration (2021)   
wajannātin alfāfa
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And gardens (of) thick foliage.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and gardens dense with follage
M. M. Pickthall   
And gardens of thick foliage
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And gardens of luxurious growth
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and dense orchards?
Safi Kaskas   
and luxuriant gardens?
Wahiduddin Khan   
and gardens dense with foliage
Shakir   
And gardens dense and luxuriant
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
and luxuriant Gardens.
T.B.Irving   
as well as luxuriant gardens.
Abdul Hye   
and gardens of thick growth?
The Study Quran   
and luxuriant gardens
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
And lush, luxuriant gardens?
Talal Itani (2012)   
And luxuriant gardens
Dr. Kamal Omar   
and gardens of overwhelming growth
M. Farook Malik   
and gardens of luxurious growth
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And gardens entwined
Muhammad Sarwar   
and thick gardens grow
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
and thick gardens
Shabbir Ahmed   
And gardens of dense foliage
Dr. Munir Munshey   
And lush and luxurious gardens
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And gardens of rich growth
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And gardens of entwined growth
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And gardens of thick growt
Abdel Haleem   
and luxuriant gardens
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And gardens thick with trees
Ahmed Ali   
And orchards full of trees and interlacing boughs
Aisha Bewley   
and luxuriant gardens.
Ali Ünal   
And gardens dense and luxuriant
Ali Quli Qara'i   
and luxuriant gardens
Hamid S. Aziz   
And gardens dense and luxuriant
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and dense (and lush) gardens.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And gardens of luxurious growth
Musharraf Hussain   
and gardens of dense greenery
Maududi   
and gardens dense with foliage
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And gardens of thick growth?
Mohammad Shafi   
And gardens luxuriant

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And thick gardens.
Rashad Khalifa   
And various orchards
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
and luxuriant gardens
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And luxuriant gardens
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And interwoven/encircled treed gardens/paradises
Bijan Moeinian   
And various orchard
Faridul Haque   
And dense gardens
Sher Ali   
And gardens of luxuriant growth
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And (grow) thick gardens
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And (grow with it) gardens thick and luxuriant
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And gardens of thick growth

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and gardens luxuriant
George Sale   
and gardens planted thick with trees
Edward Henry Palmer   
and gardens thickly planted
John Medows Rodwell   
And gardens thick with trees
N J Dawood (2014)   
and gardens thick with foliage

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
and gardens of trees whose branches thereby embrace one another.
Munir Mezyed   
And gardens of thick foliage.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And lush gardens.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
…and luxurious gardens.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
and luxuriant gardens?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
as well as luxuriant gardens.
Samy Mahdy   
And thick foliage paradises?
Sayyid Qutb   
and gardens thick with trees.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Gardens within gardens!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"and gardens, thick with leaves."
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And gardens of luxurious growth
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
and thickly foliaged orchards and gardens of delightful variation
Mir Aneesuddin   
and dense gardens.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And gardens of luxurious growth
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And gardens (of) thick foliage
OLD Transliteration   
Wajannatin alfafan