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Muhammad Asad   
and that you will [always be able to] hew dwellings out of the mountains with [the same] great skill?”
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And you (skillfully) hew houses out of the mountains
Safi Kaskas   
And the fine homes that you skillfully carved out of the mountains?

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Arabic   
وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتࣰا فَـٰرِهِینَ ۝١٤٩
Transliteration (2021)   
watanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
And you carve of the mountains, houses skillfully.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and that you will [always be able to] hew dwellings out of the mountains with [the same] great skill?”
M. M. Pickthall   
Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
"And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
to carve homes in the mountains with great skill?
Safi Kaskas   
And the fine homes that you skillfully carved out of the mountains?
Wahiduddin Khan   
hewing out houses in the mountains and taking pride in your skill
Shakir   
And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Will you carve houses out of the mountains as ones who are skillful?
T.B.Irving   
You skillfully hew houses out of the mountains.
Abdul Hye   
and you carve houses in the mountains skillfully?
The Study Quran   
And you skillfully hew dwellings in the mountains
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
In skillfully carved homes within the mountains?
Talal Itani (2012)   
And you skillfully carve houses in the mountains
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And you carve inside the mountains — houses, as highly skilled people
M. Farook Malik   
carving your dwellings in the mountains and leading a happy life
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And you (skillfully) hew houses out of the mountains
Muhammad Sarwar   
carving comfortable houses out of the mountains
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
You hew out houses from the hills with pride
Shabbir Ahmed   
And that you will always skillfully carve out of the mountains luxurious mansions
Dr. Munir Munshey   
"You carve homes out of mountains skillfully!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
"And you dig out houses out of (rocky) mountains with high skill
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
And you carve homes out of the mountains with great skill?
Abdel Haleem   
carving your fine houses from the mountains
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And hew ye out houses in the mountains skilfully!
Ahmed Ali   
And dwellings hewed out of mountains ingeniously
Aisha Bewley   
Will you continue hewing houses from the mountains with exultant skill?
Ali Ünal   
"And that you will (continue to) skillfully hew dwellings out of mountains
Ali Quli Qara'i   
And you hew houses out of the mountains skillfully
Hamid S. Aziz   
"Though you hew out dwellings in the mountain skillfully
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and houses you skillfully carve out of the mountains.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
“And you carve houses out of mountains, with great skill
Musharraf Hussain   
while you skilfully carve houses out of the mountains?
Maududi   
You hew dwellings in mountains and exult in that
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
"Andyou carve homes out of the mountains with great skill?"
Mohammad Shafi   
"And do you skillfully hew dwellings out of the mountains?"

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And hew out houses in the mountains skillfully.
Rashad Khalifa   
"You carve out of the mountains luxurious mansions.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Will you still hew your dwellings in the mountains
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And you actively/cleverly carve out from the mountains houses/homes
Bijan Moeinian   
“You are carving luxurious houses inside the mountains with a great skill.”
Faridul Haque   
“And you carve out dwellings in the mountains, with skill?”
Sher Ali   
`And you hew out houses in the mountains, elated with your greatness
Edip Yuksel   
"You carve homes out of the mountains with great skill?"
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And, skilled (in stone-carving), you carve out houses in the mountains
Amatul Rahman Omar   
`And you hew out houses in the mountains with great skill and elated with your greatness
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
"And you carve houses out of mountains with great skill

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Will you still skilfully hew houses out of the mountains
George Sale   
And will ye continue to cut habitations for your selves out of the mountains, behaving with insolence
Edward Henry Palmer   
the spathes whereof are fine? and ye hew out of the mountains houses skillfully
John Medows Rodwell   
And, insolent that ye are, will ye hew out your dwellings in the mountains
N J Dawood (2014)   
hewing your dwellings out of the mountains and leading a wanton life

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
and (Wa) you engrave (Tan'hituuna) attractive (Faarihiin) houses (Buyuutan) out of (Mina) the mountains (El'Jibaali)?
Fode Drame   
And you carve tall houses out of the mountains.
Munir Mezyed   
And that you will keep on skillfully craving houses out of mountains?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And you carve out strong homes from the mountains?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
“You skillfully carve homes from mountains.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
And you carve houses in the mountains, with skill?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
You skillfully hew houses out of the mountains.
Samy Mahdy   
And you carve from the mountain houses, luxuriant?
Ali Quli Qarai   
—while you skillfully hew out houses from the mountains?
Sayyid Qutb   
You carve dwellings out of the mountains with great skill.
Ahmed Hulusi   
“Skillfully and cheerfully hewing out houses in the mountains!”
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
"And you hew out in the mountains, houses with great skill."
Mir Aneesuddin   
And you exultingly carve houses out of mountains,
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
"And you skillfully carve the mountains into homes wherein you make abode"
The Wise Quran   
And you hew out houses from the mountains skilfully.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
"And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And you carve of the mountains, houses skillfully
OLD Transliteration   
Watanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan fariheena