Quran Ayah al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) 56:78 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
[conveyed unto man] in a well-guarded divine writ
Arthur John Arberry   
in a hidden Book
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
In Book well-guarded

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Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
فِی كِتَـٰبࣲ مَّكۡنُونࣲ ۝٧٨
Transliteration (2021)   
fī kitābin maknūni
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
In a Book well-guarded,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[conveyed unto man] in a well-guarded divine writ
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
In Book well-guarded
M. M. Pickthall   
In a Book kept hidden
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
in a well-preserved Record,
Wahiduddin Khan   
in a well-guarded preserved Book
Safi Kaskas   
kept in a well-protected book;
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
in a well-guarded Book.
T.B.Irving   
[kept] as a treasured Book
Shakir   
In a book that is protected
Abdul Hye   
in a book well-guarded (with Allah),
Saeed Malik   
in a timelessly enshrined book.
The Study Quran   
in a Book concealed
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
In a hidden Book.
Talal Itani (2012)   
In a well-protected Book
M. Farook Malik   
inscribed in a well-guarded Book
Dr. Kamal Omar   
in the form of a Book, well guarded
Dr. Munir Munshey   
(Inscribed) in a well-guarded book
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
In a Book well-guarded (with Allah)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
In a Register well-protected
Muhammad Sarwar   
preserved in a hidden Book which
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
(recorded already) in a protected book (i.e. the Preserved Tablet
Shabbir Ahmed   
In a well-guarded Book. (As conveyed to you)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
In a nestled Book
Hamid S. Aziz   
In a book that is protected
Abdel Haleem   
in a protected Record
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
In a Book Hidden
Ahmed Ali   
(Inscribed) in the well-kept Book
Aisha Bewley   
in a well protected Book.
Ali Ünal   
In a Book well-guarded
Ali Quli Qara'i   
in a guarded Book
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
In a protected Book.
Musharraf Hussain   
stored in a hidden Book;
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
In a book well guarded
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
in a concealed book,
Maududi   
inscribed in a well-guarded Book
Mohammad Shafi   
In a Book, well-preserved

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
In a well preserved Book
Rashad Khalifa   
In a protected book.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
in a Book protected (from tampering
Faridul Haque   
Kept in a secure Book
Bijan Moeinian   
In a book well guarded by God
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
In a book that is protected
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
In a Book , protected/covered
Sher Ali   
In a well-preserved Book
Edip Yuksel   
In a protected record.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
In a Book well preserved (in all its purity)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
It has been (inscribed) in al-Lawh al-Mahfuz (the Preserved Tablet) before this
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
In a Book well-guarded (with Allah in the heaven i.e. Al-Lauh Al-Mahfooz)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
safeguarded in a Book
Arthur John Arberry   
in a hidden Book
Edward Henry Palmer   
in the laid-up Book
George Sale   
the original whereof is written in the preserved book: None shall touch the same
John Medows Rodwell   
Written in the preserved Book

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
in (Fii) a protected (Mak'nuun) book (writing) (Kitaabin);
Fode Drame   
In a book well-guarded.
Munir Mezyed   
In a well-preserved Record.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
In a preserved book.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
[It is] in a Book well-guarded.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
in a well-protected Scripture.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
[kept] as a treasured Book
Samy Mahdy   
In a well-protected Book.
Ali Quli Qarai   
in a guarded Book
Ahmed Hulusi   
Contained within the knowledge that cannot be seen! (The universal data in the form of an endless ocean of waves and the data within the brain based on the holographic principle.)
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
In a Book Maknun.
A. S. Mohamed   
in a well-protected Book.
Mir Aneesuddin   
in a book that is protected,
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
A Quran derived from a source- Book- well guarded in the heaven's realm
The Wise Quran Project   
In a protected book.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
In Book well-guarded
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
In a protected Book.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
In a protected record
OLD Literal Word for Word   
In a Book well-guarded
OLD Transliteration   
Fee kitabin maknoonin