Quran Ayah an-Naba` (The Tidings, The Announcement) 78:23 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
In it shall they remain for a long time
Arthur John Arberry   
therein to tarry for ages
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
They will dwell therein for ages

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Arabic   
لَّابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا
Arabic   
لَابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا
www.quran.live   
lābithīna fīhā aḥqāban
www.quran.live   
˹they will˺ be remaining in it (i.e., Hell) for ages
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
(They will) be remaining therein (for) ages.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
In it shall they remain for a long time
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
They will dwell therein for ages
M. M. Pickthall   
They will abide therein for ages
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
where they will remain for ˹endless˺ ages.
Wahiduddin Khan   
where they shall remain for ages
Safi Kaskas   
to stay in for a long, long time,
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
one who lingers in expectation in it for many years.
T.B.Irving   
who will linger there for ages.
Shakir   
Living therein for ages
Abdul Hye   
They will live in it for ages,
Saeed Malik   
to tarry therein for long spans.
The Study Quran   
to tarry therein for ages
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
They will remain there for ages.
Talal Itani (2012)   
Where they will remain for eons
M. Farook Malik   
There they shall live for ages
Dr. Kamal Omar   
abiders therein for ages
Dr. Munir Munshey   
In it, they will stay for a long stretch of time
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
They will live in there for ages
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
In which they will remain for ages [unending]
Muhammad Sarwar   
for the rebellious ones and they will live therein for ages
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
who will be abiding in it for ages
Shabbir Ahmed   
They will abide in it for ages. (Hell is not forever. Allah's Grace comes to rescue the dwellers of the Hellfire (6:128), (11:107), (40:12). While the abode of Paradise is Eternal)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Lingering therein for epochs
Hamid S. Aziz   
Abiding therein for ages
Abdel Haleem   
to stay in for a long, long time
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
They will tarry therein for ages
Ahmed Ali   
Where they will remain for aeons
Aisha Bewley   
remaining in it for countless aeons,
Ali Ünal   
Wherein they will remain for ages
Ali Quli Qara'i   
to reside therein for ages
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
They will be in it for eons.
Musharraf Hussain   
they will live there for ages and ages.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
They will dwell therein for ages
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
staying in there for a long time.
Maududi   
therein they shall abide for ages
Mohammad Shafi   
They shall remain therein for ages

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
For ages, they will abide therein.
Rashad Khalifa   
They stay in it for ages
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
there, they shall live for ages
Faridul Haque   
They will remain in it for ages
Bijan Moeinian   
So that they live there for ages to come
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Living therein for long years
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Remaining/waiting in it long periods of time/centuries
Sher Ali   
Who will tarry therein for ages
Edip Yuksel   
They will abide in it for eons.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
There they shall be staying for ages (till all their maladies are completely treated)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
They will abide there for recurrent, infinite periods
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
They will abide therein for ages

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
Therein shall they abide long ages
Arthur John Arberry   
therein to tarry for ages
Edward Henry Palmer   
to tarry therein for ages
George Sale   
who shall remain therein for ages
John Medows Rodwell   
To abide therein ages

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
wherein (Fiihaa) they will remain (Laabithiina) for long periods (Ah'qaabaa).
Fode Drame   
They will remain therein for ages.
Munir Mezyed   
They will dwell therein for ages.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
They will stay trapped in it.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
They will dwell therein for ages.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
where they remain for eons,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
who will linger there for ages.
Samy Mahdy   
They are tarrying therein for time periods.
Sayyid Qutb   
Therein they shall abide for ages,
Ali Quli Qarai   
to reside therein for ages,
Ahmed Hulusi   
To remain therein for a very long time!
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
They will abide therein Ahqab.
A. S. Mohamed   
They shall remain therein for ages.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"living there for ages,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
To abide therein for age
Mir Aneesuddin   
They will stay in it for ages.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Therein, they remain for ages as has been predestinated
The Wise Quran Project   
To tarry in it for a long time.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
They will dwell therein for ages
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
They will be in it for eons.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
They will abide in it for eons
OLD Literal Word for Word   
(They will) be remaining therein (for) ages
OLD Transliteration   
Labitheena feeha ahqaban