as if they were well-protected eggs

﴿كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيۡضٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ ﴾
[الصَّافَات: 49]

﴿كأنهن بيض مكنون﴾ [الصَّافَات: 49]

Mohammad Habib Shakir
As if they were eggs carefully protected

Mohammad Shafi
As if they were eggs, carefully shielded

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich)

Mufti Taqi Usmani
as if they were eggs hidden (under feathers, protected from pollution)

Muhammad Asad
[as free of faults] as if they were hidden [ostrich] eggs

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
As if they were white nestled (jewels)

Muhammad Sarwar
who are as chaste as sheltered eggs

Muhammad Taqi Usmani
as if they were eggs hidden (under feathers, protected from pollution)

Mustafa Khattab Allah Edition
as if they were pristine pearls

Mustafa Khattab God Edition
as if they were pristine pearls

N J Dawood
as chaste as hidden pearls.¹

Safi Kaskas
just like closely guarded pearls

as if they were well-protected eggs 37:49 British translation