Comparative Study
   85:4  

1  Condemned are the makers of the ditch—  Dr. Mustafa Khattab

2  THEY DESTROY [but] themselves, they who would ready a pit  Muhammad Asad

3  Destroyed were the People of the Trench.  Talal Itani

4  the people of the pit were destroyed  Maududi

5  Cursed were the people of the ditch (the story of the Boy and the King).  Muhsin Khan

6  damned were the makers of the trench,  Muhammad Abdel Haleem

7  the Companions of the Ditch were slain,  Dr.Leila Bakhtiar

8  (Self) destroyed were the owners of the ditch  Marmaduke Pickthall

9  Cursed were the companions of the trench  Sahih Int.

10  Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),  Yusuf Ali

11  destroyed were (the) companions (of) the pit,  Word by Word