(97) So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
 97. So they [Ya’jûj and Ma’jûj (Gog and Magog)] could not scale it or dig through it.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا

So, in no way were they able to surmount it, and in no way were they able to bore it.
— Dr. Ghali - English translation
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا

So they [Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog)] were made powerless to scale it or dig through it.
— Muhsin Khan - English translation
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا

And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce (it).
— Pickthall - English translation
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا

Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.
— Yusuf Ali - English translation
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا

So Gog and Magog were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.
— Sahih International - English translation
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا

(18:97) Such was the rampart that Gog and Magog could not scale, nor could
they pierce it.
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا

Their enemies could not scale the barrier, nor could they pierce it,
— Abdul Haleem - English translation
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا

So they (Ya’jūj and Ma’jūj) were not able to climb it, nor were they able to make a hole in it.
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا

And so the enemies could neither scale nor tunnel through it.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا

And so the enemies could neither scale nor tunnel through it.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
Thus they could not climb over it nor could they pierce it.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
97. So Gog and Magog were unable to climb over it due to its height nor were they able to make a hole in it from beneath due to its hardness.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
And thus their enemies were unable to scale [the rampart], nor could they dig their way through it.
— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي