34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 80:5 compared

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

Translation is interpretation. Where these renderings differ, they differ in judgement — which sense of a word to take, how literally to render it, how much to explain. Reading several together shows you the shape of the choice a translator faced.

English

5
  • As for he who thinks himself without need,

    Saheeh International

  • But as for someone who is wealthy,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • As for him who thinketh himself independent,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • But the self-sufficient,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • اما کسی که خود را ثروتمند نشان می دهد

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • اما آن کس که خود را بی‌نیاز می‌پندارد،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Var dövlətinə güvənib sənin öyüd-nəsihətinə qulaq asmağa) ehtiyac hiss etməyənə (dövlətliyə) gəldikdə,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Adapun orang yang merasa dirinya serba cukup,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Adapun orang yang merasa keadaannya telah cukup, tidak berhajat lagi (kepada ajaran Al-Quran),

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Onoga koji je bogat,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Was nun jemanden angeht, der sich für unbedürftig hält,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • En cambio, al soberbio

    Isa García

Français

  • Quant à celui qui se complaît dans sa suffisance (pour sa richesse)

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Amma wanda ya wadãtu da dũkiya.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Ama ajionaye hana haja,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Maar de zelfgenoegzame rijke

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Аммо истиғно қилганга бўлса...

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E ai që nuk ndien nevojë (për Zotin) pse ka pasuri,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ruuxiise is deeqtoonaysiiya (islana waynaada).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Ama sen, kendisini öğütten müstağni gören kimseyi karşına alıp ilgileniyorsun.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Тому, кто решил, что он ни в чем не нуждается,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әмма берәү байлыгына таянып хак динне кирәксенмәсә һәм Аллаһуга гыйбадәт кылудан баш тартса,

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Аммо он ки ӯ тавонгар аст,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۆزىنى (ئىماندىن) بىھاجەت ھېسابلايدىغان ئادەمگە كەلسەك، سەن ئۇنىڭغا يۈزلىنىسەن (يەنى ئۇنىڭغا قۇلاق سېلىپ تەبلىغ قىلىشقا كۆڭۈل بۆلىسەن)

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • لیکن جو مستغنی بن بیٹھا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • هر چې هغه څوك دى چې استغنا يې كړې ده

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پر جنھن بي پرواھي ڪئي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به‌ڵام ئه‌وه‌ی که خۆی بێ نیاز نیشان ده‌دات و نایه‌وێت ڕێنموومایی وه‌ربگرێت.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެމީހާ އަމިއްލަޔަށް ފުދިގެންވާކަމަށް ދެކޭމީހާ ދަންނާށެވެ!

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • የተብቃቃው ሰውማ፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • পরন্তু যে বেপরোয়া,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (உம் உபதேசத்தின்) தேவையை எவன் அலட்சியம் செய்கிறானோ-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • എന്നാല്‍ സ്വയം പര്യാപ്തത നടിച്ചവനാകട്ടെ

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 80:5 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 80:5 in 34 translations across 29 languages, alongside the original Arabic. Each translation is credited to its translator and sourced from Tanzil.net.

Why do translations of Quran 80:5 differ from each other?

Translation is interpretation. Arabic words carry ranges of meaning that rarely map onto a single word in another language, and a translator must choose — which sense, which register, how much to render literally and how much to explain. Differences between the renderings below are differences of judgement, not errors; comparing them is one of the most useful things a reader without Arabic can do.