34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 44:34 compared

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

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

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  • Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,

    Saheeh International

  • These ones say,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • These men do say,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • اینان [که شرک و کفر سراپای وجودشان را فرا گرفته است] با اصرار [به اهل ایمان] می گویند:

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • هر آینه این [کافران‌] می‌گویند:

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Ya Peyğəmbər!) Bunlar (sənin qövmünün müşrikləri) mütləq deyəcəklər:

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Sesungguhnya mereka (kaum musyrik) itu benar-benar berkata,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Berbalik kepada kisah kaum musyrik penduduk Makkah, Allah berfirman): "Sesungguhnya mereka ini akan berkata (kepadamu - wahai Muhammad dan kepada pengikut-pengikutmu):

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • A ovi, doista, govore:

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Diese sagen fürwahr:

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Pero ellos dicen:

    Isa García

Français

  • Ceux-là (les Mecquois) disent:

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Lalle waɗannan mutãne, haƙĩka, sunã cẽwa,

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Hakika hawa wanasema:

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Dezen hier zeggen:

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Албатта, анавилар дерлар:

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E këta (populli yt) me siguri do të thonë:

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • kuwaasi (Gaaladu) waxay dhihi.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Doğrusu inkarcılar, "Ölum bir defadır, tekrar diriltilmeyeceğiz. Eğer doğru sözlü iseniz bize babalarımızı getirsenize" derler.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Воистину, они непременно скажут:

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Кәферләр әлбәттә зур инкяр сүзне әйтерләр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Албатта инҳо мегӯянд:

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • بۇلار (يەنى قۇرەيش كۇففارلىرى) چوقۇم ئېيتىدۇ:

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • بیشک یہ لوگ یہی کہتے ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بېشكه دغه (كفار) خامخا وايي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • بيشڪ اُھي (مُشرڪ) چوندا آھن.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به‌ڕاستی ئه‌وانه (بت په‌رستان) ده‌ڵێن....

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ހަމަކަށަވަރުން، މިބައިމީހުން ބުނާކަން ކަށަވަރެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እነዚህ (የመካ ከሓዲዎች) በእርግጥ ይላሉ፡-

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • কাফেররা বলেই থাকে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நிச்சயமாக அவர்கள் (மக்கா காஃபிர்கள்) கூறுகிறார்கள்;

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • എന്നാല്‍ ഇക്കൂട്ടരിതാ പറയുന്നു;

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 44:34 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 44:34 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 44:34 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.