34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 96:16 compared

نَاصِيَةٍ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

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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  • A lying, sinning forelock.

    Saheeh International

  • a lying, sinful forelock!

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • The lying, sinful forelock -

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • A lying, sinful forelock!

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • a lying, sinful forelock.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • [آری] موی جلوی سر دروغگوی خطاپیشه را

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • [همان‌] موی پیشانی دروغزن گناه‌پیشه را.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Özü də yalançı, günahkar kəkilindən!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • (yaitu) ubun-ubun orang yang mendustakan lagi durhaka.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Ubun-ubun (orang) yang berdusta, yang bersalah.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • kiku lažnu i grješnu,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • einer Stirnlocke, einer lügnerischen, einer verfehlt handelnden.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • esa frente mentirosa y perversa.

    Isa García

Français

  • le toupet d'un menteur, d'un pécheur.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Makwarkwaɗa maƙaryaciya, mai laifi.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Shungi la uwongo, lenye makosa!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • een zondige leugenachtige kuif.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ёлғончи, хатокор пешонасидан.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Floku rrenacak, mëkatar.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Food beenaleey ah ghafna badan.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Yalancı ve günahkar perçeminden cehenneme sürükleriz.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • хохол лживый, грешный.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Һәр эшне хата, ялганчы һәм зур гөнаһ кылучының маңгай чәченнән өстерәрбез. (Ул кәфер минем дусларым күп, дип мактанды.)

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • мӯи пеши сари дурӯғгӯи хатокорро.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇ گۇمراھلىقتىن يانسۇن، ئەگەر ئۇ بۇنىڭدىن يانمىسا، چوقۇم ئۇنىڭ كوكۇلىسىدىن - يالغانچى گۇناھكارنىڭ كوكۇلىسىدىن تۇتۇپ (جەھەننەمگە) سۆرەيمىز

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جھوٹے اور خطا کار کی پیشانی کے بال

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • داسې تندى چې دروغجن (او) خطا كار دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • اُھا پيشاني جا ڪوڙي گنھگار آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌و پێشه سه‌ره درۆزنه تاوانکاره (پێشه سه‌ر: جێگه‌ی بیر کردنه‌وه‌و تێفکرانه‌).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެއީ ދޮގުވެރި، ކުށްވެރި ނިތްގަނޑެކެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ውሸታም ስሕተተኛ የኾነችውን አናቱን፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • মিথ্যাচারী, পাপীর কেশগুচ্ছ।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • தவறிழைத்து பொய்யுரைக்கும் முன்னெற்றி ரோமத்தை,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • കള്ളം പറയുന്ന , പാപം ചെയ്യുന്ന കുടുമ.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 96:16 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 96:16 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 96:16 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.