34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 96:17 compared

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ

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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  • Then let him call his associates;

    Saheeh International

  • Then let him call out his gang!

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Then let him call upon his henchmen!

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Then, let him call (for help) to his council (of comrades):

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • So let him call on his concourse!

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • پس [اگر بخواهد] اهل مجلس و انجمنش را [برای یاری دادنش] فرا خواند،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • [بگو] تا گروه خود را بخواند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Qoy o özünün bütün tərəfdarlarını (köməyə) çağırsın!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Maka biarlah dia memanggil golongannya (untuk menolongnya),

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Kemudian biarlah ia memanggil kumpulannya (untuk menyelamatkannya),

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • pa neka on pozove društvo svoje –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • So soll er doch seine Genossen rufen.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Que pida auxilio a sus secuaces,

    Isa García

Français

  • Qu'il appelle donc son assemblée.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sai ya kirayi ƙungiyarsa.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Basi na awaite wenzake!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Laat hij dan zijn bende maar roepen.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Бас, ўз тўпини чақирсин.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E ai le t’i thërret ata të vetët.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ha u yeedho gargaarihiisa.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • O zaman, kafadarlarını çağırsın,

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Пусть он зовет свое сборище.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул намаздан тыючы кәфер, чакырсын үзенең ярдәмчеләрен!

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Пас ҳамдамони худро даъват кунад.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇ ئۆزىنىڭ سورۇنداشلىرىنى ياردەمگە چاقىرسۇن!

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر وہ اپنے ہم نشینوں کو بلائے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو دى دې خپل مجلس والا راوبلي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ ڀلي ته پنھنجي ڪچھريءَ وارن کي سڏي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئینجا وازی لێبهێنه‌، با هاوه‌ڵ و هاوبیرو باوه‌ڕانی بانگ بکات و (کۆیان بکاته‌وه بۆ دژایه‌تی ئیمانداران).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، އޭނާޔާއެކު جلسة ކުރާ އެކުވެރިންނަށް އޭނާ ގޮވައިބަލާށެވެ!

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ሸንጎውንም ይጥራ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতএব, সে তার সভাসদদেরকে আহবান করুক।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • ஆகவே, அவன் தன் சபையோரை அழைக்கட்டும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • എന്നിട്ട് അവന്‍ അവന്‍റെ സഭയിലുള്ളവരെ വിളിച്ചുകൊള്ളട്ടെ.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 96:17 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 96:17 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 96:17 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.