34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 96:9 compared

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ

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
  • Have you seen the one who forbids

    Saheeh International

  • Tell me, he who forbids

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Seest thou one who forbids-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • What thinkest thou? He who forbids

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • مرا خبر ده، آیا آن کسی که باز می دارد،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آیا دیدی آن کس را که باز می‌داشت،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Gördünmü o kimsəni (Əbu Cəhli) ki, mane olur

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Bagaimana pendapatmu tentang orang yang melarang,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Adakah engkau nampak (baiknya) orang yang melarang (dan menghalang) -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Vidje li ti onoga koji brani

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Siehst du denjenigen, der abhält

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¿Qué piensas de quien impide

    Isa García

Français

  • As-tu vu celui qui interdit

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Shin, kã ga wanda ke hana.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Umemwona yule anaye mkataza

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Heb jij hem gezien die een verbod oplegt

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Қайтарганни кўрдингми?!

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • A më tregon atë që pengon,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ka warrama midka ka reebaya.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Sen, namaz kılan kulu bundan menedeni gördün mü?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Что ты думаешь о том, кто мешает

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әйә күрдеңме, берәүнең намаз укучыны намаздан тыюы тиешме, яхшы эшме?

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Оё дидӣ он касро, ки, манъ мекунад,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ناماز ئوقۇۋاتقان بەندىنى (يەنى مۇھەممەد ئەلەيھىسسالامنى) توسقان ئادەمنىڭ (ھالىنى) ماڭا ئېيتىپ بەرسەڭچۇ؟

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • کیا تم نے اس شخص کو دیکھا ہے جو منع کرتا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ته ما ته خبر راكړه د هغه كس چې منع كوي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • اُھو ڏٺو اٿئي ڇا جيڪو جھليندو آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • باشه‌، پێم بڵێ ئایا ئه‌و که‌سه‌ی که فه‌رمان ده‌دات و ڕێگری ده‌کات؟!...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަޅަކު ނަމާދުކޮށްފި ހިނދު، އެކަން ނަހީކޮށް، މަނާކުރާ މީހާ ތިބާ ދުށީމުހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • አየህን? ያንን የሚከለክለውን፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • আপনি কি তাকে দেখেছেন, যে নিষেধ করে

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • தடை செய்கிறானே (அவனை) நீர் பார்த்தீரா?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • വിലക്കുന്നവനെ നീ കണ്ടുവോ?

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 96:9 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 96:9 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 96:9 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.