34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 90:9 compared

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

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
  • And a tongue and two lips?

    Saheeh International

  • a tongue, and two lips,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And a tongue and two lips,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and a tongue, and two lips,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و یک زبان و دو لب؟

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و زبانی و دو لب.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Eləcə də bir dil və qoşa dodaq (vermədikmi)?!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • lidah dan dua buah bibir.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan lidah serta dua bibir (untuk ia menyempurnakan sebahagian besar dari hajat-hajatnya)?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i jezik i usne dvije,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • eine Zunge und zwei Lippen

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • una lengua y dos labios,

    Isa García

Français

  • et une langue et deux lèvres?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Da harshe, da leɓɓa biyu.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na ulimi, na midomo miwili?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • en een tong en twee lippen?

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва тилни ва икки лабни (бермадикми?)

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Edhe gjuhë e dy buzë?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Iyo Carrab iyo Laba bishimood.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Biz onun için iki göz, bir dil ve iki dudak var etmedik mi?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • языком и двумя устами?

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи аны телле вә ике иренле кылмадыкмы?

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва як забону ду лаб?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئىنسان ئۈچۈن ئىككى كۆز، بىر تىل، ئىككى كالپۇك ياراتمىدۇقمۇ؟ ئۇنىڭغا ياخشى يول بىلەن يامان يولنى كۆرسەتمىدۇقمۇ؟

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور زبان اور دو ہونٹ بھی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او یوه ژبه او دوه شونډي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ ڄڀ ۽ ٻه چَپ به؟

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هه‌روه‌ها زمان و دوو لێوه‌شمان پێ نه‌به‌خشیووه‌؟

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ތިމަންރަސްކަލާނގެ އޭނާޔަށް، ދެލޮލާއި، ދުލަކާއި، ދެތުންފަތް ނުލައްވަން ހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ምላስንና ሁለት ከንፈሮችንም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • জিহবা ও ওষ্ঠদ্বয় ?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • மேலும் நாவையும், இரண்டு உதடுகளையும் (ஆக்கவில்லையா)?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഒരു നാവും രണ്ടു ചുണ്ടുകളും

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 90:9 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 90:9 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 90:9 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.