34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 84:14 compared

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ

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, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].

    Saheeh International

  • and he thought that he would never return.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • he surely thought he would never revert.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • او می پنداشت که هرگز پس از مرگ [به حیات دوباره] باز نخواهد گشت.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • او می‌پنداشت که هرگز برنخواهد گشت.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Və elə zənn edirdi ki, (öləndən sonra dirilib haqq-hesab üçün Rəbbinin hüzuruna) qayıtmayacaqdır.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Sesungguhnya dia menyangka bahwa dia sekali-kali tidak akan kembali (kepada Tuhannya).

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Sesungguhnya ia menyangka bahawa ia tidak sekali-kali akan kembali (kepada Kami untuk menerima balasan) !

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i mislio da se nikada neće vratiti –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Er meinte ja, daß er nicht zurückkehren würde.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • pensando que jamás comparecería [ante Dios].

    Isa García

Français

  • et il pensait que jamais il ne ressusciterait

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Lalle ne yã yi zaton bã zai kõmo ba.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Huyo hakika alidhani kuwa hatarejea tena.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Hij dacht dat hij niet terug zou keren.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Чунки, у ҳеч қачон орқага қайтмасликни ўйлаган эди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe ka menduar se nuk ka për t’u kthyer.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wuxuuna malaynhayay inuusan Eebe u soo noqonaynin (qiyaame).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Zira; o, bir daha dirilip dönmeyeceğini sanmıştı.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • и полагал, что не вернется обратно.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Тәхкыйк ул үлгәч терелмәм вә кабердән чыкмам, дип уйлады.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва мепиндошт, ки ҳаргиз бознахоҳад гашт.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇ پەرۋەردىگارىنىڭ دەرگاھىغا قايتىمەن دەپ گۇمان قىلدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور اس کا خیال تھا کہ پلٹ کر خدا کی طرف نہیں جائے گا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بېشكه ده یقین كړى و چې دى به له سره بېرته (الله ته) ونه ګرځي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • بيشڪ انھيءَ ڀانيو ھو ته (الله ڏانھن) ڪڏھن نه موٽندو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • بڕوای وابوو که هه‌رگیز زیندوو بوونه‌وه و گه‌ڕانه‌وه و لێپرسینه‌وه نیه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ހަމަކަށަވަރުން (އޭނާގެ ވެރިރަސްކަލާނގެ حضرة އަށް) އެނބުރި ނުދާނޭކަމަށް އޭނާ ހީކުޅައެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እርሱ (ወደ አላህ) የማይመለስ መኾኑን አስቧልና፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সে মনে করত যে, সে কখনও ফিরে যাবে না।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நிச்சயமாக, தான் (இறைவன் பால்) "மீளவே மாட்டேன்" என்று எண்ணியிருந்தான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • തീര്‍ച്ചയായും അവന്‍ ധരിച്ചു; അവന്‍ മടങ്ങി വരുന്നതേ അല്ല എന്ന്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 84:14 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 84:14 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 84:14 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.