34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 84:22 compared

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

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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  • But those who have disbelieved deny,

    Saheeh International

  • Indeed, the faithless impugn [the Apostle],

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Nay, but the unbelievers are crying lies,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • بلکه کافران همواره انکار هم می کنند!

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • [نه!] بلکه آنان که کفر ورزیده‌اند، تکذیب می‌کنند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Əksinə, kafir olanlar (Allahın vəhdaniyyətini və ayələrini) təkzib edirlər.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • bahkan orang-orang kafir itu mendustakan(nya).

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Tidak ada satu alasan pun) bahkan orang-orang yang kafir, semata-mata mendustakannya;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • već, nevjernici, poriču,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Aber nein! Diejenigen, die ungläubig sind, erklären (ihn) für Lüge.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Los que rechazan la verdad se empeñan en desmentir [el Mensaje].

    Isa García

Français

  • Mais ceux qui ne croient pas, le traitent plutôt de mensonge.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Ba haka ba! waɗanda suka kãfirta, sai ƙaryatãwa suke yi.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Bali walio kufuru wanakanusha tu.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Welnee, zij die ongelovig zijn loochenen [het].

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Балки кофирлар ёлғонга чиқарарлар.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Përkundrazi, ata që nuk besuan edhe përgënjeshtrojnë?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Saas ma ahee kuwa Gaaloobay waxay beenin (xaqa).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Aksine, inkarcılar yalanlıyorlar.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Но неверующие считают это ложью,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Бәлки имансыз кешеләр Коръәнне ялганга тоталар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Балки кофирон такзиб мекунанд (дурӯғ мебароранд).

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • بەلكى كاپىرلار (ھەقىقەتنى) ئىنكار قىلىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • بلکہ کفاّر تو تکذیب بھی کرتے ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بلكې هغه كسان چې كافران شوي دي؛ هغوى تكذیب كوي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • بلڪ (اھي) ڪافر ڪوڙ ڀانئيندا آھن.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • دیاره که بێ باوه‌ڕان به‌رده‌وام ڕاستیه‌کان به‌درۆ ده‌زانن، به‌ڵکو باوه‌ڕی پێناکه‌ن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ކިއެއްތަ! كافر ވި މީހުން (އެ قرآن) ދޮގުކުރޫއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በእርግጡ እነዚያ የካዱት (በትንሣኤ) ያስተባብላሉ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • বরং কাফেররা এর প্রতি মিথ্যারোপ করে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அன்றியும் நிராகரிப்பவர்கள் அதைப் பொய்ப்பிக்கின்றனர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • പക്ഷെ അവിശ്വാസികള്‍ നിഷേധിച്ചു തള്ളുകയാണ്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 84:22 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 84:22 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 84:22 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.