34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 74:44 compared

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

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
  • Nor did we used to feed the poor.

    Saheeh International

  • Nor did we feed the poor.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Nor did we feed the wretched.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • we fed not the needy,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و به تهیدستان و نیازمندان طعام نمی دادیم

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و بینوایان را غذا نمی‌دادیم،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Yoxsulu da yedirtməzdik;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan kami tidak (pula) memberi makan orang miskin,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • "Dan kami tidak pernah memberi makan orang-orang miskin;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i od onih koji su siromahe hranili,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und wir pflegten nicht den Armen zu speisen,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • no dábamos de comer al pobre,

    Isa García

Français

  • et nous ne nourrissions pas le pauvre,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • "Kuma ba mu kasance muna ciyar da matalautã ba."

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Wala hatukuwa tukiwalisha masikini.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • wij hebben geen voedsel aan de behoeftige gegeven,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва мискинларга таом бермаган эдик.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Nuk kemi qenë që ushqyenim të varfërit;

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Mana aannaan ahayn kuwa Quudiya Miskiinka.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • "Düşkün kimseyi doyurmuyorduk."

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Мы не кормили бедняков.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи без фәкыйрьләрне ашатучылардан, аларга садака бирүчеләрдән булмадык.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва ба дарвешон таъом намедодем

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • مىسكىنلەرگە تائام بەرمىدۇق

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور مسکین کو کھانا نہیں کھلایا کرتے تھے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او مسكین ته به مو طعام نه وركاوه

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ نڪي مسڪينن کي کارائيندا ھواسون.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • خۆراکمان به هه‌ژاران نه‌ده‌به‌خشی...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ތިމަންމެން مسكين ންނަށް ކާންދީއެއް ނޫޅެމުއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • «ለድኾችም የምናበላ አልነበርንም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অভাবগ্রস্তকে আহার্য্য দিতাম না,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • "அன்றியும், ஏழைகளுக்கு நாங்கள் உணவும் அளிக்கவில்லை.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഞങ്ങള്‍ അഗതിക്ക് ആഹാരം നല്‍കുമായിരുന്നില്ല.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 74:44 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 74:44 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 74:44 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.