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Qurʾān 23:31 compared

ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ

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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  • Then We produced after them a generation of others.

    Saheeh International

  • Then after them We brought forth another generation,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Then, after them, We brought forth another generation;

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Then We raised after them another generation.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Thereafter, after them, We produced another generation,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • سپس بعد از آنان قومی دیگر را به وجود آوردیم.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سپس، بعد از آنان نسل‌[هایی‌] دیگر پدید آوردیم.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Onlardan sonra başqa bir nəsil (Ad tayfasını) yaratdıq.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Kemudian, Kami jadikan sesudah mereka umat yang lain.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Kemudian Kami ciptakan sesudah mereka, umat yang lain.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Poslije njih smo druga pokoljenja stvarali,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Hierauf ließen Wir nach ihnen ein anderes Geschlecht entstehen.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Luego [de la destrucción del pueblo de Noé], hice surgir nuevas generaciones,

    Isa García

Français

  • Puis, après eux, Nous avons créé d'autres générations,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sa'an nan kuma Muka ƙãga wani ƙarni na waɗansu dabam daga bãyansu.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kisha baada yao tukaanzisha kizazi kingine.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Toen lieten Wij na hen een andere generatie ontstaan.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Сўнгра улардан кейин бошқа авлодларни пайдо қилдик. (Яъни, Нуҳ ва унинг қавмидан кейин бошқа халқларни пайдо қилдик.)

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Mandej pas tyre Ne ei sollëm popull tjetër.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Markaasaan ahaysiinay Gadaashood Qarni kale.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Bunların ardından başka nesiller varettik.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Вслед за ними Мы сотворили другое поколение.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Аларны батырганыбыздан соң Гад вә Сәмуд кавемен чыгардык.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва баъд аз онҳо мардуме дигар биёфаридем.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلارنى ھالاك قىلغاندىن كېيىن باشقا بىر قەۋم پەيدا قىلدۇق

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اس کے بعد پھر ہم نے دوسری قوموں کو پیدا کیا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بیا مونږه له دوى نه وروسته نور خلق پیدا كړل

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • وري کانئن پوءِ ٻيو جُڳ پيدا ڪنداسون.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له‌وه‌ودوا له دوای ئه‌وان قه‌وم و نه‌وه‌یه‌کی ترمان به‌دیهێنا.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ދެން އެއުރެންނަށްފަހު، ތިމަންރަސްކަލާނގެ އެހެން جيل އެއްގެބަޔަކު އުފެއްދެވީމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከዚያም ከኋላቸው ሌሎችን የክፍለ ዘመን ሕዝቦች አስገኘን፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতঃপর অন্য এক সম্প্রদায় আমি তার স্থলাভিষিক্ত করেছিলাম।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • பின்னர், (பிரளயத்தில் மூழ்கிவிட்ட) இவர்களை அடுத்து வேறொரு தலைமுறையினரை உண்டாக்கினோம்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • പിന്നീട് അവര്‍ക്ക് ശേഷം നാം മറ്റൊരു തലമുറയെ വളര്‍ത്തിയെടുത്തു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 23:31 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 23:31 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 23:31 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.