34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 23:4 compared

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَوٰةِ فَٰعِلُونَ

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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  • And they who are observant of zakah

    Saheeh International

  • carry out their [duty of] zakat,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And who are payers of the poor-due;

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Who are active in deeds of charity;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and at almsgiving are active

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و آنان که پرداخت کننده زکات اند،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و آنان که زکات می‌پردازند،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O kəslər ki, zakat verərlər;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan orang-orang yang menunaikan zakat,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan mereka yang berusaha membersihkan hartanya (dengan menunaikan zakat harta itu);

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i koji milostinju udjeljuju,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und denjenigen, die die (Zahlung der) Abgabe anwenden,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • pagan el zakat,

    Isa García

Français

  • qui s'acquittent de la Zakât,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma waɗanda suke ga zakka mãsu aikatãwa ne.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na ambao wanatoa Zaka,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • die de zakaat opbrengen

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Улар закотни адо қилгувчилардир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • dhe ata të cilët rregullisht japin zeqatin,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Oo ah kuwa Fala Zakada «bixiya».

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Onlar zekatlarını verirler.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • которые выплачивают закят,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә малларының зәкятен бирерләр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва онон, ки закотро медиҳанд

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار زاكات بەرگۈچىلەردۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور زکوِ ادا کرنے والے ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او هغه چې هغوى د زكات ادا كوونكي دي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ جي زڪوٰة ادا ڪندڙ آھن.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هه‌روه‌ها ئه‌وانه‌ش که زه‌کاتى ماڵیان ده‌رده‌که‌ن...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި އެއުރެންނީ، زكاة ދޭމީހުންނެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እነዚያም እነርሱ ዘካን ሰጭዎች፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যারা যাকাত দান করে থাকে

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • ஜகாத்தையும் தவறாது கொடுத்து வருவார்கள்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • സകാത്ത് നിര്‍വഹിക്കുന്നവരുമായ.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 23:4 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 23:4 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 23:4 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.