34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 54:23 compared

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

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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  • Thamud denied the warning

    Saheeh International

  • [The people of] Thamud denied the warnings,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Thamood cried lies to the warnings

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • قوم ثمود بیم دهندگان را تکذیب کردند.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • قوم ثمود هشداردهندگان را تکذیب کردند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Səmud (qövmü də Saleh peyğəmbərin onlara etdiyi) təhdidləri (xəbərdarlıqları) yalan saymışdı.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Kaum Tsamudpun telah mendustakan ancaman-ancaman (itu).

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Demikian juga) kaum Thamud telah mendustakan peringatan dan amaran (yang disampaikan oleh Rasul mereka, Nabi Soleh).

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • I Semud u opomene nije vjerovao.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Die Tamud erklärten die Warnungen für Lüge.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • El pueblo de Zamud desmintió las advertencias.

    Isa García

Français

  • Les Thamûd ont traité de mensonges les avertissements.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Samũdãwa sun ƙaryata game da gargaɗin.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Thamudi waliwakanusha Waonyaji.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • De Thamoed hadden gezegd dat de waarschuwingen leugens waren.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Самуд огоҳлантирувчиларни ёлғонга чиқарди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Themudi përgënjeshtroi të dërguarit.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxaa beenisay (xaqii) loogu digay Thamuud.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Semud milleti uyaran peygamberleri yalanladı.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Самудяне сочли ложью предостережения.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Сәмуд кавеме куркытучы пәйгамбәрләрне ялганга тотты.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Қавми Самуд бимдиҳандагонро такзиб карданд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سەمۇد ئاگاھلاندۇرغۇچىلارنى (يەنى پەيغەمبەرلەرنى) يالغانغا چىقاردى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور ثمود نے بھی پیغمبروں علیھ السّلام کو جھٹلایا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ثمودیانو د وېروونكو (نبیانو) تكذيب وكړ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ثمود جي قوم ڊيڄاريندڙن کي ڪوڙو ڀانيو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سمودیش هه‌موو بێدارکردنه‌وه و داچڵه‌کاندنێکیان به‌درۆزانی و بڕوایان پێی نه‌بوو

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ثمود ބާގައިމީހުން إنذار ތައް ދޮގުކުރޫއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ሰሙድ በአስፈራሪዎቹ አስተባበለች፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সামুদ সম্প্রদায় সতর্ককারীদের প্রতি মিথ্যারোপ করেছিল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • ஸமூது(கூட்டமு)ம் எச்சரிக்கைகளைப் பொய்ப்பித்தது.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഥമൂദ് സമുദായം താക്കീതുകളെ നിഷേധിച്ചു കളഞ്ഞു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 54:23 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 54:23 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 54:23 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.