34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 54:33 compared

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ 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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  • The people of Lot denied the warning.

    Saheeh International

  • And the people of Lot denied the warnings.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • The people of Lot cried lies to the warnings.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • قوم لوط بیم دهندگان را تکذیب کردند.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • قوم لوط هشداردهندگان را تکذیب کردند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Lut qövmü də (peyğəmbərlərinin onlara etdiyi) təhdidləri (xəbərdarlıqları) yalan saymışdı.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Kaum Luth-pun telah mendustakan ancaman-ancaman (nabinya).

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Demikian juga) kaum Nabi Lut telah mendustakan peringatan dan amaran (yang disampaikan oleh Rasulnya).

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • I Lutov narod u opomene nije vjerovao.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Das Volk Luts erklärte die Warnungen für Lüge.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • El pueblo de Lot desmintió la advertencia.

    Isa García

Français

  • Le peuple de Lot traita de mensonges les avertissements.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Mutãnen Lũɗu sun ƙaryata, game da gargaɗi.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kaumu Lut'i nao waliwakadhibisha Waonyaji.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Het volk van Loet had gezegd dat de waarschuwingen leugens waren.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Лут қавми огоҳлантирувчиларни ёлғончига чиқарди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Populli i Lutit i përgënjeshtroi vërejtjet e pejgamberit të vet.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Way beeniyeen Qoomkii (NabiLuudh) u digiddii.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Lut milleti uyaran peygamberleri yalanladı.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Народ Лута (Лота) счел ложью предостережения.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Лут кавеме җәһәннәм белән куркытучы пәйгамбәрләрне ялганга тотты.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Қавми Лут бимдиҳандагонро такзиб карданд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • لۇتنىڭ قەۋمى ئاگاھلاندۇرۇشلارغا چىنپۈتمىدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور قوم لوط نے بھی پیغمبروں علیھ السّلام کو جھٹلایا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • د لوط قوم د وېروونكو تكذیب وكړ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • لُوط جي قوم ڊيڄاريندڙن کي ڪوڙو ڄاتو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • : هۆزی لوط یش بروایان به‌هیچ بێدار کردنه‌وه‌یه‌ک نه‌کرد

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • لوط ގެފާނުގެ قوم ގެމީހުން إنذار ތައް ދޮގުކުރޫއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • የሉጥ ሕዝብ በአስፈራሪዎቹ አስተባበለች፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • লূত-সম্প্রদায় সতর্ককারীদের প্রতি মিথ্যারোপ করেছিল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • லூத்துடைய சமூகத்தாரும் (நம்முடைய) எச்சரிக்கைகளைப் பொய்ப்பித்தனர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ലൂത്വിന്‍റെ ജനത താക്കീതുകളെ നിഷേധിച്ചു കളഞ്ഞു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 54:33 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 54:33 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 54:33 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.