34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 56:46 compared

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

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 used to persist in the great violation,

    Saheeh International

  • and they used to persist in the great sin.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And used to persist in the awful sin.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and persisted in the Great Sin,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و همواره بر گناهان بزرگ پافشاری داشتند،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و بر گناه بزرگ پافشاری می‌کردند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Özləri də böyük günah içində (Allaha şərik qoşmaqla) israr edib dururdular.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan mereka terus-menerus mengerjakan dosa besar.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan mereka pula sentiasa melakukan dosa yang besar,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i uporno teške grijehe činili

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und verharrten in dem gewaltigen Unglauben

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • se aferraron al más terrible pecado

    Isa García

Français

  • Ils persistaient dans le grand péché [le polythéisme]

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma sun kasance sunã dõgẽwa a kan mummũnan zunubi mai girma.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na walikuwa wakishikilia kufanya madhambi makubwa,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • en volhardden in de geweldige zonde.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва мудом катта гуноҳ ишлар қилар эдилар.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe ata ishin vazhdimisht në mëkatin e madh.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxayna Daa'imi jireen dambi wayn.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Çünkü onlar, bundan önce, dünyada, nimet içinde bulunurlar iken, büyük günah işlemekte direnir dururlardı.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • упорствовали в великом грехе

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә алар олугъ гөнаһка, ягъни ширеккә даимчелек кыла иделәр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва бар гуноҳони бузург исрор (давом) мекарданд

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار چوڭ گۇناھتا (يەنى كۇفرىدا) چىڭ تۇرغان ئىدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور بڑے بڑے گناہوں پر اصرار کررہے تھے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او دوى په ډېره لویه ګناه (كفر) باندې دوام (او اصرار) كاوه

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ وڏي گناھ (شرڪ) تي ضد ڪندا ھوا.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌وانه‌به‌رده‌وام له‌سه‌ر گوناهه‌گه‌وره‌که‌پێیان دادگرت (هاوه‌ڵیان بۆ خوا بڕیار ده‌دا)

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ބޮޑުވެގެންވާ ފާފަވެރިކަމުގެ މަތީގައި ދެމިތިބޭ ބަޔަކުކަމުގައި އެއުރެންވޫއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በታላቅ ኀጢአትም ላይ ይዘወትሩ ነበሩና፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তারা সদাসর্বদা ঘোরতর পাপকর্মে ডুবে থাকত।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • ஆனால், அவர்கள் பெரும் பாவத்தின் மீது நிலைத்தும் இருந்தனர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അവര്‍ ഗുരുതരമായ പാപത്തില്‍ ശഠിച്ചുനില്‍ക്കുന്നവരുമായിരുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 56:46 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 56:46 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 56:46 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.