34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 56:68 compared

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ

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 have you seen the water that you drink?

    Saheeh International

  • Have you considered the water that you drink?

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Have ye observed the water which ye drink?

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • See ye the water which ye drink?

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Have you considered the water you drink?

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • به من خبر دهید آبی که می نوشید،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آیا آبی را که می‌نوشید دیده‌اید؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Bəs içdiyiniz suya nə deyirsiniz?

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Maka terangkanlah kepadaku tentang air yang kamu minum.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Selain dari itu, tidakkah kamu melihat air yang kamu minum?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Kažite vi Meni: vodu koju pijete –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Was meint ihr denn zu dem Wasser, das ihr trinkt?

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¿No han observado el agua que beben?

    Isa García

Français

  • Voyez-vous donc l'eau que vous buvez?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Shin, kuma kun ga ruwa wannan da kuke sha?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Je! Mnayaona maji mnayo yanywa?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Hoe zien jullie het water dan dat jullie drinken?

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ўзингиз ичадиган сувни ўйлаб кўринг-а!

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • A e shihni ujin që po e pini?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ka warrama Biyahaad cabbaysaan.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Söyleyin; içtiğiniz suyu buluttan indirenler sizler misiniz yoksa onu Biz mi indiririz?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Видели ли вы воду, которую вы пьете?

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әгәр белсәгез, эчә торган суларыгыздан хәбәр бирегез!

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Оё оберо, ки менӯшед, дидаед?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سىلەر ئىچىۋاتقان سۇنى دەپ بېقىڭلارچۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • کیا تم نے اس پانی کو دیکھا ہے جس کو تم پیتے ہو

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو تاسو ما ته خبر راكړئ! هغه اوبه چې تاسو يې څښئ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ڀلا ڏسو ته سھي جيڪو پاڻي پيئندا آھيو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌ی سه‌رنجی ئه‌و ئاوه‌ناده‌ن که‌رۆژانه چه‌ند جار ده‌یخۆنه‌وه (له‌کوێوه هات، کێ دروستی کرد، له‌چی دروست بوو)

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ތިޔަބައިމީހުން ބޯ ފެނާމެދު، ތިޔަބައިމީހުން ފަހެ ވިސްނާ ބެލީމުހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ያንንም የምትጠጡትን ውሃ አየችሁን?

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তোমরা যে পানি পান কর, সে সম্পর্কে ভেবে দেখেছ কি?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அன்றியும், நீங்கள் குடிக்கும் நீரைக் கவனித்தீர்களா?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഇനി, നിങ്ങള്‍ കുടിക്കുന്ന വെള്ളത്തെപ്പറ്റി നിങ്ങള്‍ ചിന്തിച്ചു നോക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ടോ?

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 56:68 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 56:68 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 56:68 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.