34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 79:21 compared

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

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

5
  • But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

    Saheeh International

  • But he denied, and disobeyed.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • But he denied and disobeyed,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • but he cried lies, and rebelled,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • ولی [او آن را] تکذیب کرد و سرپیچی نمود.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و[لی فرعون‌] تکذیب نمود و عصیان کرد.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Lakin (Fir’on Musanı) təkzib edib (ona) asi oldu.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Tetapi Fir'aun mendustakan dan mendurhakai.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Lalu Firaun mendustakan (Nabi Musa) dan menderhaka (kepada Allah);

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • ali je on porekao i nije poslušao,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Er aber erklärte (es) für Lüge und widersetzte sich.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Pero el Faraón lo desmintió y rechazó seguirlo.

    Isa García

Français

  • Mais il le qualifia de mensonge et désobéit;

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sai ya ƙaryata, kuma ya sãɓa (umurni),

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Lakini aliikadhibisha na akaasi.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Maar hij loochende het en was weerspannig.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ул уни ёлғонга чиқарди ва осий бўлди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Po ai e përgënjeshtroi dhe e kundërshtoi.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wuuse beeniyay oo caasiyay (Fircoon).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Ama Firavun yalanladı ve baş kaldırdı.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • но тот счел его ложью и ослушался,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Фиргаун Мусаның пәйгамбәрлеген һәм күрсәткән могҗизасын ялганга санады һәм Мусага каршы дошманлык кылды.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва ӯ дурӯғ бароварду нофармонӣ кард.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • پىرئەۋن (اﷲ نىڭ پەيغەمبىرى مۇسانى) ئىنكار قىلدى ۋە (اﷲ نىڭ ئەمرىگە) ئاسىيلىق قىلدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • تو اس نے انکار کردیا اور نافرمانی کی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو ده تكذيب وكړ او نافراني يې وكړه

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ (فرعون موسى) کي ڪوڙو ڀانيو ۽ نافرماني ڪيائين.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • (به‌ڵام) به درۆی زانی و یاخی بوو.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، އޭނާ ދޮގުކުރިއެވެ. އަދި އުރެދުނެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • አስተባበለም፤ አመጸም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • কিন্তু সে মিথ্যারোপ করল এবং অমান্য করল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • ஆனால், அவனோ அதைப் பொய்ப்பித்து, மாறு செய்தான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അപ്പോള്‍ അവന്‍ നിഷേധിച്ചു തള്ളുകയും ധിക്കരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 79:21 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 79:21 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 79:21 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.