34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 53:33 compared

أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ

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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  • Have you seen the one who turned away

    Saheeh International

  • Did you see him who turned away,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Didst thou (O Muhammad) observe him who turned away,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Seest thou one who turns back,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Hast thou considered him who turns his back

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • آیا کسی را که [از حق] روی گردانید، دیدی؟

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • پس آیا آن کسی را که [از جهاد] روی برتافت دیدی؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Ya Peyğəmbər!) İndi gördünmü (imandan) dönəni,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Maka apakah kamu melihat orang yang berpaling (dari Al-Quran)?

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Adakah engkau mengetahui (keburukan) orang yang berpaling (dari menurut kebenaran kerana ia dihasut)?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Reci ti Meni o onome koji istinu izbjegava

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Was meinst du wohl zu demjenigen, der sich abkehrt

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¿Has visto que quien rechaza [el Islam],

    Isa García

Français

  • Vois-tu celui qui s'est détourné,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Shin, ka ga wannan da ya jũya baya?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Je! Umemwona yule aliye geuka?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Heb jij hem gezien die zich afkeert

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Юз ўгириб кетганни кўрмадингми?!

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • A e ke parë atë që u zmbrap?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ka warrama midka xaqa ka jeedsaday.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Yüz çevireni ve malından biraz verip sonra vermemekte direneni gördün mü?"

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Видел ли ты того, кто отвернулся,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Хакны кабул итүдә яки Коръән белән гамәл кылудан баш тарткан кешене күрдеңме?

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Оё онро, ки аз ту рӯйгардои шуд, дидӣ?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (ئى مۇھەممەد!) ئىماندىن يۈز ئۆرۈگەن ئادەمدىن خەۋەر بەرگىن

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • کیا آپ نے اسے بھی دیکھا ہے جس نے منہ پھیر لیا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ایا نو تا هغه كس لیدلى چې مخ يې واړوه (له ایمانه)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (اي پيغمبر) ڇا پوءِ ڏٺو اٿئي انھي کي جيڪو ڦريو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • جا هه‌واڵم بده‌رێ ئایا ئه‌وه‌ی پشتی له‌باوه‌ڕ هه‌لکرد...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • إيمان ކަމުން އެއްކިބާވެ (މުދަލުން) ކުޑަ އެތިކޮޅެއްދީ (އަނެއްބައި) ހިފެހެއްޓިމީހާ ފަހެ، ކަލޭގެފާނު ދެކެވަޑައިގަތީމުތޯއެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ያንን (ከእምነት) የዞረውን አየህን?

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • আপনি কি তাকে দেখেছেন, যে মুখ ফিরিয়ে নেয়।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (நபியே! உறுதியின்றி உம்மை விட்டும் முகம்) திரும்பிக் கொண்டனர் பார்த்தீரா?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • എന്നാല്‍ പിന്‍മാറിക്കളഞ്ഞ ഒരുത്തനെ നീ കണ്ടുവോ?

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 53:33 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 53:33 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 53:33 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.