34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 53:39 compared

وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ

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 that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

    Saheeh International

  • that nothing belongs to man except what he strives for,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • That man can have nothing but what he strives for;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and that a man shall have to his account only as he has laboured,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و اینکه برای انسان جز آنچه تلاش کرده [هیچ نصیب و بهره ای] نیست،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و اینکه برای انسان جز حاصل تلاش او نیست.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • İnsana ancaq öz zəhməti (sə’yi, çalışması, əməli) qalar!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan bahwasanya seorang manusia tiada memperoleh selain apa yang telah diusahakannya,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan bahawa sesungguhnya tidak ada (balasan) bagi seseorang melainkan (balasan) apa yang diusahakannya;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i da je čovjekovo samo ono što sâm uradi,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und daß es für den Menschen nichts anderes geben wird als das, worum er sich (selbst) bemüht,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • que el ser humano no obtendrá sino el fruto de sus esfuerzos,

    Isa García

Français

  • et qu'en vérité, l'homme n'obtient que [le fruit] de ses efforts;

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma mutum bã shi da kõme fãce abin da ya aikata.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na ya kwamba hatapata mtu ila aliyo yafanya mwenyewe?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Dat de mens slechts krijgt wat hij heeft nagejaagd.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ҳар бир инсонга ўз қилганидан бошқа нарса йўқ.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe se njeriut nuk i takon tjetër pos asaj që ka punuar

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ruuxna wuxuusan camalfalin heleeynin.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İnsan ancak çalıştığına erişir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Человек получит только то, к чему он стремился.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи кешегә һич нәрсә юкдыр мәгәр үзе кәсеп иткән нәрсәсе генәдер.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва ин ки: барои мардум музде ғайри он чӣ худ кардаанд, нест?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئىنسان پەقەت ئۆزىنىڭ ئىشلىگەن ئىشىنىڭ نەتىجىسىنى كۆرىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور انسان کے لئے صرف اتنا ہی ہے جتنی اس نے کوشش کی ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او دا چې د انسان لپاره نشته مګر هغه څه چې ده (يې) كوشش كړى دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ ته ماڻھوءَ کي رڳو اُھائي (ڪمائي) ملندي جيڪا ڪيائين.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به‌ڕاستی ئاده‌میزاد خاوه‌نی هیچ شتێک نی یه ئه‌وه‌ته‌نها ئه‌وه‌نه‌بێت که‌خۆی کردوویه‌تی

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި އިންސާނާޔަށް އޭނާ ކުޅަ عمل އެއް (ގެ ޖަޒާ) މެނުވީ ނުވެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ለሰውም ሁሉ የሠራው እንጅ ሌላ የለውም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং মানুষ তাই পায়, যা সে করে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இன்னும், மனிதனுக்கு அவன் முயல்வதல்லாமல் வேறில்லை.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • മനുഷ്യന്ന് താന്‍ പ്രയത്നിച്ചതല്ലാതെ മറ്റൊന്നുമില്ല എന്നും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 53:39 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 53:39 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 53:39 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.