34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 53:61 compared

وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَ

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
  • While you are proudly sporting?

    Saheeh International

  • while you remain heedless?!

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • While ye amuse yourselves?

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Wasting your time in vanities?

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • while you make merry?

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و همواره سرکشی می کنید و غافلانه به خوشی و خوشگذرانی مشغول هستید؟!

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و شما در غفلتید.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Siz (qəflət içində) oynayır-əylənirsiniz (ona e’tina etmirsiniz).

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Sedang kamu melengahkan(nya)?

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Sedang kamu adalah orang-orang yang sombong angkuh, lagi yang melalaikan kewajipan?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • gordo dignutih glava?

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und seid ihr noch belustigt?

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¿Permanecen distraídos?

    Isa García

Français

  • absorbés [que vous êtes] par votre distraction.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Alhãli kunã mãsu wãsã?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Nanyi mmeghafilika?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • afgeleid als jullie zijn?

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва ҳолбуки, сизлар бепарвосизлар.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E madje jeni edhe të pakujdesshëm!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Idinkoo waliba hilmaansan (islana wayn).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Habersiz oyalanmaktasınız.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • и забавляетесь (или поете; или надменно задираете головы)?

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Хәлбуки үзегез гафилләр, сукырларсыз Коръәннең хикмәтләрен фәһемли алмыйсыз.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва шумо ғофил шудаед.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سىلەر غاپىلدۇرسىلەر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور تم بالکل غافل ہو

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او تاسو غافلان يئ (لوبې كوونكي يئ)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ اوھين راند ڪندڙ آھيو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئێوه به‌رده‌وام سه‌رگه‌رمی ڕابوردنن و بێ هۆشن؟!

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ތިޔަބައިމީހުންވަނީ، ބޮޑާވެ غافل ވެގެންނެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እናንተም ዘንጊዎች ናችሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তোমরা ক্রীড়া-কৌতুক করছ,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அலட்சியமாகவும் நீங்கள் இருக்கின்றீர்கள்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നിങ്ങള്‍ അശ്രദ്ധയില്‍ കഴിയുകയുമാണോ?.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 53:61 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 53:61 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 53:61 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.