34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 37:167 compared

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ

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
  • And indeed, the disbelievers used to say,

    Saheeh International

  • They indeed, used to say,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And indeed they used to say:

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And there were those who said,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • What though they would say,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و مشرکان [پیش از بعثت پیامبر] قاطعانه می گفتند:

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و [مشرکان‌] به تأکید می‌گفتند:

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Məkkə müşrikləri) tə’kidlə belə deyirdilər:

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Sesungguhnya mereka benar-benar akan berkata:

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan sebenarnya mereka (yang musyrik) itu dahulu pernah berkata:

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • A oni su, sigurno, govorili:

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Und sie pflegten zu sagen:

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Solían decir [los idólatras, antes de que tú ¡oh, Mujámmad! fueras enviado a ellos]:

    Isa García

Français

  • Même s'ils disaient:

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma lalle sũ, sun kasance sunã cẽwa,

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na walikuwapo walio kuwa wakisema:

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Zij zeiden steeds:

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ҳолбуки, улар дер эдилар:

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Po edhe pse ata ishin që thoshin:

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxayna ahaayeen gaaladu kuwii dhaha.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Putperestler: "Öncekilerde olduğu gibi bizde de bir kitap olsaydı, Allah'ın O'na içten bağlanan kulları olurduk" derlerdi.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Они (мекканские многобожники) сказали:

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Гәрчә мөшрикләр әйтсәләр дә:

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Агарчи мегуфтанд:

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار (يەنى قۇرەيش كۇففارلىرى) ھەمىشە: «ئەگەر بىزدە بۇرۇنقىلارنىڭكىدەك (يەنى ئۆتكەنكى ئۈممەتلەرنىڭ كىتابلىرىدەك) بىر كىتاب بولسا ئىدى. ئەلۋەتتە، اﷲ نىڭ ئىخلاسمەن بەندىلىرى بولاتتۇق» دەيدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اگرچہ یہ لوگ یہی کہا کرتے تھے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او بېشكه چې خامخا دوى به ویل

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ بيشڪ (عرب جا ڪافر) چوندا ھوا.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هه‌رچه‌نده هاوه‌ڵگه‌ڕان پێش ڕه‌وانه کردنی پێغه‌مبه‌ر ده‌یان وت:

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ހަމަކަށަވަރުން، އެއުރެން (އެބަހީ: مكة ގެ مشرك ން) ބުނެއުޅެތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እነርሱም (ከሓዲዎቹ) በእርግጥ ይሉ ነበሩ፡-

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তারা তো বলতঃ

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (நபியே! மக்காவாசிகள் முன்னர்) கூறிக்கொண்டிருந்தார்கள்;

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • തീര്‍ച്ചയായും അവര്‍ (സത്യനിഷേധികള്‍) ഇപ്രകാരം പറയാറുണ്ടായിരുന്നു:

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 37:167 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 37:167 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 37:167 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.