34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 37:90 compared

فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

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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  • So they turned away from him, departing.

    Saheeh International

  • So they went away leaving him behind.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And they turned their backs and went away from him.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • So they turned away from him, and departed.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • But they went away from him, turning their backs.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • پس پشت کنان از او روی گرداندند.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • پس پشت‌کنان از او روی برتافتند!

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (İbrahimin yanındakılar xəstəliyin onlara yoluxmasından qorxaraq, həm də o gün qeyd edəcəkləri bayrama tələsərək) ondan üz çevirib getdilər.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Lalu mereka berpaling daripadanya dengan membelakang.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Setelah (mendengar kata-katanya) itu, mereka berpaling meninggalkan dia.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i oni ga napustiše, uzmaknuvši,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Da kehrten sie ihm den Rücken.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Entonces lo abandonaron dándole la espalda.

    Isa García

Français

  • Ils lui tournèrent le dos et s'en allèrent.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sai suka jũya ga barinsa, sunã mãsu jũyãwa da bãya.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Nao wakamwacha, wakampa kisogo.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Dus keerden zij hem de rug toe.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Дарҳол, ундан юз ўгириб юриб кетдилар.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Ata u kthyen dhe u larguan prek tij.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Markaasay katageen kana jeedsadeen.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Onu bırakıp gittiler.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Они отвернулись от него, обратившись вспять.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Һәм алар Ибраһимнең чире йокмасын дип, аны калдырып бар да кырга киттеләр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Аз ӯ рӯйгардон шуданд ва бозгаштанд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار ئۇنىڭدىن يۈز ئۆرۈپ ئايرىلىشتى (يەنى ئۇنى تاشلاپ كېتىشتى)

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • تو وہ لوگ منہ پھیر کر چلے گئے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو دوى له هغه نه وګرځېدل، په داسې حال كې چې شاكوونكي وو

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ کانئس پُٺي ڏيئي ڦِريا.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌وانیش به‌جێیان هێشت و ڕۆیشتن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ދެން އެއުރެން އެކަލޭގެފާނަށް ފުރަގަސްދީ ހިނގައްޖައޫއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከእርሱም የሸሹ ሆነው ኼዱ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতঃপর তারা তার প্রতি পিঠ ফিরিয়ে চলে গেল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • எனவே அவரை விட்டும் அ(வருடைய சமூகத்த)வர்கள் திரும்பிச் சென்றனர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അപ്പോള്‍ അവര്‍ അദ്ദേഹത്തെ വിട്ട് പിന്തിരിഞ്ഞു പോയി.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 37:90 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 37:90 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 37:90 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.