34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 91:11 compared

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

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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  • Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

    Saheeh International

  • The [people of] Thamud denied [Allah’s signs] out of their rebellion,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Thamood cried lies in their insolence

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • قوم ثمود به سبب سرکشی و طغیانش [پیامبرشان را] تکذیب کرد،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • [قوم‌] ثمود به سبب طغیان خود به تکذیب پرداختند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Səmud (qövmü) azğınlığı üzündən (Saleh peyğəmbəri) təkzib etmişdi.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • (Kaum) Tsamud telah mendustakan (rasulnya) karena mereka melampaui batas,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Ingatlah), kaum Thamud telah mendustakan (Rasulnya) dengan sebab perbuatan derhaka mereka yang melampaui batas;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Semud je zbog obijesti svoje poricao:

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Die Tamud erklärten in ihrer Auflehnung (die Botschaft) für Lüge,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • El pueblo de Zamud rechazó el Mensaje por soberbia.

    Isa García

Français

  • Les Thamûd, par leur transgression, ont crié au mensonge,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Samũdãwa sun ƙaryata (Annabinsu), dõmin girman kansu.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kina Thamudi walikadhibisha kwa sababu ya upotofu wao,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • De Thamoed hebben het in hun onbeschaamdheid geloochend,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Самуд қавми ўз туғёни ила ( Пай ғамбарини) ёлғонга чиқарди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Themudi përgënjeshtroi për shkak të arrogancës së vet.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Thamuud waxay beeniyeen (xaqii) kibir dartiis.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Semud milleti, içlerinden en azgını ileri atılınca, azgınlığı yüzünden peygamberleri yalanladı.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Самудяне сочли лжецом пророка Салиха из-за своего беззакония,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Сәмуд кавеме пәйгамбәрләрне ялганга тотты, нәфесләренең чиктән чыгуы сәбәпле.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Қавми Самуд аз рӯи саркашӣ дурӯғ бароварданд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سەمۇد ھەددىدىن ئاشقانلىقى ئۈچۈن (پەيغەمبەرنى) ئىنكار قىلدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • ثمود نے اپنی سرکشی کی بنا پر رسول کی تذکیب کی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ثمودیانو د خپلې سركشۍ په سبب (د رسولانو) تكذیب كړى و

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (قوم) ثمود پنھنجي سرڪشيءَ سببان (پيغمبر کي) ڪوڙو ڀانيو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • قه‌ومی ثمود به‌هۆی سه‌رکه‌شی و یاخی بوونیانه‌وه‌، بڕوایان به پێغه‌مبه‌ره‌که‌یان نه‌هێنا.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ثمود ބާގައިމީހުން، އެއުރެންގެ އަނިޔާވެރިކަމުން (އެއުރެންގެ ނަބިއްޔާ) ދޮގުކުރޫއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ሠሙድ ወሰን በማለፍዋ አስተባበለች፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সামুদ সম্প্রদায় অবাধ্যতা বশতঃ মিথ্যারোপ করেছিল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • 'ஸமூது' (கூட்டத்தினர்) தங்கள் அக்கிரமத்தினால் (ஸாலிஹ் நபியைப்) பொய்ப்பித்தனர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഥമൂദ് ഗോത്രം അതിന്‍റെ ധിക്കാരം മൂലം (സത്യത്തെ) നിഷേധിച്ചു തള്ളുകയുണ്ടായി.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 91:11 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 91:11 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 91:11 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.