34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 86:14 compared

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

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 it is not amusement.

    Saheeh International

  • and not a jest.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • It is no pleasantry.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • It is not a thing for amusement.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • it is no merriment.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و آن هرگز شوخی نیست.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و آن شوخی نیست.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O, oyun-oyuncaq (əyləncə) deyildir!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan sekali-kali bukanlah dia senda gurau.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan bukanlah ia kata-kata yang olok-olok.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • lakrdija nikakva on nije!

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • er ist kein Scherz.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • y no es algo trivial.

    Isa García

Français

  • et non point une plaisanterie frivole!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma shĩ bã bananci bane

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Wala si mzaha.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Het is geen scherts.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва у ҳазил эмасдир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Nuk është ai i parëndësishëm (lojë e kotë)!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ciyaarra ma aha (ee waa dhab).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • O, eğlence için değildir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • а не шутка.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул – Коръән уен вә батыл сүз түгелдер.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва сухани ҳазл нест!

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇ چاقچاق ئەمەستۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور مذاق نہیں ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او دا هیڅكله عبثه (او د ټوقو) خبره نه ده

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ ھيُ قرآن ڪا ٺـٺولي (جي ڳالھ) نه آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌م قورئانه گوفتارێکی گه‌ڵته نیه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ކުޅޭކުޅޭ އެއްޗެއްކަމުގައި އެ قرآن ނުވެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እርሱም ቀልድ አይደለም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং এটা উপহাস নয়।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அன்றியும், இது வீணான (வார்த்தைகளைக் கொண்ட)து அல்ல.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഇതു തമാശയല്ല.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 86:14 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 86:14 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 86:14 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.