34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 81:22 compared

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

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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  • And your companion is not [at all] mad.

    Saheeh International

  • Your companion is not crazy:

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And your comrade is not mad.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Your companion is not possessed;

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و رفیق و یار شما دیوانه نیست.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و رفیق شما مجنون نیست؛

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Ey Məkkə əhli!) Həqiqətən, sizin dostunuz (müşriklərin dediyi kimi) divanə deyildir!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan temanmu (Muhammad) itu bukanlah sekali-kali orang yang gila.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan sebenarnya sahabat kamu (Nabi Muhammad) itu (wahai golongan yang menentang Islam), bukanlah ia seorang gila (seperti yang kamu tuduh);

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • A drug vaš nije lud:

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Und euer Gefährte ist kein Besessener.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • [Sepan que] su compañero [el Profeta Mujámmad] no es un loco,

    Isa García

Français

  • Votre compagnon (Muhammad) n'est nullement fou;

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma abokinku ba mahaukaci ba ne.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na wala huyu mwenzenu hana wazimu.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Jullie medeburger is geen bezetene.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Сизнинг соҳибингиз мажнун эмас.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Nuk është i marrë shoku juaj (Muhammedi)!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Saaxiibkiinna (Nabiguna) ma aha ku waalan.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Arkadaşınız (Muhammed) asla deli değildir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Ваш товарищ (Мухаммад) не является одержимым.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә сезнең юлдашыгыз Мухәммәд г-м дивана түгел һәм үзлегеннән сүз сөйләүче дә түгел.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва ҳамсӯҳбати шумо девона нест.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سىلەرنىڭ ھەمراھىڭلار (يەنى مۇھەممەد ئەلەيھىسسالام) مەجنۇن ئەمەستۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور تمہارا ساتھی پیغمبر دیوانہ نہیں ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او ستاسو ملګرى (محمدﷺ) له سره لېونى نه دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ (ھي) اوھان جو سنگتي (ﷴ ﷺ ڪو) چريو نه آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • دڵنیابن که هاورێکه‌تان { محمد (صلی الله علیه وسلم) } شێت نیه و (له‌که‌ماڵی ژیریدایه‌).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ތިޔަބައިމީހުންގެ އެކުވެރިޔާއީ (އެބަހީ: محمد ގެފާނީ) މޮޔައަކު ކަމުގައި ނުވެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ነቢያችሁም በፍጹም ዕብድ አይደለም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং তোমাদের সাথী পাগল নন।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • மேலும் உங்கள் தோழர் பைத்தியக்காரர் அல்லர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നിങ്ങളുടെ കൂട്ടുകാരന്‍ (പ്രവാചകന്‍) ഒരു ഭ്രാന്തനല്ല തന്നെ,

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 81:22 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 81:22 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 81:22 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.