34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 71:17 compared

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا

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 Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.

    Saheeh International

  • Allah made you grow from the earth, with a [vegetable] growth.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • "'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • And God caused you to grow out of the earth,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و خدا شما را از زمین [مانند] گیاهی رویانید،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و خدا[ست که‌] شما را [مانند] گیاهی از زمین رویانید؛

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Və Allah sizi (atanız Adəmi) yerdən (torpaqdan) bir bitki kimi göyərtdi.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan Allah menumbuhkan kamu dari tanah dengan sebaik-baiknya,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • "Dan Allah telah menumbuhkan kamu (hidup dari benda-benda yang berasal) dari bumi, dengan pertumbuhan yang sungguh-sungguh sempurna,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Allah vas od zemlje poput bilja stvara,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Und Allah hat euch aus der Erde heranwachsen lassen.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Dios los ha creado de la misma tierra que a las plantas, y como a las plantas los ha hecho brotar de ella.

    Isa García

Français

  • Et c'est Allah qui, de la terre, vous a fait croître comme des plantes,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • "Kuma Allah Ya tsirar da ku daga ƙasa (kamar ganye) tsirarwa."

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na Mwenyezi Mungu amekuotesheni katika ardhi kama mimea.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • God heeft jullie toch uit de aarde laten ontstaan.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва Аллоҳ сизларни ердан ўстириб чиқарадир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe All-llahu u shpiku juve prej tokës si bimë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Eebe waa Kan idinka soo Bixiyay Dhulka.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • "Allah sizi yerden bitirir gibi yetiştirmiştir."

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Аллах вырастил вас из земли, словно растения.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Аллаһ сезне җирдән үстерде, ягъни Адәм җирдән халык ителде.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва Худо шуморо чун наботе аз замин бирӯёнид,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • اﷲ سىلەرنى زېمىندىن ياراتتى (چۈنكى ئاتاڭلار ئادەمنى تۇپراقتىن ياراتقان ئىدى)

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور اللہ ہی نے تم کو زمین سے پیدا کیا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او الله تاسو په خاصو زرغونولو سره له ځمكې نه رازرغون كړئ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ الله اوھان کي زمين منجھان ھڪڙي ڄمائڻ طرح ڄمايو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هه‌ر خوا خۆی ئێوه‌ی له خاکی زه‌وی به‌دیهێناوه‌و پێی گه‌یاندوون.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި اللَّه، ތިޔަބައިމީހުން ބިމުން އުފައްދަވައި ހެއްދެވިއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • አላህም ከምድር ማብቀልን አበቀላችሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • আল্লাহ তা’আলা তোমাদেরকে মৃত্তিকা থেকে উদগত করেছেন।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • "அல்லாஹ்வே உங்களை பூமியிலிருந்து சிறந்த முறையில் உருவாக்கினான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അല്ലാഹു നിങ്ങളെ ഭൂമിയില്‍ നിന്ന് ഒരു മുളപ്പിക്കല്‍ മുളപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 71:17 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 71:17 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 71:17 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.