34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 38:83 compared

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

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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  • Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

    Saheeh International

  • except Your exclusive servants among them.’

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Save Thy single-minded slaves among them.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • "Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • excepting those Thy servants among them that are sincere.'

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • مگر بندگان خالص شده ات را.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • مگر آن بندگان پاکدل تو را.»

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Yalnız Sənin sadiq bəndələrindən başqa!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • kecuali hamba-hamba-Mu yang mukhlis di antara mereka.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • " Kecuali hamba-hambaMu di antara zuriat-zuriat Adam itu yang dibersihkan dari sebarang kederhakaan dan penyelewengan ".

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • osim Tvojih među njima robova iskrenih!"

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • außer Deinen Dienern, den auserlesenen unter ihnen."

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • excepto a quienes de Tus siervos hayas protegido!"

    Isa García

Français

  • sauf Tes serviteurs élus parmi eux».

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • "Fãce bãyinKa tsarkakakku daga gare su."

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Isipo kuwa wale waja wako miongoni mwao walio khitariwa.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • behalve Uw toegewijde dienaren onder hen."

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Магар улардан танланган бандаларинггина (мустаснодир)», деди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • përveç atyre që janë të sinqertë nga robërit e Tu!”

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • marka laga reebo addomadaada suuban.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İblis: "Senin kudretine and olsun ki, onlardan, sana içten bağlı olan kulların bir yana, hepsini azdıracağım" dedi.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • кроме Твоих избранных (или искренних) рабов».

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Мәгәр ихлас булган мөэмин бәндәләреңне аздырырга көчем җитмәс".

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ғайри онҳо, ки аз бандагони мухлиси Ту бошанд».

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلاردىن پەقەت تاللانغان بەندىلىرىڭلا بۇنىڭدىن مۇستەسنا (يەنى ئۇلارنى ئازدۇرالمايمەن)»

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • علاوہ تیرے ان بندوں کے جنہیں تو نے خالص بنالیا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • مګر په دوى كې ستا هغه بنده ګان چې خالص كړى شوي دي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • منجھانئن تنھنجي خالص ٻانھن کانسواءِ (جو انھن تي وس نه ھلندو).

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • جگه له به‌نده و عه‌بده دڵسۆزه‌کانت که هه‌ڵبژاره‌ده‌ی خۆتن (ده‌سه‌ڵاتی ئه‌وانم نیه‌).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެއުރެންކުރެ، އިބަރަސްކަލާނގެ خيار ކުރައްވާފައިވާ އަޅުން މެނުވީއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • «ከእነርሱ ምርጥ የኾኑት ባሮችህ ብቻ ሲቀሩ፡፡»

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তবে তাদের মধ্যে যারা আপনার খাঁটি বান্দা, তাদেরকে ছাড়া।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • "(எனினும்) அவர்களில் அந்தரங்க சுத்தியான உன் அடியார்களைத் தவிர" (என்றான்).

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അവരില്‍ നിന്‍റെ നിഷ്കളങ്കരായ ദാസന്‍മാരൊഴികെ

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 38:83 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 38:83 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 38:83 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.