34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 103:2 compared

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

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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  • Indeed, mankind is in loss,

    Saheeh International

  • Man is indeed in loss,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Lo! man is a state of loss,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Verily Man is in loss,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Surely Man is in the way of loss,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • [که] بی تردید انسان در زیان کاری بزرگی است؛

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • که واقعاً انسان دستخوش زیان است؛

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • İnsan (ömrünü bihudə işlərə sərf etməklə, dünyanı axirətdən üstün tutmaqla) ziyan içindədir?

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Sesungguhnya manusia itu benar-benar dalam kerugian,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Sesungguhnya manusia itu dalam kerugian -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • čovjek, doista, gubi,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Der Mensch befindet sich wahrlich in Verlust,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • que los seres humanos están en la perdición,

    Isa García

Français

  • L'homme est certes, en perdition,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Lalle ne mutum yana a cikin hasara.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Hakika binaadamu bila ya shaka yumo katika khasara,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Zeker, de mens lijdt echt verlies.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Албатта, инсон хусрондадир. (Хусрон-мағлубият, ютқизиқ ва нуқсон маъноларини англатади.)

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Nuk ka dyshim njeriu është në një humbje të sigurt.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • In Dadku khasaaro ku sugunyahay.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İnsan hiç şüphesiz hüsran içindedir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Воистину, каждый человек в убытке,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дөреслектә адәм баласы хәсрәттәдер, кадерле гомерен дөнья өчен генә әрәм итеп зур зарарлануда, кимчелектәдер.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ки одамӣ дар зиён аст,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئىمان ئېيتقان، ياخشى ئەمەللەرنى قىلغان، بىر - بىرىگە ھەقنى تەۋسىيە قىلىشقان، بىر - بىرىگە سەۋرىنى تەۋسىيە قىلىشقان كىشىلەردىن باشقا ھەممە ئادەم چوقۇم زىيان ئىچىدىدۇر،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • بے شک انسان خسارہ میں ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • چې بېشكه یقینًا انسان په زیان (او تاوان) كې دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ته بيشڪ ماڻھو گھاٽي ۾ آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به‌ڕاستی ئاده‌میزاد له زه‌ره‌رمه‌ندی و خه‌ساره‌تمه‌ندیدایه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ހަމަކަށަވަރުން، އިންސާނާ ވަނީ، ގެއްލުމެއްގައިކަން ކަށަވަރެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ሰው ሁሉ በእርግጥ በከሳራ ውስጥ ነው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • নিশ্চয় মানুষ ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত;

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நிச்சயமாக மனிதன் நஷ்டத்தில் இருக்கின்றான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • തീര്‍ച്ചയായും മനുഷ്യന്‍ നഷ്ടത്തില്‍ തന്നെയാകുന്നു;

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 103:2 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 103:2 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 103:2 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.