34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 84:20 compared

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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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  • So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

    Saheeh International

  • What is the matter with them that they will not believe,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • What aileth them, then, that they believe not

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Then what ails them, that they believe not,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • پس اینان را چه می شود که ایمان نمی آورند؟!

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • پس چرا آنان باور نمی‌دارند؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Onlara nə olub ki, iman gətirmirlər?

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Mengapa mereka tidak mau beriman?

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Maka apakah alasan bagi mereka bersikap tidak mahu beriman?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Pa šta im je, zašto neće da vjeruju,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Was ist denn mit ihnen, daß sie nicht glauben

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¿Qué es lo que les impide creer?

    Isa García

Français

  • Qu'ont-ils à ne pas croire?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • To, mẽ ya sãme su, ba su yin ĩmãni?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Basi wana nini hawaamini?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Wat hebben zij toch dat zij niet geloven

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Нима бўлган уларга, иймон келтирмаслар?!

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E, çka kanë ata që nuk besojnë?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Dadka maxaa u sugnaaday oy la rumaynwaayeen (xaqa).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Onlara ne oluyor da inanmıyorlar?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Почему же они не веруют

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ни булды аларга иман китермиләр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Чӣ мешавад онҳоро, ки имон намеоваранд?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار (يەنى مۇشرىكلار) نېمىشقا ئىمان ئېيتمايدۇ؟

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر انہیں کیا ہوگیا ہے کہ ایمان نہیں لے آتے ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو په دوى څه شوي دي چې دوى ایمان نه راوړي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ ھنن (ڪافرن) کي ڇا (ٿيو) آھي جو ايمان نه آڻيندا آھن.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • که‌واته‌، ئه‌و خوانه‌ناسانه چیانه و بۆچی ئیمان ناهێنن؟

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެއުރެން إيمان ނުވަނީ ފަހެ، އެއުރެންނަށް ކީއްވެގެން ހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • የማያምኑት ለእነርሱ ምን አላቸው?

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতএব, তাদের কি হল যে, তারা ঈমান আনে না?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • எனவே, அவர்களுக்கு என்ன (நேர்ந்தது?) அவர்கள் ஈமான் கொள்வதில்லை.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • എന്നാല്‍ അവര്‍ക്കെന്തുപറ്റി? അവര്‍ വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നില്ല.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 84:20 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 84:20 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 84:20 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.