34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 109:1 compared

قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

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

5
  • Say, "O disbelievers,

    Saheeh International

  • Say, ‘O faithless ones!

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Say: O disbelievers!

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Say: O ye that reject Faith!

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Say: 'O unbelievers,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • بگو: ای کافران!

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • بگو: «ای کافران،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Ya Peyğəmbər! Sənə - bir il bizim bütlərimizə ibadət et, bir il də biz sənin Rəbbinə ibadət edək – deyən müşriklərə) de: “Ey kafirlər!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Katakanlah: "Hai orang-orang kafir,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Katakanlah (wahai Muhammad): "Hai orang-orang kafir!

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Reci: "O vi nevjernici,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Sag: O ihr Ungläubigen,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Di: "¡Oh, incrédulos!

    Isa García

Français

  • Dis: «O vous les infidèles!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Ka ce: "Ya kũ kãfirai!"

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Sema: Enyi makafiri!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Zeg: "O ongelovigen.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Айт: «Эй кофирлар!

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Thuaj: “O ju jobesimtarë!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxaad dhahdaa, Gaalooy.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • De ki: "Ey inkarcılar!"

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Скажи: «О неверующие!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ий Мухәммәд г-м әйт: "Ий сез кәферләр, иман китермәгән кешеләр!

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Бигӯ: «Эй кофирон!

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (ئى مۇھەممەد! سېنى بۇتلارغا چوقۇنۇشقا ئۈندىگۈچى كۇففارلارغا) ئېيتقىنكى، «ئى كاپىرلار!

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • آپ کہہ دیجئے کہ اے کافرو

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • (اى نبي!) ته (دوى ته) ووایه: اى كافرانو!

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (اي پيغمبر ڪافرن کي) چؤ ته اي ڪافرؤ.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • (ئه‌ی محمد (صلی الله علیه وسلم) بڵێ: ئه‌ی کۆمه‌ڵی بێ باوه‌ڕ و خوانه‌ناسان.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ކަލޭގެފާނު ވިދާޅުވާށެވެ! އޭ كافر ންނޭވެ!

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በላቸው «እናንተ ከሓዲዎች ሆይ!

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • বলুন, হে কাফেরকূল,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (நபியே!) நீர் சொல்வீராக: "காஃபிர்களே!

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • (നബിയേ,) പറയുക: അവിശ്വാസികളേ,

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 109:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 109:1 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 109:1 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.