34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 109:3 compared

وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ

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
  • Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.

    Saheeh International

  • nor do you worship what I worship;

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Nor worship ye that which I worship.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Nor will ye worship that which I worship.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and you are not serving what I serve,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و نه شما آنچه را من می پرستم، می پرستید،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و آنچه می‌پرستم، شما نمی‌پرستید.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Siz də mənim ibadət etdiyimə (Allaha) ibadət etməzsiniz!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan kamu bukan penyembah Tuhan yang aku sembah.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • "Dan kamu tidak mahu menyembah (Allah) yang aku sembah.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • a ni vi se nećete klanjati Onome kome se ja klanjam;

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und ihr dient nicht Dem, Dem ich diene.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Ni adoran ustedes a Quien yo adoro.

    Isa García

Français

  • Et vous n'êtes pas adorateurs de ce que j'adore.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • "Kuma kũ, ba ku zama masu bauta wa abin da nake bautã wa ba."

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Wala nyinyi hamuabudu ninaye muabudu.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En jullie dienen niet wat ik dien:

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва сизлар ҳам мен ибодат қиладиганга ибодат қилувчимассиз.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • As ju nuk jeni adhurues të Atij që unë e adhuroj!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Idinna ma caabudaysaan Eebahaan caabudi.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • "Benim taptığıma da sizler tapmazsınız."

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • а вы не поклоняетесь Тому, Кому поклоняюсь я.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Һәм сез дә мин гыйбадәт кыла торган Аллаһуга гыйбадәт кылмыйсыз.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва шумо низ чизеро, ки ман мепарастам, намепарастед

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سىلەرمۇ مەن ئىبادەت قىلىۋاتقان اﷲ قا ئىبادەت قىلمايسىلەر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور نہ تم میرے خدا کی عبادت کرنے والے ہو

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او نه تاسو د هغه ذات عبادت كوونكي يئ چې زه يې عبادت كوم

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ نڪي اوھين ان جي عبادت ڪندؤ جنھن جي آءٌ عبادت ڪندو آھيان.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئێوه‌ش دیاره ئه‌وه‌ی من ده‌یپه‌رستم نای په‌رستن (چونکه بت په‌رستن).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ތިމަންކަލޭގެފާނު އަޅުކަންކުރައްވާ حق ވަންތަ اللَّه އަށް އަޅުކަންކުރާ ބަޔަކު ކަމުގައިވެސް ތިޔަބައިމީހުން ނުވަމުއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • «እናንተም እኔ የምግገዛውን (አምላክም አሁን) ተገዢዎች አይደላችሁም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং তোমরাও এবাদতকারী নও, যার এবাদত আমি করি

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இன்னும், நான் வணங்குகிறவனை நீங்கள் வணங்குகிறவர்களல்லர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഞാന്‍ ആരാധിച്ചുവരുന്നതിനെ നിങ്ങളും ആരാധിക്കുന്നവരല്ല.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 109:3 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 109:3 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 109:3 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.