34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 70:17 compared

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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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  • It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

    Saheeh International

  • It invites him, who has turned back [from the truth] and forsaken [it],

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • calling him who drew back and turned away,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • هر که را به حق پشت کرده واز دعوت حق روی گردانده، می طلبد،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • هر که را پشت کرده و روی برتافته،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Çağırır (o Cəhənnəm itaətdən) çıxanı, (imandan) üz döndərəni

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • yang memanggil orang yang membelakang dan yang berpaling (dari agama),

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Neraka itu juga memanggil dan menarik orang yang membelakangi serta berpaling (dari kebenaran),

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • zvaće onoga ko je glavu okretao i izbjegavao

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • das (den) rufen wird, wer den Rücken kehrt und sich abkehrt,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • y convocará a quien le dio la espalda y se apartó del Mensaje,

    Isa García

Français

  • Il appellera celui qui tournait le dos et s'en allait,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Tanã kiran wanda ya jũya bãya (daga addini) kuma ya kau da kai.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Utamwita kila aliye geuza mgongo na akageuka.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • dat hem oproept die de rug toewendde en zich afkeerde,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • У чақирадир; орқага кетган ва юз ўгирганни.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Që e thërret (tërheq prej vetes) atë që është zbbrapsur e larguar (prej besimit).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxayna u dhawaaqi dadka jeedsaday xaqana diiday.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Hayır, olmaz... Orada sırtını çevirip yüzgeri edeni, malını toplayıp kimseye hakkını vermeden saklayanı çağıran, deriyi soyup kavuran, alevli ateş vardır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • зовущее тех, кто повернулся спиной и отвернулся,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул ут чакырыр вә үзенә тартыр хактан артка киткән вә Аллаһуга итагать итүдән баш тарткан кешене.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ҳар киро, ки ба ҳақ пушт кард ва аз фармон сар печид, ба тарафи худ мехонад

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇ (ھەقتىن) يۈز ئۆرۈپ بۇرالغان ۋە پۇل - مال يىغىپ ساقلىغان (ئۇنىڭدىن اﷲ نىڭ ۋە مىسكىنلەرنىڭ ھەققىنى ئادا قىلمىغان) لارنى چاقىرىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • ان سب کو آواز دے رہی ہے جو منہ پھیر کر جانے والے تھے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • دا (دوزخ) به راغواړي هغه څوك چې شا كړې يې وي او مخ يې اړولى وي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جيڪو (خدا کان) پٺيرو ٿيو ۽ منھن موڙيائين تنھنکي سڏي ٿي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • دۆزه‌خ بانگی ئه‌وانه ده‌کات که له دنیادا پشتیان له حه‌ق و ڕاستی هه‌ڵده‌کردو گوێیان پێ نه‌ده‌دا.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފުރަގަސްދީ އެނބުރިދާ މީހާޔަށް އެ ނަރަކަ ގޮވާނެތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • (ከእምነት) የዞረንና የሸሸን ሰው (ወደእርሷ) ትጠራለች፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সে সেই ব্যক্তিকে ডাকবে যে সত্যের প্রতি পৃষ্ঠপ্রদর্শন করেছিল ও বিমুখ হয়েছিল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (நேர்வழியைப்) புறக்கணித்துப் புறங்காட்டிச் சென்றோரை அ(ந்நரகத்தீயான)து அழைக்கும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • പിന്നോക്കം മാറുകയും, തിരിഞ്ഞുകളയുകയും ചെയ്തവരെ അത് ക്ഷണിക്കും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 70:17 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 70:17 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 70:17 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.