34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 56:44 compared

لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

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
  • Neither cool nor beneficial.

    Saheeh International

  • neither cool nor beneficial.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Neither cool nor refreshing.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • neither cool, neither goodly;

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • نه خنک است و نه آرام بخش،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • نه خنک و نه خوش.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (O kölgə başqa kölgələrdən fərqli olaraq) nə sərin, nə də xoşagələndir.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Tidak sejuk dan tidak menyenangkan.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Yang tidak sejuk, dan tidak pula memberi kesenangan.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • u kojoj neće biti svježine ni ikakve dobrine.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • (der) weder kühl noch trefflich (ist).

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • que no será fresca ni agradable.

    Isa García

Français

  • ni fraîche, ni douce.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Bã mai sanyi ba, kuma bã mai wata ni'ima ba.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Si cha kuburudisha wala kustarehesha.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • die niet koud is noch weldadig.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Салқин ҳамэмас, фойдаии ҳам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • As e freskët e as e këndshme.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Aan qaboobayn aragna fiicnayn.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İnsanın içine işleyen bir sıcaklık ve kaynar su içinde, serinliği ve hoşluğu olmayan kara bir dumanın gölgesinde bulunurlar.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • которая не приносит ни прохлады, ни добра.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул күләгә салкынча түгел һәм файдалы да түгел.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • на сарду на хуш.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار (بەدەننىڭ تۆشۈكلىرىگە كىرىپ كېتىدىغان ئاتەشلىك شامالنىڭ، زىيادە ھارارەتلىك قايناقسۇنىڭ ۋە قارا تۈتۈندىن بولغان سالقىنمۇ ئەمەس، كۆركەممۇ ئەمەس سايىنىڭ ئىچىدە بولىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جو نہ ٹھنڈا ہو اور نہ اچھا لگے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • چې نه به یخ وي او نه به د عزت وي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جو نڪي ٿڌو ھوندو ۽ نڪي سھائيندڙ.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • نه‌فێنکه و نه‌به‌که‌ڵکی حه‌وانه‌وه‌دێت

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފިންޏެއްވެސް ނޫނެވެ. އަދި އަރާމެއްވެސް ނޫނެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ቀዝቃዛም መልካምም ያልኾነ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যা শীতল নয় এবং আরামদায়কও নয়।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (அங்கு) குளிர்ச்சியுமில்லை, நலமுமில்லை.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • തണുപ്പുള്ളതോ, സുഖദായകമോ അല്ലാത്ത (എന്നീ ദുരിതങ്ങളിലായിരിക്കും അവര്‍.)

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 56:44 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 56:44 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 56:44 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.