34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 79:38 compared

وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

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
  • And preferred the life of the world,

    Saheeh International

  • and preferred the life of this world,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And chose the life of the world,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And had preferred the life of this world,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and preferred the present life,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و زندگی دنیا را [بر زندگی ابد و جاوید آخرت] ترجیح داده،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و زندگی پست دنیا را برگزید،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Dünyanı (axirətdən) üstün tutmuşsa,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan lebih mengutamakan kehidupan dunia,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Serta ia mengutamakan kehidupan dunia semata-mata, -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i život na ovome svijetu više volio

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und das diesseitige Leben vorgezogen hat,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • y preferido la vida mundanal,

    Isa García

Français

  • et aura préféré la vie présente,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma, ya zãɓi rãyuwa ta kusa, (wato dũniya).

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na akakhiari maisha ya dunia,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • en het tegenwoordige leven verkoos

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва бу дунё ҳаётини устун қўйган бўлса,

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe i dha përparësi jetës së kësaj bote,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Nolosha Adduunyana doorta.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İşte, azıp da dünya hayatını tercih edenin varacağı yer şüphesiz cehennemdir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • и отдал предпочтение мирской жизни,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • дәхи дөньяга бирелеп ахирәт гамәленә кимчелек китерсә,

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва зиндагии инҷаҳонро ихтиёр карда бошад,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • دۇنيا تىرىكچىلىكىنى (ئاخىرەتتىن) ئارتۇق كۆرىدىكەن،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور زندگانی دنیا کو اختیار کیا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او دنيايي ژوند ته يې ترجیح وركړې وي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ ھن دنيا جي حياتيءَ کي ڀَلو سمجھيائين.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ژیانی دنیای زیاتر له قیامه‌ت مه‌به‌ست بووبێت...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، ފުރެދުމުގައި ހައްދުފަހަނަޅައި، އަދި ދުނިޔޭގެ ދިރިއުޅުމަށް އިސްކަންދިން މީހާ ދަންނާށެވެ!

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ቅርቢቱንም ሕይወት የመረጠ፣

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং পার্থিব জীবনকে অগ্রাধিকার দিয়েছে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இந்த உலக வாழ்க்கையைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்தானோ-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഇഹലോകജീവിതത്തിനു കൂടുതല്‍ പ്രാധാന്യം നല്‍കുകയും ചെയ്തുവോ

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 79:38 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 79:38 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 79:38 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.