34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 53:60 compared

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ

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 you laugh and do not weep

    Saheeh International

  • and laugh and not weep,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And laugh and not weep,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And will ye laugh and not weep,-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and do you laugh, and do you not weep,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و [با چنین وضعی که دارید هنوز] می خندید و نمی گریید؟!

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و می‌خندید و نمی‌گریید؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Həm də gülürsünüz, heç ağlamırsınız!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan kamu mentertawakan dan tidak menangis?

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Serta kamu tertawa (mengejek-ejeknya), dan kamu tidak mahu menangis (menyesali kesalahan kamu serta takutkan balasan buruk yang akan menimpa kamu)?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i smijete se, a ne plačete –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und lacht ihr, und weint ihr nicht,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¿Ríen en vez de llorar?

    Isa García

Français

  • Et vous [en] riez et n'[en] pleurez point?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma kunã yin dãriya, kuma bã ku yin kũka?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na mnacheka, wala hamlii?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En lachen jullie en huilen jullie niet,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва куласизлар-у, йиғламайсизларми?

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E po qeshni dhe nuk po qani?!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ood qoslaysaan (idinkoo beenin) oydaanna ooyeynin (cabsi darteed).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Gülüyorsunuz... Ağlamıyorsunuz.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • смеетесь, а не плачете,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә көләсез, никтер еламыйсыз?

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва механдеду намегирйед?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (ئۇنى ئاڭلىغان چاغدا) كۆلەمسىلەر؟ يىغلامسىلەر؟

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور پھر ہنستے ہو اور روتے نہیں ہو

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او خاندئ او نه ژاړئ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ کلندا آھيو ۽ نه رئندا آھيو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • پێ ده‌که‌نن و گریانتان نایه‌ت (بۆ ئه‌و چاره‌نووسه‌ره‌شه‌ی که‌چاوه‌ڕێتانه‌)

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، ތިޔަބައިމީހުން عجائب ވަނީ އަދި ނުރޮއި ހެނީ މިވާހަކަތަކާމެދުގައި (އެބަހީ: قرآن އާމެދުގައި) ހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ትስቃላችሁምን? አታለቅሱምን?

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং হাসছ-ক্রন্দন করছ না?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (இதனைப் பற்றி) நீங்கள் சிரிக்கின்றீர்களா? நீங்கள் அழாமலும் இருக்கின்றீர்களா?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നിങ്ങള്‍ ചിരിച്ച് കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുകയും നിങ്ങള്‍ കരയാതിരിക്കുകയും,

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 53:60 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 53:60 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 53:60 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.