34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 37:128 compared

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

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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  • Except the chosen servants of Allah.

    Saheeh International

  • —[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Save single-minded slaves of Allah.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Except the sincere and devoted Servants of Allah (among them).

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • except for God's sincere servants;

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • جز بندگان خالص شده خدا [که از هر کیفری در امانند،]

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • مگر بندگان پاکدین خدا.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Yalnız Allahın müxlis bəndələrindən başqa!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • kecuali hamba-hamba Allah yang dibersihkan (dari dosa).

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Kecuali hamba-hamba Allah yang dibersihkan dari sebarang syirik (maka mereka akan terselamat, dan mendapat sebaik-baik balasan).

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • samo neće oni Allahovi robovi koji su Mu bili odani.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • außer Allahs auserlesenen Dienern.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Excepto los siervos fieles a Dios.

    Isa García

Français

  • Exception faite des serviteurs élus d'Allah.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sai bãyin Allah waɗanda aka tsarkake.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Isipo kuwa waja wa Mwenyezi Mungu walio safishwa.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Maar [dat geldt] niet voor de toegewijde dienaren van God.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Магар Аллоҳнинг мухлис бандаларигина (мустаснодир).

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Me përjashtim të robërve besnikë ndaj All-llahut.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Laakiin adoomada Eebe ee niyada san (waxay lakulmi khayr).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Bunun üzerine onu yalanlamışlardı. Allah'ın O'na içten bağlı kulları bir yana, bunların hepsi cehenneme götürüleceklerdi.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • кроме избранных (или искренних) рабов Аллаха.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Мәгәр Аллаһуның ихласлы коллары утка кермәсләр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ғайри бандагони мухлиси Худо!

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • پەقەت اﷲ نىڭ ئىخلاسمەن بەندىلىرى بۇنىڭدىن مۇستەسنا

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • علاوہ اللہ کے مخلص بندوں کے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • د الله له خالص كړى شویو بنده ګانو نه غیر (چې دوى د هغه تكذیب ونه كړ)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پر الله جا خاص ٻانھا (ڇٽل آھن).

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • جگه له به‌نده دڵسۆزو هه‌ڵبژارده‌کانی خوا.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • اللَّه ގެ، خيار ކުރައްވާފައިވާ އަޅުން މެނުވީއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ንጹሕ የተደረጉት የአላህ ባሮች ብቻ ሲቀሩ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • কিন্তু আল্লাহ তা’আলার খাঁটি বান্দাগণ নয়।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அல்லாஹ்வுடைய தூய அடியார்களைத் தவிர. (இவர்களுக்கு நற்கூலியுண்டு.)

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അല്ലാഹുവിന്‍റെ നിഷ്കളങ്കരായ ദാസന്‍മാര്‍ ഒഴികെ.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 37:128 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 37:128 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 37:128 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.