34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 37:156 compared

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ

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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  • Or do you have a clear authority?

    Saheeh International

  • Do you have a manifest authority?

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Or have ye a clear warrant?

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Or have ye an authority manifest?

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Or have you a clear authority?

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • یا شما [بر این ادعای خود] دلیل روشنی دارید؟

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • یا دلیلی آشکار [در دست‌] دارید؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Yoxsa sizin açıq-aşkar bir dəliliniz vardır?!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Atau apakah kamu mempunyai bukti yang nyata?

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Atau adakah kamu mempunyai sebarang bukti yang nyata (menerangkan bahawa malaikat itu anak-anak perempuan Allah)?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Ili, gdje vam je dokaz očiti?

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Oder habt ihr eine deutliche Ermächtigung?

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¿O acaso tienen una prueba válida [de lo que afirman]?

    Isa García

Français

  • Ou avez-vous un argument évident?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Ko kuma kunã da wani dalĩli bayyananne ne?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Au mnayo hoja iliyo wazi?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Of hebben jullie een duidelijke machtiging?

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ёки сизда очиқ-ойдин ҳужжат борми?! (Ўша ҳужжатда, фаришталар Аллоҳнинг қизи, дейилганми?!)

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • A mos keni ju ndonjë argument të sigurt?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Mise waxaa idiin sugnaatay xujo cad.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Yoksa apaçık bir deliliniz mi var?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Или у вас есть ясное доказательство?

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Яки Аллаһуның баласы барлыгына сезнең ачык бер дәлилегез бармы?

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ё бар даъвои худ далели равшане доред?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ياكى (اﷲ نىڭ بالىسى بارلىقىغا) ئېنىق پاكىتىڭلار بارمۇ؟

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • یا تمہارے پاس اس کی کوئی واضح دلیل ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ایا تاسو لپاره څه واضحه دلیل شته؟

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • يا اوھان کي ڪا پڌري حُجّت آھي؟

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئایا مه‌گه‌ر به‌ڵگه و شتێکی به‌هێز و ئاشکراتان به‌ده‌سته‌وه‌یه (بۆ ئه‌م قسه حه‌له‌ق و مه‌له‌قانه‌).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ނުވަތަ ތިޔަބައިމީހުންނަށް بيان ވެގެންވާ دليل އެއް ވަނީހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ወይስ ለእናንተ ግልጽ አስረጅ አላችሁን?

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • না কি তোমাদের কাছে সুস্পষ্ট কোন দলীল রয়েছে?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அல்லது உங்களிடம் தெளிவான ஆதாரம் எதுவும் இருக்கிறதா?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അതല്ല, വ്യക്തമായ വല്ല പ്രമാണവും നിങ്ങള്‍ക്കു കിട്ടിയിട്ടുണ്ടോ?

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 37:156 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 37:156 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 37:156 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.