34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 37:163 compared

إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

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 he who is to [enter and] burn in the Hellfire.

    Saheeh International

  • except someone who is bound for hell.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Save him who is to burn in hell.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Except such as are (themselves) going to the blazing Fire!

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • except him who shall roast in Hell.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • مگر کسانی را که [به اختیار خود به خاطر پذیرفتن وسوسه و اغواگری شما] به دوزخ درآیند،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • مگر کسی را که به دوزخ رفتنی است!

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Yalnız Cəhənnəmə girəcək kimsədən başqa!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • kecuali orang-orang yang akan masuk neraka yang menyala.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • kecuali orang-orang yang telah ditetapkan bahawa dia akan dibakar di dalam neraka yang menjulang-julang.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • možete samo onoga koji će ionako u vatri gorjeti.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • außer denjenigen, der dem Höllenbrand ausgesetzt wird.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • a quien Dios permitió que se desvíe y arda en el fuego del Infierno.

    Isa García

Français

  • excepté celui qui sera brûlé dans la Fournaise.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sai wanda yake mai shiga babbar wutã Jahĩm.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Isipo kuwa yule atakaye ingia Motoni.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • behalve dan wie er braadt in het hellevuur.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ўзи (аслида) жаҳаннамга киргувчи кимсадан бошқани.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Përveç atij që është i gjykuar për Xhehennem.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Marka laga reebo kuwagali jaxiimo.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Sizler ve taptığınız şeyler, cehenneme girecek kimseden başkasını Allah'a karşı azdırıcı değilsiniz.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • кроме тех, кому суждено сгореть в Аду.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • мәгәр җәһәннәмгә салыначак кешеләрне үзегезгә ияртеп аздырырсыз".

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • магар он касро, ки роҳии ҷаҳаннам бошад.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (ئى كاپىرلار!) شۈبھىسىزكى، سىلەر (اﷲ) دوزاخقا كىرىشنى (پۈتۈۋەتكەن) كىشىدىن باشقا ھېچ ئەھەدىنى ئازدۇرالمايسىلەر، سىلەر چوقۇنۇۋاتقان بۇتلارمۇ ئازدۇرالمايدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • علاوہ اس کے جس کو جہّنم میں جانا ہی ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • غیر له هغه چا نه چې هغه په دوزخ كې ننوتونكى دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پر اُنھن کي جيڪو (پاڻ) دوزخ ۾ گھڙڻ وارو آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • مه‌گه‌ر ئه‌و که‌سه‌ی نیشته‌جێی ناو دۆزه‌خه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ނަރަކަޔަށް ވަންނަހުށި މީހަކު މެނުވީ، ތިޔަބައިމީހުންނަކަށް މަގުފުރައްދައެއް ނުލެވޭނެތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ያንን እርሱ ገሀነምን ገቢ የሆነውን ሰው ቢሆን እንጅ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • শুধুমাত্র তাদের ছাড়া যারা জাহান্নামে পৌছাবে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நரகைச் சென்றடைபவர்களைத் தவிர.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നരകത്തില്‍ വെന്തെരിയാന്‍ പോകുന്നവനാരോ അവനെയല്ലാതെ.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 37:163 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 37:163 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 37:163 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.