34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 52:12 compared

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

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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  • Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

    Saheeh International

  • —those who play around in vain talk,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Who play in talk of grave matters;

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • such as play at plunging,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • همانان که با فرو رفتن [در گفتار و کردار باطل با حقایق] بازی می کنند.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آنان که به یاوه سرگرمند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O kəslər ki, (dünyada) yalana qurşanıb qəflət içində oynayarlar.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • (yaitu) orang-orang yang bermain-main dalam kebathilan,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Iaitu orang-orang yang leka bermain-main dalam kesesatan.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • koji su se, ogrezli u laž, zabavljali! –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • die in schweifenden Gesprächen ihr Spiel treiben!

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • aquellos que en su ignorancia se burlaban.

    Isa García

Français

  • ceux qui s'ébattent dans des discours frivoles

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Waɗanda suke a cikin kududdufi sunã wãsã.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Ambao wanacheza katika mambo ya upuuzi.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • zij die in geklets schertsen.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • (Ботилга) шўнғиб ўйнайдиганларга! («вайл» сўзи гоҳида «ҳалокат», гоҳида «дўзах» маъносида ишлатилади ва иккаласи ҳам бу оятга мосдир.)

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Të cilët luajnë të zhytur në besime të kota.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ee ah kuwa tiimbashada xumaanta ku dhex ciyaari.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Göğün sarsıldıkça sarsılacağı, dağların yürüdükçe yürüyeceği gün; işte o gün, daldıkları yerde eğlenip oyalanarak kıyameti yalanlayanlara yazık olacak!

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • кто забавляется, предаваясь празднословию.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Алар хакны инкяр итеп, бозык эшләрне эшләү белән һәм ялган сөйләү белән уйнаучылардыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • онон, ки саргарми кордон ботили худанд!

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار (دۇنيادا) غەپلەتكە چۆمگەنلەردۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جو محلات میں پڑے کھیل تماشہ کررہے ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • هغه كسان چې دوى په بېكاره خبرو (جوړولو) كې لوبې كوي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جيڪي اَجاين ڳالھين ۾ راند ڪندا آھن.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌وانه‌ی که‌رۆچووه و گاڵته ده‌که‌ن به‌ئیسلام و پێغه‌مبه‌ر و قورئان.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެއުރެންނީ ހަމަ باطل ވާހަކައިގައި ކުޅެކުޅެތިބޭ މީހުންނެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ለእነዚያ እነርሱ በውሸት ውስጥ የሚጫወቱ ለኾኑት፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যারা ক্রীড়াচ্ছলে মিছেমিছি কথা বানায়।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • எவர்கள் (பொய்யானவற்றில்) மூழ்கி விளையாடிக் கொண்டிருக்கின்றனரோ,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അതായത് അനാവശ്യകാര്യങ്ങളില്‍ മുഴുകി കളിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നവര്‍ക്ക്‌

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 52:12 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 52:12 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 52:12 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.