Translation of the meanings Ayah 4 Surah Al-Balad - Afri translation - Mahmoud Abdulqader Hamza - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

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Al-Anbiyaa
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Al-Hajj
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Ar-Room
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Luqman
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Al-Ahzaab
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Saba
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Fātir

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Faatir
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Yaseen
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Sād

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Saad
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Az-Zumar

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Az-Zumar
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Ghāfir

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Al-Ghaafir
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Fussilat

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Fussilat
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Ash-Shūra

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Ash-Shura
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Az-Zukhruf

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Az-Zukhruf
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Ad-Dukhān

59 آيات

Ad-Dukhaan
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Al-Jāthiyah

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Al-Jaathiya
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Al-Ahqāf

35 آيات

Al-Ahqaf
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Muhammad

38 آيات

Muhammad
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Al-Fat'h

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Al-Fath
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Al-Hujurāt

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Al-Hujuraat
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Qāf

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Qaaf
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Adh-Dhāriyāt

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Adh-Dhaariyat
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At-Toor

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At-Tur
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An-Najm

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An-Najm
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Al-Qamar

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Al-Qamar
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Ar-Rahmān

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Ar-Rahmaan
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Al-Wāqi‘ah

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Al-Waaqia
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Al-Hadīd

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Al-Hadid
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Al-Mujādalah

22 آيات

Al-Mujaadila
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Al-Hashr

24 آيات

Al-Hashr
60

Al-Mumtahanah

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Al-Mumtahana
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As-Saff

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As-Saff
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Al-Jumu‘ah

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Al-Jumu'a
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Al-Munāfiqūn

11 آيات

Al-Munaafiqoon
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At-Taghābun

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At-Taghaabun
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At-Talāq

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At-Talaaq
66

At-Tahrīm

12 آيات

At-Tahrim
67

Al-Mulk

30 آيات

Al-Mulk
68

Al-Qalam

52 آيات

Al-Qalam
69

Al-Hāqqah

52 آيات

Al-Haaqqa
70

Al-Ma‘ārij

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Al-Ma'aarij
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Nūh

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Nooh
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Al-Jinn

28 آيات

Al-Jinn
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Al-Muzzammil

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Al-Muzzammil
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Al-Muddaththir

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Al-Muddaththir
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Al-Qiyāmah

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Al-Qiyaama
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Al-Insān

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Al-Insaan
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Al-Mursalāt

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Al-Mursalaat
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An-Naba’

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An-Naba
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An-Nāzi‘āt

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An-Naazi'aat
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‘Abasa

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Abasa
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At-Takwīr

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At-Takwir
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Al-Infitār

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Al-Infitaar
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Al-Mutaffifīn

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Al-Mutaffifin
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Al-Inshiqāq

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Al-Inshiqaaq
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Al-Burūj

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Al-Burooj
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At-Tāriq

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At-Taariq
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Al-A‘lā

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Al-A'laa
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Al-Ghāshiyah

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Al-Ghaashiya
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Al-Fajr

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Al-Fajr
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Al-Balad

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Al-Balad
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Ash-Shams

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Ash-Shams
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Al-Layl

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Al-Lail
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Ad-Duhā

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Ad-Dhuhaa
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Ash-Sharh

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Ash-Sharh
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At-Teen

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At-Tin
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Al-‘Alaq

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Al-Alaq
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Al-Qadr

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Al-Qadr
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Al-Bayyinah

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Al-Bayyina
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Az-Zalzalah

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Az-Zalzala
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Al-‘Ādiyāt

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Al-Aadiyaat
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Al-Qāri‘ah

11 آيات

Al-Qaari'a
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At-Takāthur

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At-Takaathur
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Al-‘Asr

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Al-Asr
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Al-Humazah

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Al-Humaza
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Al-Feel

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Al-Fil
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Quraysh

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Quraish
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Al-Mā‘ūn

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Al-Maa'un
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Al-Kawthar

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Al-Kawthar
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Al-Kāfirūn

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Al-Kaafiroon
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An-Nasr

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An-Nasr
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Al-Masad

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Al-Masad
112

Al-Ikhlās

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Al-Ikhlaas
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Al-Falaq

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Al-Falaq
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An-Nās

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Page Number: 594

4 : 90

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

4. Nummah seehadaytu taqabih ginne addunyal rabba iyyam fan.

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أختر الترجمة

En - English

English translation - Rowwad Translation Center

English Translation - Noor International Center

English Translation - Hilali and Khan

English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary (in progress)

Ar - العربية

Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran in Arabic language

Arabic language - Abridged Interpretation

Arabic language - Meanings of words

Al-Yasir in Interpretation

Fr - Français

French translation - Rashid Maash

French translation - issued by Noor International

French translation - Muhammad Hamidullah

French translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Es - Español

Spanish translation - issued by Noor International

Spanish Translation - Isa Garcia

Spanish (Latin) translation - issued by Noor International

Spanish translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Pt - Português

Portuguese translation - Helmi Nasr

El - ελληνικά

Greek Translation - Rowad Translation Center

De - Deutsch

German Translation - Frank Bubenheim

German translation - Abu Rida

German Translation - Rowwad Translation Center

It - Italiano

Italian translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Italian translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Bg - български

Bulgarian translation

Ro - Română

Romanian translation - Islam4ro.com

Nl - Nederlands

Dutch translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Tr - Türkçe

Turkish translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Turkish Translation - Shaaban British

Turkish translation - Dr. Ali Ozek and others

Turkish translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Az - Azərbaycanca

Azerbaijani translation - Alikhan Musayev

Azerbaijani translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Ka - ქართული

Georgian translation (in progress)

Mk

Macedonian translation - a group of Macedonian scholars

Sq - Shqip

Albanian Translation - Hasan Nahi

Albanian translation - Rowwad Translation Center (in progress)

Bs - Bosanski

Bosnian Translation - Rowwad Translation Centre

Bosnian Translation - Muhammad Mihanovich

Bosnian Translation - Besim Korkut

Bosnian translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Ru - Русский

Russian Translation by Abu Adel

Sr - Српски

Serbian translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Serbian translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Hr

Croatian translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Lt

Lithuanian Translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Uk - українська

Ukrainian translation - Mikhailo Yakuboych

Kk - қазақ тілі

Kazakh translation - Khalifa Altai

Uz - Ўзбек

Uzbek translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Uzbek Translation - Muhammad Sadiq

Uzbek translation - Alaauddin Mansour

Uzbek translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Tg - тоҷикӣ

Tajik translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Tajik translation - Khoja Mirov Khoja Mir

Ky - Кыргызча

Kyrgyz translation - Shamsuddin Hakimov

Kyrgyz translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Ci - Адыгэбзэ

Ti - ትግርኛ

Id - Bahasa Indonesia

Indonesian Translation - Sabeq Company

Indonesian translation - Ministry of Religious Affairs

Indonesian translation - The Assembly

Indonesian translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Tl - Wikang Tagalog

Filipino (Tagalog) translation- Rowwad Translation Center

Persian Filipino (Tagalog) translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Bis

Filipino translation (Bisayan) - Rowwad Translation Center

Ilp

Filipino (Iranun) Translation

Mdh - Maguindanaon

Filipino Translation (Maguindanaon) - Rowad Translation Center

Ms

Malay translation - Abdullah Basumayyah

Zh - 中文

Chinese translation - Muhammad Sulaiman

Chinese Translation - Muhammad Makin

Chinese translation - Basair

Chinese translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Ug - ئۇيغۇرچە

Uyghur translation - Muhammad Saleh

Uyghur translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Ja - 日本語

Japanese translation - Saeed Sato

Japanese translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Ko - 한국어

Korean Translation - Hamed Choi

Korean Translation - Rowwad Translation Center (in progress)

Vi - Tiếng Việt

Vietnamese translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Vietnamese translation - Hasan Abdulkarim

Vietnamese translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Th - ไทย

Thai translation - A group of seekers of knowledge

Thai translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Km

Khmer translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Khmer translation - Islamic Community Development Association

Khmer translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Fa - فارسی

Persian translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Persian Translation - As-Saadi's interpretation

Persian translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Prs

Dari translation - Muhammad Anwar Badakhshani

Ku - Kurdî

Kurdish translation - Muhammad Salih Bamoki

Kurdish translation - Salahuddin

Kurdish translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Kmr

Kurdish (Kurmanji) translation - Ismail Segari

Ps - پښتو

Pashto Translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Pashto translation - Abu Zakaria

Pashto translation - Maulvi Janbaz Sarfaraz

Pashto translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

He - עברית

Hebrew translation - Darussalam Association

Ur - اردو

Urdu translation - Muhammad Junagarhi

Hi - हिन्दी

Hindi translation - Azizul Haq Al-Omari

Hindi translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Bn - বাংলা

Bengali translation - Abu Bakr Zakaria

Bengali translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Mr

Marathi translation - Muhammad Shafi Ansari

Te - తెలుగు

Telugu translation - Abdurrahim ibn Muhammad

Telugu translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Gu

Gujarati translation - Rabila Al-Omari

Ml - മലയാളം

Malayalam translation - Abdulhamid Haidar Al-Madany & Kunhi Muhammad

Malayalam translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Malayalam translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Kn - ಕನ್ನಡ

Kannada translation - Hamza Butur

Kannada language - Sh. Bashir Misuri

As - অসমীয়া

Assamese translation - Rafiqul Islam Habibur Rahman.

Asamesee translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Pa

Punjabi translation - Arif Halim

Ta - தமிழ்

Tamil translation - Omar Sharif

Tamil translation - Abdulhamid Albaqoi

Tamil translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Si - සිංහල

Sinhalese translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Sinhalese translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Ne - नेपाली

Nepali translation - Ahlul Hadith Association

Sw - Kiswahili

Swahili translation - Rowad Translation Center

Swahili translation - Ali Muhsen Al-Berwani

Swahili translation - Abdullah Muhammad & Naser Khamis

So - Soomaali

Somali Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub

Am - አማርኛ

Amharic translation - Africa Academy

Amharic translation - Muhammad Sadiq

Yo - Èdè Yorùbá

Yoruba translation - Abu Rahima Mikael

Ha - Hausa

Hausa translation - Abu Bakr Jomy

Om

Oromo translation - Gali Ababor

Mg - Malagasy

Malagasy translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Luy

Luhya translation - International Society for Science and Culture

Aa - Afaraf

Lg - Luganda

Luganda translation - African Development Foundation

Nqo

N'ko translation - Sulaiman Kanti

N'ko translation - Baba Mamadi

Rw - Kinyarwanda

Kinyarwanda translation - Rwanda Muslim Association

Rn

Kirundi translation - Yusuf Gheti

Mos - Mõõré

Moore translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Dag

Dagbani translation - Muhammad Baba Ghutubo

Ny

Chewa translation - Khaled Ibrahim Batyala

Asn

Akan Translation (Asante)- Harun Ismail

Yao

Yaw translation - Muhammad ibn Abdulhamid Silika

Ff - Pulaar

Fulani Translation - Rowad Translation Center

Fulani translation of Al-Mukhtsar in interpretation of the Noble Quran

Ln

Lingala translation - Mohammed Balangogo

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English translation - Rowwad Translation Center

English Translation - Noor International Center

Arabic language - Abridged Interpretation

Arabic language - Meanings of words

Al-Yasir in Interpretation

English Translation - Hilali and Khan

English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary (in progress)

English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub

French translation - Rashid Maash

French translation - issued by Noor International

French translation - Muhammad Hamidullah

Spanish translation - issued by Noor International

Spanish Translation - Isa Garcia

Spanish (Latin) translation - issued by Noor International

Portuguese translation - Helmi Nasr

Greek Translation - Rowad Translation Center

German Translation - Frank Bubenheim

German translation - Abu Rida

German Translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Italian translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Bulgarian translation

Romanian translation - Islam4ro.com

Dutch translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Turkish translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Turkish Translation - Shaaban British

Turkish translation - Dr. Ali Ozek and others

Azerbaijani translation - Alikhan Musayev

Georgian translation (in progress)

Macedonian translation - a group of Macedonian scholars

Albanian Translation - Hasan Nahi

Albanian translation - Rowwad Translation Center (in progress)

Bosnian Translation - Rowwad Translation Centre

Bosnian Translation - Muhammad Mihanovich

Bosnian Translation - Besim Korkut

Russian Translation by Abu Adel

Serbian translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Croatian translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Lithuanian Translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Ukrainian translation - Mikhailo Yakuboych

Kazakh translation - Khalifa Altai

Uzbek translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Uzbek Translation - Muhammad Sadiq

Uzbek translation - Alaauddin Mansour

Tajik translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Tajik translation - Khoja Mirov Khoja Mir

Kyrgyz translation - Shamsuddin Hakimov

Circassian language - Rowwad Translation Center

Tigrinya language - Burhan

Indonesian Translation - Sabeq Company

Indonesian translation - Ministry of Religious Affairs

Indonesian translation - The Assembly

Filipino (Tagalog) translation- Rowwad Translation Center

Filipino translation (Bisayan) - Rowwad Translation Center

Filipino (Iranun) Translation

Filipino Translation (Maguindanaon) - Rowad Translation Center

Malay translation - Abdullah Basumayyah

Chinese translation - Muhammad Sulaiman

Chinese Translation - Muhammad Makin

Chinese translation - Basair

Uyghur translation - Muhammad Saleh

Japanese translation - Saeed Sato

Korean Translation - Hamed Choi

Korean Translation - Rowwad Translation Center (in progress)

Vietnamese translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Vietnamese translation - Hasan Abdulkarim

Thai translation - A group of seekers of knowledge

Khmer translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Khmer translation - Islamic Community Development Association

Persian translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Persian Translation - As-Saadi's interpretation

Dari translation - Muhammad Anwar Badakhshani

Kurdish translation - Muhammad Salih Bamoki

Kurdish translation - Salahuddin

Kurdish (Kurmanji) translation - Ismail Segari

Pashto Translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Pashto translation - Abu Zakaria

Pashto translation - Maulvi Janbaz Sarfaraz

Hebrew translation - Darussalam Association

Urdu translation - Muhammad Junagarhi

Hindi translation - Azizul Haq Al-Omari

Bengali translation - Abu Bakr Zakaria

Marathi translation - Muhammad Shafi Ansari

Telugu translation - Abdurrahim ibn Muhammad

Gujarati translation - Rabila Al-Omari

Malayalam translation - Abdulhamid Haidar Al-Madany & Kunhi Muhammad

Kannada translation - Hamza Butur

Kannada language - Sh. Bashir Misuri

Assamese translation - Rafiqul Islam Habibur Rahman.

Punjabi translation - Arif Halim

Tamil translation - Omar Sharif

Tamil translation - Abdulhamid Albaqoi

Sinhalese translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Nepali translation - Ahlul Hadith Association

Swahili translation - Rowad Translation Center

Swahili translation - Ali Muhsen Al-Berwani

Swahili translation - Abdullah Muhammad & Naser Khamis

Somali Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub

Amharic translation - Africa Academy

Amharic translation - Muhammad Sadiq

Yoruba translation - Abu Rahima Mikael

Hausa translation - Abu Bakr Jomy

Oromo translation - Gali Ababor

Malagasy translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Luhya translation - International Society for Science and Culture

Afri translation - Mahmoud Abdulqader Hamza

Luganda translation - African Development Foundation

N'ko translation - Sulaiman Kanti

N'ko translation - Baba Mamadi

Kinyarwanda translation - Rwanda Muslim Association

Kirundi translation - Yusuf Gheti

Moore translation - Rowwad Translation Center

Dagbani translation - Muhammad Baba Ghutubo

Chewa translation - Khaled Ibrahim Batyala

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Yaw translation - Muhammad ibn Abdulhamid Silika

Fulani Translation - Rowad Translation Center

Lingala translation - Mohammed Balangogo

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