34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 80:38 compared

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

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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  • [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

    Saheeh International

  • Some faces will be bright on that day,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Some faces that Day will be beaming,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Some faces on that day shall shine

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • در آن روز چهره هایی درخشان و نورانی است

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • در آن روز، چهره‌هایی درخشانند،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O gün bir çox üzlər parlayacaq,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Banyak muka pada hari itu berseri-seri,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Muka (orang-orang yang beriman) pada hari itu berseri-seri,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • neka lica biće toga Dana blistava,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • (Die einen) Gesichter werden an jenem Tag erstrahlen,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Ese día habrá rostros radiantes,

    Isa García

Français

  • Ce jour-là, il y aura des visages rayonnants,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Wasu huskõki, a rãnar nan, mãsu haske ne.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Siku hiyo ziko nyuso zitazo nawiri,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Gezichten zullen er op die dag stralend zijn,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • У кунда порлоқ чеҳралар бор.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Atë ditë do të ketë fytyra të shndritura,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wajiyaal Maalintaas way Nuuri (Farxi).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • O gün bir takım yüzler aydınlıktır, gülmekte ve sevinmektedir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • В тот день одни лица будут сиять,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул көндә кайбер йөзләр якты,

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Чеҳраҳое дар он рӯз дурахшонанд,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇ كۈندە نۇرغۇن يۈزلەردىن نۇر، كۈلكە ۋە خۇشال - خۇراملىق يېغىپ تۇرىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اس دن کچھ چہرے روشن ہوں گے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • څه مخونه به په دغې ورځ كې روښانه وي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ڪيترائي منھن اُن ڏينھن روشن ھوندا.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له‌و ڕۆژه‌دا ڕووخسارانێك گه‌ش و جوان و ڕوون و شادن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެދުވަހުން އަލިވެ، ހިނިއައިސް، އުފާވެފައިވާ މޫނުތަކެއްވާނެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ፊቶች በዚያ ቀን አብሪዎች ናቸው፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অনেক মুখমন্ডল সেদিন হবে উজ্জ্বল,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அந்நாளில் சில முகங்கள் இலங்கிக் கொண்டிருக்கும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അന്ന് ചില മുഖങ്ങള്‍ പ്രസന്നതയുള്ളവയായിരിക്കും

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 80:38 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 80:38 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 80:38 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.