34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 80:40 compared

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

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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  • And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

    Saheeh International

  • and some faces on that day will be covered with dust,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And other faces that Day will be dust-stained,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • some faces on that day shall be dusty

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و در آن روز چهره هایی است که بر آنان غبار نشسته

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و در آن روز، چهره‌هایی است که بر آنها غبار نشسته،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O gün bir çox üzlərə isə toz-torpaq qonacaq,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan banyak (pula) muka pada hari itu tertutup debu,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan muka (orang-orang yang ingkar) pada hari itu penuh berdebu,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • a na nekim licima toga Dana biće prašina,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Und auf (den anderen) Gesichtern wird an jenem Tag Staub sein.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Pero habrá otros rostros ensombrecidos,

    Isa García

Français

  • De même qu'il y aura, ce jour-là, des visages couverts de poussière,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Wasu huskõki, a rãnar nan, akwai ƙũra a kansu.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na nyuso siku hiyo zitakuwa na mavumbi,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En gezichten zullen er op die dag zijn met stof erop

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • У кунда ғубор босган чеҳралар бор.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Atë ditë do të ketë edhe fytyra të pluhëruara,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wajiyaalna Maalintaas waxaa ka muuqan Dulli.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • O gün birtakım yüzler de tozlanmış ve onları karanlık bürümüştür.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • На других же лицах в тот день будет прах,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә ул көндә кайбер йөзләрдә караңгылык тузан булыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва чеҳраҳое дар он рӯз ғуборолуданд,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • يەنە بۇ كۈندە نۇرغۇن يۈزلەرنى چاڭ - توزان بېسىپ كەتكەن، قارىداپ كەتكەن بولىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور کچھ چہرے غبار آلود ہوں گے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او څه مخونه به په دغې ورځ كې پر هغو به ګرد پروت وي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ ڪيترائي منھن (ھوندا) جن تي اُن ڏينھن رئي پيل ھوندي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له‌و ڕۆژه‌دا ڕووخسارانێکیش هه‌ن که گژو تاڵ و تۆزاوی و په‌ست غه‌مگینن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި އެދުވަހުން އެ މޫނުތަކެއްގެ މައްޗަށް ހިރަފުސް އަރާފައިވާ މޫނުތަކެއްވެސް ވާނެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ፊቶችም በዚያ ቀን በላያቸው ላይ ትቢያ አልለባቸው፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং অনেক মুখমন্ডল সেদিন হবে ধুলি ধূসরিত।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • ஆனால் அந்நாளில் - (வேறு) சில முகங்கள், அவற்றின் மீது புழுதி படிந்திருக்கும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • വെറെ ചില മുഖങ്ങളാകട്ടെ അന്ന് പൊടി പുരണ്ടിരിക്കും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 80:40 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 80:40 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 80:40 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.