34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 7:118 compared

فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

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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  • So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.

    Saheeh International

  • So the truth came out, and what they had wrought was reduced to naught.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Thus was the Truth vindicated and that which they were doing was made vain.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • So the truth came to pass, and false was proved what they were doing.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • پس حق ثابت شد و آنچه را همواره جادوگران [به عنوان سِحر] انجام می دادند، باطل و پوچ گشت.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • پس حقیقت آشکار گردید و کارهایی که می‌کردند باطل شد.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Artıq haqq zahir, olanların uydurub düzəltdikləri yalanlar isə batil oldu.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Karena itu nyatalah yang benar dan batallah yang selalu mereka kerjakan.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Maka sabitlah kebenaran (mukjizat Nabi Musa), dan batalah (sihir) yang mereka telah lakukan.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • I tako istina na vidjelo izbi i pokaza se da je bilo lažno ono što su oni priredili,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • So bestätigte sich die Wahrheit, und zunichte wurde das, was sie taten.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Entonces quedó en evidencia la verdad y la falsedad de lo que [los hechiceros] habían hecho.

    Isa García

Français

  • Ainsi la vérité se manifesta et ce qu'ils firent fût vain.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Gaskiya ta auku, kuma abin da suke aikatãwa ya ɓãci.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kweli ikathibiti na yakabat'ilika waliyo kuwa wakiyatenda.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Toen kwam de waarheid aan het licht en wat zij deden bleek vals te zijn.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Бас, ҳақ қарор топди ва уларнинг қилаётганлари ботил бўлди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Atëherë u dëshmua e vërteta dhe u zhduk ajo që kishin përgatitur.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxaana Sugnaaday Xaqii waxaana Buray waxay Falayeen.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Hak tahakkuk etti, onların yaptıkları boşa gitti.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Истина подтвердилась, и тщетным оказалось то, что они совершали.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Хаклык өскә чыгып аларның сихергә таянып эшләгән ялган эшләре батыл булды – юкка чыкты.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Пас ҳақ ба субут расид ва корҳои онон ботил шуд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ھەقىقەت ئاشكارا بولدى، ئۇلارنىڭ كۆرسەتكەن سېھىرلىرى بەربات بولدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • نتیجہ یہ ہوا کہ حق ثابت ہوگیا اور ان کا کاروبار باطل ہوگیا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو حق ثابت شو او هغه څه باطل شول چې هغوى به كول

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ سچ پڌرو ٿيو ۽ جيڪي ڪندا رھيا سو ڪوڙو ٿيو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌وسا ئیتر حه‌ق چه‌سپاو ده‌رکه‌وت و پووچه‌ڵیش بوه‌وه ئه‌وه‌ی ئه‌وان ده‌یانکرد.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، حق ތެދު ފާޅުވެއްޖެއެވެ. އަދި އެއުރެން ކޮށްއުޅުނު ކަންތައް باطل ވެގެން ހިނގައްޖެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እውነቱም ተገለጸ፡፡ ይሠሩት የነበሩትም (ድግምት) ተበላሸ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সুতরাং এভাবে প্রকাশ হয়ে গেল সত্য বিষয় এবং ভুল প্রতিপন্ন হয়ে গেল যা কিছু তারা করেছিল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இவ்வாறு உண்மை உறுதியாயிற்று, அவர்கள் செய்த (சூனியங்கள்) யாவும் வீணாகி விட்டன.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അങ്ങനെ സത്യം സ്ഥിരപ്പെടുകയും, അവര്‍ പ്രവര്‍ത്തിച്ചിരുന്നതെല്ലാം നിഷ്ഫലമാകുകയും ചെയ്തു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 7:118 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 7:118 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 7:118 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.