34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 7:119 compared

فَغُلِبُوا۟ هُنَالِكَ وَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ صَٰغِرِينَ

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 Pharaoh and his people were overcome right there and became debased.

    Saheeh International

  • Thereat they were vanquished, and they retreated, humiliated.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Thus were they there defeated and brought low.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and were made to look small.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • So they were vanquished there, and they turned about, humbled.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • پس [فرعونیان] در آنجا مغلوب شدند و با ذلت و خواری بازگشتند.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و در آنجا مغلوب و خوار گردیدند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Sehrbazlar) orada məğlub edildilər və xar olaraq geri döndülər.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Maka mereka kalah di tempat itu dan jadilah mereka orang-orang yang hina.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Oleh itu, kalahlah Firaun dan Ketua-ketua kaumnya di situ dan kembalilah mereka dengan keadaan yang hina.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i tu oni bijahu pobijeđeni i ostadoše poniženi,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Sie wurden dort besiegt und kehrten gering geachtet zurück.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Y fueron vencidos [los hechiceros] quedando humillados.

    Isa García

Français

  • Ainsi ils furent battus et se trouvèrent humiliés.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sai aka rinjãye su a can, kuma suka jũya sunã ƙasƙantattu.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kwa hivyo walishindwa hapo, na wakageuka kuwa wadogo.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Zij werden daar dus overwonnen en keerden om als gekleineerden.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ўша ерда енгилдилар ва беобрў бўлдилар.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Aty u mundën ata (magjistarët dhe faraoni) dhe u kthyen të poshtëruar.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxaana lagaga Adkaaday Gaaladii halkaas, waxayna noqdeen iyagoo Dullaysan.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İşte orada yenildiler, küçük düştüler.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Они были повержены там и вернулись униженными.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Шул урында сихерчеләр җиңелделәр вә хур булып кайттылар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Дар ҳамон ҷо мағлуб шуданд ва хору забун бозгаштанд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • بۇ يەردە ئۇلار (يەنى پىرئەۋن بىلەن قەۋمى) مەغلۇپ بولدى، خار بولغان ھالدا (شەھەرگە قايتتى)

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • وہ سب مغلوب ہوگئے اور ذلیل ہوکر واپس ہوگئے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو دوى (ساحران) په دغه ځاى كې مغلوب شول او دوى ذلیله سپك وګرځېدل

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ (فرعون وارا) اُن ھنڌ مغلوب ٿيا ۽ خوار ٿي موٽيا.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئیتر له‌و گۆڕه‌پانه‌دا (فیرعه‌ون و داروده‌سته‌که‌ی) شکستیان پێهێنراو به‌سه‌ر شۆڕیی و شه‌رمه‌زاری گه‌ڕانه‌وه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، އެތާނގައި އެއުރެން ދެރަވެ ބަލިވެއްޖައޫއެވެ. އަދި އެއުރެން ނިކަމެތީންކަމުގައި ވެގެން ހިނގައްޖައޫއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እዚያ ዘንድ ተሸነፉም፡፡ ወራዶችም ኾነው ተመለሱ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সুতরাং তারা সেখানেই পরাজিত হয়ে গেল এবং অতীব লাঞ্ছিত হল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அங்கேயே தோற்கடிக்கப்பட்டார்கள்; அதனால் அவர்கள் சிறுமைப்பட்டார்கள்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അങ്ങനെ അവിടെ വെച്ച് അവര്‍ പരാജയപ്പെടുകയും, അവര്‍ നിസ്സാരന്‍മാരായി മാറുകയും ചെയ്തു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 7:119 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 7:119 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 7:119 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.