34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 85:18 compared

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ

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

5
  • [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?

    Saheeh International

  • of Pharaoh and Thamud?

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud?

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Of Pharaoh and the Thamud?

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Pharaoh and Thamood?

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • [سپاهیان] فرعون و ثمود [که به سبب تکذیبشان به عذابی دردناک دچار شدند؛]

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • فرعون و ثمود بر تو آمد؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Fir’on və Səmud (ordularının)?

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • (yaitu kaum) Fir'aun dan (kaum) Tsamud?

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Mereka itu ialah kaum) Firaun, dan Thamud (kaum Nabi Soleh).

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • o faraonu i Semudu?

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Fir'auns und der Tamud?

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • del Faraón y del pueblo de Zamud [que desmintieron a los Mensajeros y los destruí]?

    Isa García

Français

  • de Pharaon, et de Thamûd?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Fir'auna da samũdãwa?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Ya Firauni na Thamudi?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Van Fir'aun en de Thamoed?

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Фиръавн ва Самуднинг.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Të faraonit dhe të Thmeudit?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Fircoon iyo Thamuud.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Firavun ve Semud ordularının haberi sana geldi mi?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • о Фараоне и самудянах?

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Фиргаун гаскәренең һәм Сәмуд кавеме гаскәренең хәбәре, алар бар да Аллаһ тарафыннан һәлак ителделәр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Лашкарҳои Фиръавну қавми Самуд,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (ئى مۇھەممەد!) سەن لەشكەرلەرنىڭ - پىرئەۋن ۋە سەمۇدنىڭ قىسسىسىدىن خەۋەر تاپتىڭمۇ؟

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • فرعون اور قوم ثمود کی خبر

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • چې فرعونیان او ثمودیان وو

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (يعني) فرعون ۽ ثمود جي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • که له‌شکری فیرعه‌ون و ثموده‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • فرعون އާއި، ثمود ބާގައިގެ لشكر ގެ ވާހަކަ، ކަލޭގެފާނާ ހަމަޔަށް އައިސްފައިވޭތޯއެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • የፈርዖንና የሰሙድ፤ (ወሬ)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • ফেরাউনের এবং সামুদের?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • ஃபிர்அவ்னுடையவும், ஸமூதுடையவும்,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അഥവാ ഫിര്‍ഔന്‍റെയും ഥമൂദിന്‍റെയും (വര്‍ത്തമാനം).

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 85:18 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 85:18 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 85:18 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.