34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 85:7 compared

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ

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 they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

    Saheeh International

  • as they were themselves witnesses to what they did to the faithful.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and were themselves witnesses of what they did with the believers.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و آنچه را از شکنجه و آسیب درباره مؤمنان انجام می دادند تماشاگر و ناظر بودند

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و خود بر آنچه بر [سر] مؤمنان می‌آوردند، گواه بودند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Öz əsgərlərinin) mö’minlərin başlarına gətirdiklərinə (müsibətlərə) tamaşa edirdilər.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • sedang mereka menyaksikan apa yang mereka perbuat terhadap orang-orang yang beriman.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Sambil mereka melihat apa yang mereka lakukan kepada orang-orang yang beriman.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i bili svjedoci onoga što su vjernicima radili!

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und Zeugen dessen waren, was sie den Gläubigen antaten.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • para presenciar lo que cometían contra los creyentes,

    Isa García

Français

  • ils étaient ainsi témoins de ce qu'ils faisaient des croyants,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Alhãli sũ, bisa ga abin da suke aikatãwa ga mũminai, sunã halarce.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na wao ni mashahidi wa yale waliyo kuwa wakiwafanyia Waumini.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • en getuige waren van wat zij de gelovigen aandeden!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва улар мўминларга қилаётган нарсаларига ўзлари ҳозирдирлар.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe dëshmonin atë që bënin me besimtarët.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • iyagoo daawan waxa lagu fali Mu'miniinta «oo Jirrabaad ah».

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Hazırladıkları hendekleri, tutuşturulmuş ateşle doldurarak onun çevresinde oturup, inanmış kimselere dinlerinden dönmeleri için yaptıkları işkenceleri seyredenler kahrolmuştur!

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • будучи свидетелями того, что творят с верующими.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Алар мөэминнәрне утта яндырып ґәзаб кылуларына гуаһлардыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва бар он чӣ бар сари мӯъминон меоваранд, шоҳид буданд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئەينى ۋاقىتتا ئۇلار ئورەكلەر ئۈستىدە ئولتۇرۇپ ئۆزلىرىنىڭ مۆمىنلەرگە قىلىۋاتقان ئىشلىرىنى كۆرۈپ تۇراتتى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور وہ مومنین کے ساتھ جو سلوک کررہے تھے خود ہی اس کے گواہ بھی ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او دوى هغه څه ته چې دوى به په مومنانو باندې كول؛ حاضر وو

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ جيڪي اُنھن مسلمانن سان (ظلم) ٿي ڪيو تنھن کي روبرو ڏسڻ وارا ھوا.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له نزیکه‌وه چاودێری ئه‌و کاره‌ساته‌یان ده‌کرد که به‌سه‌ر باوه‌ڕداراندا ده‌هێنرێت و خۆیان له نزیکه‌وه سه‌رپه‌رشتیان ده‌کرد.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • مؤمن ންނަށް އެއުރެން ކަންތައްކުރާގޮތް، އެއުރެން ދެކޭންތިބި حال ގައެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እነርሱም በምእምናኖቹ በሚሠሩት (ማሰቃየት) ላይ መስካሪዎች ናቸው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং তারা বিশ্বাসীদের সাথে যা করেছিল, তা নিরীক্ষণ করছিল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • முஃமின்களை அவர்கள் (நெருப்புக் குண்டத்தில் போட்டு வேதனை) செய்ததற்கு அவர்களே சாட்சிகளாக இருந்தனர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • സത്യവിശ്വാസികളെക്കൊണ്ട് തങ്ങള്‍ ചെയ്യുന്നതിന് അവര്‍ ദൃക്‌സാക്ഷികളായിരുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 85:7 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 85:7 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 85:7 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.