34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 69:30 compared

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

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
  • [Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

    Saheeh International

  • [The angels will be told:] ‘Seize him, and fetter him!

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • (It will be said): Take him and fetter him

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • 'Take him, and fetter him,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • [فرمان آید] او را بگیرید و در غل و زنجیرش کشید،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • [گویند:] «بگیرید او را و در غل کشید.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Allah dərgahından belə bir nida gələcəkdir:) “Onu tutub qandallayın!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • (Allah berfirman): "Peganglah dia lalu belenggulah tangannya ke lehernya.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Lalu diperintahkan malaikat penjaga neraka): "Tangkaplah orang yang berdosa itu serta belenggulah dia, -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • "Držite ga i u okove okujte,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • - "Nehmt ihn und fesselt ihn dann.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • [Dios dirá a los ángeles:] "Aprésenlo y encadénenlo.

    Isa García

Français

  • «Saisissez-le! Puis, mettez-lui un carcan;

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • (Sai a ce wa malã'iku) "Ku kãmã shi, sa'an nan ku sanyã shi a cikin ƙuƙumi."

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • (Pasemwe): Mshikeni! Mtieni pingu!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • "Grijpt hem en bindt hem.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Тутинглар уни ва кишанланглар уни!!!

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • U thuhet zebanive: Kapnie atë, vënja prangat!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxaa loo odhan qabta oo Gacmihiisa iyo luquntiisa isku xira.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İlgililere şöyle buyurulur: "O'nu alın, bağlayın."

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Схватите его и закуйте,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Аллаһ ґәзаб фәрештәләренә әйтер: "Алыгыз ул кешене, богаулагыз аны!

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • «Бигиредаш, занҷираш кунед!

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (اﷲ دوزاخقا مۇئەككەل پەرىشتىلەرگە) ئېيتىدۇ: «ئۇنى تۇتۇڭلار، ئۇنىڭغا تاقاق سېلىڭلار،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اب اسے پکڑو اور گرفتار کرلو

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • (وبه ویل شي:) دى ونیسئ، پس دى په زلونو سره وتړئ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (ملائڪن کي چئبو ته) پڪڙيوس پوءِ ڳچيءَ ۾ ڳٽ ٻڌوس.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • (ئه‌وسا ئیتر فه‌رمان ده‌درێت) ئاده‌ی ئێوه بیگرن و کۆت و زنجیر له ده‌ست و قاچ و ملی بئاڵێنن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • (زبانىّ ملائكة ންނަށް اللَّه އަންގަވާނެތެވެ.) އޭނާ ހިފައި ކަސްތޮޅު އަޅާށެވެ!

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • «ያዙት፤ እሰሩትም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • ফেরেশতাদেরকে বলা হবেঃ ধর একে গলায় বেড়ি পড়িয়ে দাও,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • "(அப்போது) அவனைப் பிடித்து, பிறகு அவனுக்கு அரிகண்டமும் (விலங்கும்) மாட்டுங்கள்."

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • (അപ്പോള്‍ ഇപ്രകാരം കല്‍പനയുണ്ടാകും:) നിങ്ങള്‍ അവനെ പിടിച്ച് ബന്ധനത്തിലിടൂ.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 69:30 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 69:30 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 69:30 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.