34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 69:4 compared

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

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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  • Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

    Saheeh International

  • Thamudand ‘Ad denied the Cataclysm.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Thamood and Ad cried lies to the Clatterer.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • [قوم] ثمود و عاد آن روز کوبنده را انکار کردند؛

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • ثمود و عاد، آن حادثه کوبنده را تکذیب کردند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Səmud da, Ad da (ürəkləri dəhşətə salan) o qiyaməti yalan saymışdılar!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Kaum Tsamud dan 'Aad telah mendustakan hari kiamat.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Kaum Thamud dan Aad telah mendustakan hari (kiamat) yang menggempar dan mengharukan itu.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Semud i Ad su Smak svijeta poricali

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Die Tamud und die 'Ad erklärten das Verhängnis für Lüge.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • [Los pueblos de] Zamud y ‘Ad desmintieron el evento repentino.

    Isa García

Français

  • Les Thamûd et les 'Aad avaient traité de mensonge le cataclysme.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Samũdãwa da Ãdãwa sun ƙaryatar da kiran gaskiya mai dũkar zũciya!

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Thamudi na A'di waliukadhibisha Msiba unao situsha.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • De Thamoed en de 'Aad loochenden de catastrofe.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Самуд ва Од қориъани ёлғонга чиқаришди. («Қориъа» ҳам қиёматнинг номларидан бири, шиддат билан эшик қоқиб келувчи маъносини англатади.)

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Themudi dhe Adi përgënjeshtruan tronditjen (kijametin).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxa beeniyeen Reer «Thamuud» iyo «Caadba» Qiyaamada.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Semud ve Ad milletleri tepelerine inecek bu gerçeği yalanladılar.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Самудяне и адиты отрицали Великое бедствие (День воскресения).

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Сәмуд вә Гад кавемнәре кыямәтне ялганга тоттылар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Қавми Самуду Од рӯзи қиёматро дурӯғ бароварданд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سەمۇد ۋە ئاد (قەبىلىلىرى) قىيامەتنى ئىنكار قىلدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • قوم ثمود و عاد نے اس کھڑ کھڑانے والی کا انکار کیا تھا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ثمودیانو او عادیانو د ټكوونكي (قیامت) تكذیب كړى و

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ثمود ۽ عاد (قوم) قيامت کي ڪُوڙ ڄاتو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ثمود قه‌ومی صالح، عاد قه‌ومی هود ئه‌و ڕۆژه‌یان به درۆزانی.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ثمود ބާގައިމީހުންނާއި، عاد ބާގައިމީހުން قيامة ދުވަސް ދޮގުކުރޫއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ሰሙድና ዓድ በቆርቋሪይቱ (ትንሣኤ) አስተባበሉ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • আদ ও সামুদ গোত্র মহাপ্রলয়কে মিথ্যা বলেছিল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • ஸமூது (கூட்டத்தாரு)ம், ஆது (கூட்டத்தாரு)ம் திடுக்கிடச் செய்வதை (கியாம நாளைப்) பொய்ப்பித்தனர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഥമൂദ് സമുദായവും ആദ് സമുദായവും ആ ഭയങ്കര സംഭവത്തെ നിഷേധിച്ചു കളഞ്ഞു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 69:4 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 69:4 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 69:4 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.