34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 104:9 compared

فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ

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
  • In extended columns.

    Saheeh International

  • in outstretched columns.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • In outstretched columns.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • In columns outstretched.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • in columns outstretched.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • [آتشی] در ستون هایی بلند و کشیده.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • [آتشی که‌] در ستونهایی دراز است.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Onlar (Cəhənnəmdə) hündür sütunlara bağlanmış olacaqlar!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • (sedang mereka itu) diikat pada tiang-tiang yang panjang.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Mereka terikat di situ) pada batang-batang palang yang melintang panjang.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • plamenim stupovima zasvođena.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • in langgestreckten Säulen.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • con columnas inmensas.

    Isa García

Français

  • en colonnes (de flammes) étendues.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • A cikin wasu ginshiƙai mĩƙaƙƙu.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kwenye nguzo zilio nyooshwa.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • in langgerekte zuilen.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Узун-узун устунларга боғлангандирлар.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Ata janë të lidhur në pranga

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Tiraar la fidiyay yayna ahaan dhexdeeda.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Onlar, uzun sütunlar arasında, her yönden o ateşle kapatılmışlardır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • высокими столбами (мученики будут прикованы к этим столбам или врата Ада будут заперты и закреплены этими столбами).

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Уттан булган озын баганалар белән.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • дар сутунҳои дарози оташӣ дароварда шудааст.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئېگىز تۈۋرۈكلەرگە باغلىنىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • لمبے لمبے ستونوں کے ساتھ

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • په اوږدو (راښكلى شویو) ستنو كې

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (جنھن حالت ۾ اُھي) ڊگھن ٿنڀن ۾ (ٻڌل ھوندا).

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • (خوا نه‌ناسان له‌وێ) له‌ناو چه‌ند ستوونێکی ئاگرینی درێژدان (هیچ جم و جوڵێکیان بۆ ناکرێت).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ) އެއުރެންވާހުށީ) ދިގުވެގެންވާ ތަނބުތަކެއްގައި ބަންނަވާފައެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በተዘረጋች አዕማድ ውስጥ (የተዘጋች ናት)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • লম্বা লম্বা খুঁটিতে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நீண்ட கம்பங்களில் (அவர்கள் கட்டப்பட்டவர்களாக).

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നീട്ടിയുണ്ടാക്കപ്പെട്ട സ്തംഭങ്ങളിലായിക്കൊണ്ട്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 104:9 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 104:9 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 104:9 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.