34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 45:7 compared

وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

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
  • Woe to every sinful liar

    Saheeh International

  • Woe to every sinful liar,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Woe unto each sinful liar,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Woe to each sinful dealer in Falsehoods:

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Woe to every guilty impostor

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • وای بر هر دروغگوی گنهکار،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • وای بر هر دروغزن گناه‌پیشه!

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Yalana dadanmış, günaha düşkün hər kəsin vay halına!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Kecelakaan besarlah bagi tiap-tiap orang yang banyak berdusta lagi banyak berdosa,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Kecelakaanlah bagi tiap-tiap pendusta yang berdosa, -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Teško svakom lašcu, velikom grješniku!

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Wehe jedem durch und durch sündigen Lügner,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¡Ay de todo mentiroso, pecador!

    Isa García

Français

  • Malheur à tout grand imposteur pécheur!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Bone ya tabbata ga dukan mai yawan ƙiren ƙarya, mai laifi.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Ole wake kila mzushi mwenye dhambi!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Wee elke zondige lasteraar,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ҳар бир ёлғончи гуноҳкорга ҳалокат бўлсин!

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Ç‘do gënjeshtar e shumë mëkatarë është i shkatërruar.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • halaagna wuxuu u sugnaaday beenaale dambi badan dhammaantiis.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Kendine okunan Allah'ın ayetlerini dinleyip, sonra, onları hiç duymamış gibi büyüklük taslamakta direnen, yalancı ve günahkar kişinin vay haline! Ona can yakıcı bir azap müjdele.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Горе всякому лживому грешнику!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ялганчы, күп гөнаһлы имансызларга ґәзаб йөзеннән җәһәннәм чокырыдыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Вой бар ҳар дурӯғбофи гунаҳкоре!

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ھەر بىر گۇناھكار يالغانچىغا ۋاي!

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • بیشک ہر جھوٹے گنہگار کے حال پر افسوس ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • د هر سخت دروغ تړونكي، سخت مجرم لپاره هلاكت دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ھر ڪنھن ٻٽاڪيءَ گنھگار لاءِ خرابي آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هاوار و قوربه‌سه‌ری و ڕه‌نجه‌ڕۆیی ته‌نها بۆ هه‌موو ئه‌و که‌سانه‌ی که زۆر درۆزن و بوختانچی و تاوانبارن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ދޮގުހަދާ، ފާފަވެރި ކޮންމެ މީހަކަށް ހަލާކާއި ގެއްލުން ހުށްޓެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ውሸታም ኀጢአተኛ ለኾነ ሁሉ ወዮለት፡፡ (ጥፋት ተገባው)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • প্রত্যেক মিথ্যাবাদী পাপাচারীর দুর্ভোগ।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (சத்தியத்தை புறக்கணித்துப்) பொய்க் கற்பனை செய்யும் பாவிகள் யாவருக்கும் கேடுதான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • വ്യാജവാദിയും അധര്‍മകാരിയുമായ ഏതൊരാള്‍ക്കും നാശം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 45:7 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 45:7 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 45:7 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.