34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 111:3 compared

سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

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
  • He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame

    Saheeh International

  • Soon he will enter the blazing fire,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • He will be plunged in flaming Fire,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • he shall roast at a flaming fire

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • به زودی در آتشی زبانه دار درآید؛

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • بزودی در آتشی پرزبانه درآید.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O, alovlu atəşə girəcəkdir.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Kelak dia akan masuk ke dalam api yang bergejolak.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Ia akan menderita bakaran api neraka yang marak menjulang.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • ući će on, sigurno, u vatru rasplamsalu,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Er wird einem Feuer voller Flammen ausgesetzt sein

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Será arrojado en el fuego llameante

    Isa García

Français

  • Il sera brûlé dans un Feu plein de flammes,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Zã ya shiga wuta mai hũruwa.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Atauingia Moto wenye mwako.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Hij zal braden in een vuur vol vlammen.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • У тезда чўғи қизиб турган ўтга киради.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Ai do të hyjë në një zjarr të ndezur flakë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wuxuuna gali Naar Olal leh.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Alevli ateşe yaslanacaktır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Он попадет в пламенный Огонь.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Тиздән ул Әбү Ләһәб ялкынлы утка кереп янар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ба зудӣ ба оташе шӯълавар дарояд

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇ لاۋۇلداپ تۇرغان ئوتقا (يەنى دوزاخقا) كىرىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • وہ عنقریب بھڑکتی ہوئی آگ میں داخل ہو گا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ژر ده چې دى به لمبې وهونكي اور ته داخل شي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ڇيئي واري باھ ۾ سگھو پوندو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له ئاینده‌دا ده‌خرێته ناو ئاگرێکی بڵێسه‌داره‌وه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ހުޅުގަނޑުގެ ވެރި ނަރަކަޔަށް، ނިކަންހުރެ އޭނާ ވަންނާނެތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • የመንቀልቀል ባለቤት የኾነችን እሳት በእርግጥ ይገባል፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সত্বরই সে প্রবেশ করবে লেলিহান অগ্নিতে

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • விரைவில் அவன் கொழுந்து விட்டெரியும் நெருப்பில் புகுவான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • തീജ്വാലകളുള്ള നരകാഗ്നിയില്‍ അവന്‍ പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നതാണ്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 111:3 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 111:3 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 111:3 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.