34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 74:21 compared

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

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
  • Then he considered [again];

    Saheeh International

  • Then he looked;

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Then looked he,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Then he looked round;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Then he beheld,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • آن گاه نظر کرد،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آنگاه نظر انداخت.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Sonra (qövmünün üzünə) baxdı.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • kemudian dia memikirkan,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Kemudian ia merenung dan memikirkan (berkali-kali: jalan-jalan mencaci Al-Quran, tetapi ia gagal);

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Zatim je pogledao

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Hierauf hat er geschaut,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Luego meditó [cómo desacreditar la revelación],

    Isa García

Français

  • Ensuite, il a regardé.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sa'an nan, ya yi tunãni

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kisha akatazama,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Toen keek hij.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Сўнгра назар солди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Ai sërish thellohej në mendime.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Kadib wuxuu eebay (si uu Quraanka u wax yeeleeyo).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Sonra baktı;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Затем он задумался.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Соңра Коръәнгә каршы ничек мәкерлек кылырга дип, янә уйлап фикерләп карады.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Он гоҳ нигарист.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئاندىن ئۇ قارىدى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر غور کیا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بیا يې وكتل

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • وري (غور ڪري) ڏٺائين.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئینجا بیری لێ کرده‌وه‌و ورد بۆوه‌و ته‌ماشای ده‌وروبه‌ری کرد.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ދެން އޭނާ ބަލައި ވިސްނިއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከዚያም እንደ ገና (በቁርኣኑ ነገር) ተመለከተ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সে আবার দৃষ্টিপাত করেছে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • பிறகும் (குர்ஆனின் வசனங்களை) அவன் நோட்டமிட்டான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • പിന്നീട് അവനൊന്നു നോക്കി.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 74:21 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 74:21 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 74:21 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.