34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 74:9 compared

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

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
  • That Day will be a difficult day

    Saheeh International

  • that will be a day of hardship,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • that day will be a harsh day,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • آن روز، روز بسیار سختی است،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آن روز [چه‌] روز ناگواری است!

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O gün çox ağır bir gün olacaqdır;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • maka waktu itu adalah waktu (datangnya) hari yang sulit,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Maka saat yang demikian adalah saat (berlakunya) hari yang sukar -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • biće to naporan dan

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • so wird jener Tag ein schwerer Tag sein

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ese será un día difícil.

    Isa García

Français

  • alors, ce jour-là sera un jour difficile,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • To, wannan, a rãnar nan, yini ne mai wuya

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Siku hiyo, basi, itakuwa siku ngumu.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • dat is dan op die dag een moeilijke dag,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ўшал кун, қийин кундир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Atëherë ajo është ditë e vështirë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Maalintaasu waa maalin ku Daran.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Sura üflendiği vakit, işte o gün, inkarcılara kolay olmayan zorlu bir gündür.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • то день тот будет Днем тяжким,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Менә шул көн каты көндер.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • он рӯз рӯзе сахт хоҳад буд,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سۇر چېلىنغان ۋاقىت - ئۇ كۈن قىيىن كۈندۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • تو وہ دن انتہائی مشکل دن ہوگا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو په دغه وخت كې دغه ډېره سخته ورځ ده

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • تڏھن اُن ڏينھن اوکو وقت ٿيندو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌و ڕۆژه ڕۆژێکی زۆر گران و سه‌خته (که به‌سه‌ر دانیشتوانی زه‌ویدا دێت).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، އެދުވަސް އެއީ އުނދަގޫވެގެންވާ ދުވަހެކެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ይህም (ጊዜ) ያ ቀን አስቸጋሪ ቀን ነው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সেদিন হবে কঠিন দিন,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அந்நாள் மிகக் கடினமான நாள் ஆகும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അന്ന് അത് ഒരു പ്രയാസകരമായ ദിവസമായിരിക്കും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 74:9 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 74:9 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 74:9 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.