34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 79:34 compared

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

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

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  • But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

    Saheeh International

  • When the Greatest Catastrophe befalls

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • But when the great disaster cometh,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Then, when the Great Catastrophe comes

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • پس زمانی که آن حادثه بزرگ تر [و غیر قابل دفع] در رسد،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • پس آنگاه که آن هنگامه بزرگ دررسد،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O böyük bəla (qiyamət) gələndə,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Maka apabila malapetaka yang sangat besar (hari kiamat) telah datang.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Maka apabila datang hari yang bencananya amat besar, -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • A kada dođe nevolja najveća,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Wenn dann der größte, überwältigende Umsturz kommt,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • El día que suceda la gran calamidad [el fin del mundo]

    Isa García

Français

  • Puis quand viendra le grand cataclysme,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • To, idan uwar masĩfu, mafi girma, ta zo.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Basi itakapo fika hiyo balaa kubwa,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En wanneer dan de overstelpende catastrofe komt,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Вақтики катта ғолиб (қиёмат) келса.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E kur të vijë vala e madhe (kijameti),

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Markay timaaddo Musiibadii waynayd (qiyaamadu).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Güç yetirilemeyen en büyük baskın geldiği zaman, o gün, insan ne uğurda çalıştığını anlar.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Когда же наступит Величайшее бедствие (День воскресения),

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әгәр олугъ җыелыш көне кыямәт килсә,

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Чун он ҳодисаи бузург даррасад,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • قىيامەت كەلگەندە،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر جب بڑی مصیبت آجائے گی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو كله چې تر ټولو لویه بلا (قیامت) راشي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ جڏھن وڏو واقعو (قيامت جو) ايندو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • جا کاتێك به‌ڵا گه‌وره‌که پێشهات، که ته‌نگانه سامناکه‌که ڕوویدا، (مه‌به‌ست ڕۆژی قیامه‌ته‌).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، ބޮޑުވެގެންވާ ކަންތައްގަނޑު އަންނަހިނދެވެ. (އެބަހީ: قيامة ދުވަސް އަންނަހިނދެވެ.)

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ታላቂቱም መዐት በመጣች ጊዜ፣

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতঃপর যখন মহাসংকট এসে যাবে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • எனவே (தடுத்து நிறுத்த முடியாத மறுமைப்) பேரமளி வந்து விட்டால்,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • എന്നാല്‍ ആ മഹാ വിപത്ത് വരുന്ന സന്ദര്‍ഭം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 79:34 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 79:34 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 79:34 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.