34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 79:8 compared

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

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
  • Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

    Saheeh International

  • hearts will be trembling on that day,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • On that day hearts beat painfully

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • hearts upon that day shall be athrob

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • دل هایی در آن روز مضطرب و هراسان اند

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • در آن روز، دلهایی سخت هراسانند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O gün ürəklər qorxub titrəyəcək,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Hati manusia pada waktu itu sangat takut,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Hati (manusia) pada hari itu berdebar-debar takut,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • srca toga dana biće uznemirena,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • (gewisse) Herzen werden an jenem Tag beunruhigt klopfen,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • los corazones se estremecerán

    Isa García

Français

  • Ce jour-là, il y aura des cœurs qui seront agités d'effroi,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Wasu zukãta, a rãnar nan, mãsu jin tsõro ne.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Siku hiyo nyoyo zitapiga piga,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • harten zullen op die dag bonzen,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ўша кунда қалблар хавфга тўлар.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Atë ditë zemrat janë të tronditura.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Qalbiyaduna Maalintaa way cabsan.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • O gün kalbler titrer.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • В тот день затрепещут сердца,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул көндә куркудан күңелләр урыннарыннан купкан булырлар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • дар он рӯз дилҳое дар ҳарос бошанд

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • بۇ كۈندە دىللارنى (يەنى كۇففارلارنىڭ دىللىرىنى) قورقۇنچ باسىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اس دن دل لرز جائیں گے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • (د مجرمانو) زړونه به په دغه ورځ كې رپېدونكي (درزېدونكي) وي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • تنھن ڏينھن ڪيتريون ئي دليون ڏڪي وڃڻ واريون ھونديون.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له‌و ڕۆژه‌دا دڵانێك به خێرایی لێ ده‌ده‌ن، زۆر ده‌ترسن و زۆر په‌رێشانن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެދުވަހުން ބިރުގެންފައިވާ ހިތްތަކެއް ވެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በዚያ ቀን ልቦች ተሸባሪዎች ናቸው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সেদিন অনেক হৃদয় ভীত-বিহবল হবে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அந்நாளில் நெஞ்சங்கள் திடுக்கிட்டவையாக இருக்கும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ചില ഹൃദയങ്ങള്‍ അന്നു വിറച്ചു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 79:8 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 79:8 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 79:8 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.