34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 78:2 compared

عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

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
  • About the great news -

    Saheeh International

  • [Is it] about the Great Tiding,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • (It is) of the awful tidings,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Concerning the Great News,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Of the mighty tiding

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • از آن خبر بزرگ [قیامت کبری]

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • از آن خبر بزرگ،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Böyük bir xəbər (qiyamət günü) haqqında!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Tentang berita yang besar,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Tentang berita yang besar, (berita kebangkitan manusia hidup semula menerima balasannya).

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • O vijesti velikoj,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Nach der gewaltigen Kunde,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Sobre la gran noticia [el Mensaje del Islam]

    Isa García

Français

  • Sur la grande nouvelle,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • A kan muhimmin lãbãri mai girma (Alƙur'ãni)?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Ile khabari kuu,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Over de geweldige mededeling

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Улкан, муҳим хабар ҳақида (сўрашади).

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Për lajmin e madh e tronditës.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Warkii waynaa xaggiisa (Qiyayaamada ama Quraanka).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Üzerinde anlaşmazlığa düştükleri, büyük bir olay olan tekrar dirilme haberini mi?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • О великой вести,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Алар олугъ кыямәт хәбәреннән һәм ахирәтнең барча хәленнән" хәбәр бирүче Коръәннән сорашалар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Аз он хабари бузург, (қиёмат).

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار چوڭ بىر خەۋەر (يەنى قىيامەت توغرۇلۇق) سورىشىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • بہت بڑی خبر کے بارے میں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • د ډېر لوى خبر په باره كې

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (ھائو!) ھڪڙي اھڙي وڏي واقعي بابت.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ده‌رباره‌ی هه‌واڵه گه‌وره و گرنگه‌که‌!! (که ڕۆژی قیامه‌ته‌).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ބޮޑުވެގެންވާ خبر އާ މެދުގައެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከታላቁ ዜና (ከቁርኣን ይጠያየቃሉ)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • মহা সংবাদ সম্পর্কে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • மகத்தான அச்செய்தியைப் பற்றி,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ആ മഹത്തായ വൃത്താന്തത്തെപ്പറ്റി.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 78:2 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 78:2 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 78:2 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.