34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 78:20 compared

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

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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  • And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

    Saheeh International

  • and the mountains will be set moving and become a mirage.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and the mountains are set in motion, and become a vapour.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و کوه ها را [از جای خود] روان کنند و سرابی شوند!

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و کوهها را روان کنند، و [چون‌] سرابی گردند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Dağlar yerindən qopardılıb (havada toz kimi uçaraq) ilğıma dönəcəkdir.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan dijalankanlah gunung-gunung maka menjadi fatamorganalah ia.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan gunung-ganang - setelah dihancurkan - diterbangkan ke angkasa, lalu menjadilah ia bayangan semata-mata seperti riak sinaran panas di padang pasir.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i planine će se zdrobiti i priviđenje će biti.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und da die Berge versetzt und dann zu einer Luftspiegelung werden.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Las montañas desaparecerán como si hubieran sido un espejismo.

    Isa García

Français

  • et les montagnes seront mises en marche et deviendront un mirage.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma, aka tafiyar da duwãtsu, sai suka kasance ƙũra.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na milima itaondolewa na itakuwa kama sarabi.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En de bergen worden in beweging gezet en zijn als een luchtspiegeling.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Тоғлар ўрнидан кўчирилиб, саробга айланур.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe kodrat shkulen dhe bëhen pluhur (si valë rrezesh).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Buurahana waa la kaxayn waxayna noqon Dhalanteed.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Dağlar yürütülüp serap olacaktır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • и горы придут в движение и станут маревом.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи таулар йөртелерләр, тузган тузан кеби булырлар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва куҳҳо равон шаванд ва сароб гарданд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • تاغلار ھەرىكەتلەندۈرۈلۈپ سەررابتەك بولۇپ قالىدۇ (يەنى تاغلار توزۇپ يىراقتىن قارىغۇچىغا سۇدەك تۇيۇلىدۇ)

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اورپہاڑوں کو جگہ سے حرکت دے دی جائے گی اوروہ ریت جیسے ہوجائیں گے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او غرونه به روان كړى شي، نو دوى به سراب شي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ جبل ھلائبا پوءِ رُڃ وانگر ٿيندا.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • کێوه‌کانیش هه‌ڵده‌که‌نرێن و ده‌ڕۆن به ئاسماندا وه‌ک تراویلکه و سه‌رابێکی گه‌وره‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ފަރުބަދަތައް ލުހި، ފުނޑުފުނޑުވެގެންދާނެތެވެ. އަދި އެ ފަރުބަދަތައް އަވާމެންދުރެއް ކަމުގައި ވާނެތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ጋራዎችም በሚነዱበት (እንደ) ሲሪብዱም በሚኾኑበት (ቀን) ነው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং পর্বতমালা চালিত হয়ে মরীচিকা হয়ে যাবে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • மலைகள் பெயர்க்கப்பட்டு கானல் நீராகிவிடும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • പര്‍വ്വതങ്ങള്‍ സഞ്ചരിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുകയും അങ്ങനെ അവ മരീചിക പോലെ ആയിത്തീരുകയും ചെയ്യും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 78:20 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 78:20 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 78:20 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.