34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 53:54 compared

فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ

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
  • And covered them by that which He covered.

    Saheeh International

  • covering it with what covered it.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • So that there covered them that which did cover.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • so that there covered it that which covered.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • پس [عذاب خدا] آنان را احاطه کرد آن مقدار که احاطه کرد.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • پوشاند بر آن [دو شهر، از باران گوگردی‌] آنچه را پوشاند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Onları nələr sardı, nələr! (Başlarına nə müsibətlər gəldi!)

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • lalu Allah menimpakan atas negeri itu azab besar yang menimpanya.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Lalu (penduduk) bandar-bandar itu diliputi azab seksa yang meliputinya.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i snašlo ih je ono što ih je snašlo

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Und so überdeckte sie, was (sie dann) überdeckte.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • y la cubrió lo que la cubrió.

    Isa García

Français

  • Et les recouvrit de ce dont Il les recouvrit.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sa'an nan abin da ya rufe su, ya rufe su.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Vikaifunika vilivyo funika.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En die heeft Hij toen bedekt met de bedekking die Hij gaf.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Бас, уларни ўраган нарса ўраб олди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E i përfshiu ata ajo që i përfshiu

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wuxuuna ka daboolay wuxuu ku daboolay (oo caddibaad ah).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Lut milletinin kasabalarını yere batıran, onları gömdükçe gömen O'dur.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • которые покрыло то, что покрыло.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул шәһәрләрне бер каплый торган нәрсә каплады.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва фурӯ пӯшид он қавмро, ҳар чӣ бояд фурӯ пӯшад (сангборон кард).

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • لۇد قەۋمىنىڭ شەھەرلىرىنى دۈم كۆمتۈرىۋەتتى، ئۇنى (دەھشەتلىك تاشلار) قاپلىۋالدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر ان کو ڈھانک لیا جس چیز نے کہ ڈھانک لیا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو دغه هغه شي پټ كړ چې دى يې پټ كړ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ اُن کي ڍڪيو جنھن ڍڪيو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئینجا ئه‌و دێهاتانه‌ی داپۆشی ئه‌وه‌ی که‌دای پۆشی. (به‌به‌رد باران)

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، އެރަށަށް ޖެއްސެވި عذاب އެއް ޖެއްސެވިއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ያለበሳትንም አለበሳት፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতঃপর তাকে আচ্ছন্ন করে নেয় যা আচ্ছন্ন করার।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அவ்வூர்களைச் சூழ வேண்டிய (தண்டனை) சூழ்ந்து கொண்டது.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അങ്ങനെ ആ രാജ്യത്തെ അവന്‍ ഭയങ്കരമായ ഒരു (ശിക്ഷയുടെ) ആവരണം കൊണ്ട് പൊതിഞ്ഞു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 53:54 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 53:54 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 53:54 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.