34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 53:57 compared

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ

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
  • The Approaching Day has approached.

    Saheeh International

  • The Imminent [Hour] is near at hand.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • The threatened Hour is nigh.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh:

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • The Imminent is imminent;

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • قیامت نزدیک شد.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • [وه چه‌] نزدیک گشت قیامت.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Ey insanlar!) Yaxınlaşam (qiyamət) yaxınlaşdı.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Telah dekat terjadinya hari kiamat.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Telah hampir masa datangnya saat yang dekat itu (hari kiamat);

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Smak svijeta se približava,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Es steht bevor die immer näher kommende (Stunde des Gerichts);

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • La llegada es inminente,

    Isa García

Français

  • l'Imminente (L'heure du Jugement) s'approche.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Makusanciya fa, tã yi kusa.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kiyama kimekaribia!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • De aanstaande [opstanding] is nabij.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Яқинлашувчи яқинлашди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E afërta është afruar

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wayna dhawaatay Saacaddii Qiyaame.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Kıyamet yaklaştıkça yaklaşmıştır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Приближающееся (День воскресения) приблизилось,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Кыямәт якын булды.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Қиёмат фаро расид.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • قىيامەت يېقىنلاشتى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • دیکھو قیامت قریب آگئی ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • قیامت ډېر نژدى راغى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ويجھي اچڻ واري (قيامت) ويجھي آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • (ئه‌وه‌چاک بزانن) قیامه‌ت و لێپرسینه‌وه نزیک بووته‌وه (نزیکه به‌نیسبه‌ت هه‌ر ئاده‌میزادێکه‌وه هه‌ر که‌مردن ئه‌وه‌قیامه‌ت له‌و به‌رپا بووه‌، قیامه‌تی گه‌وره‌ش کاتێک به‌رپا ده‌بێت هه‌مووان واهه‌ست ده‌که‌ن که‌چه‌ند سه‌عات له‌وه‌وپێش دنیا بوو وا ئێسته‌ش قیامه‌ته‌)!!

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • قيامة ދުވަސް ގާތްވެއްޖެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ቀራቢይቱ (ኅልፈተ ዓለም) ቀረበች፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • কেয়ামত নিকটে এসে গেছে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நெருங்கி வர வேண்டியது (அடுத்து) நெருங்கி விட்டது.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • സമീപസ്ഥമായ ആ സംഭവം ആസന്നമായിരിക്കുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 53:57 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 53:57 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 53:57 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.