34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 37:115 compared

وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ 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

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  • And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,

    Saheeh International

  • and delivered them and their people from their great distress,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And saved them and their people from the great distress,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And We delivered them and their people from (their) Great Calamity;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and We delivered them and their people from the great distress.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و آن دو نفر و قومشان را از اندوه بزرگ نجات بخشیدیم،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و آن دو و قومشان را از اندوه بزرگ رهانیدیم.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Onların hər ikisini böyük fəlakətdən (Fir’onun əsarətindən, yaxud suda boğulmaqdan) qurtardıq.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan Kami selamatkan keduanya dan kaumnya dari bencana yang besar.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan Kami selamatkan keduanya dan kaumnya dari kesusahan yang besar;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • pa i njih i narod njihov nevolje velike spasili

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und erretteten sie beide und ihr Volk aus der großen Trübsal.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • y los salvé junto con su pueblo de una gran angustia.

    Isa García

Français

  • Et les sauvâmes ainsi que leur peuple, de la grande angoisse,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma Muka tsĩrar da su da mutãnensu daga bakin ciki mai girma.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na tukawaokoa wao na watu wao kutokana na dhiki kubwa.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En Wij redden hen beiden en hun volk uit de geweldige benardheid.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Икковларига ва қавмларига катта ғамдан нажот бердик.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • I shpëtuam ata dhe popullin e tyre prej një mjerimi të madh.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waana ka korinay iyaga iyo Qoomkooda dhibaatadii waynayd.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İkisini ve milletlerini büyük bir sıkıntıdan kurtarmıştık.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Мы спасли их обоих и их народ от великой печали.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Аларны вә кавемнәрен зур бәладән коткардык, ягъни Фиргауннең золымыннан вә суга батудан коткардык.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Он ду ва мардумашонро аз ранҷе бузург наҷот бахшидем.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلارنى ۋە ئۇلارنىڭ قەۋمىنى (يەنى بەنى ئىسرائىلنى) چوڭ غەمدىن (يەنى پىرئەۋننىڭ ئۇلارنى قۇل قىلىشىدىن) خالاس تاپقۇزدۇق

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور انہیں اور ان کی قوم کو عظیم کرب سے نجات دلائی ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او مونږ دغو دواړو ته او د دغو دواړو قوم ته له ډېر لوى غم نه نجات وركړ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ کين ۽ سندن قوم کي وڏي سختيءَ کان بچايوسون.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هه‌ردووکیان و قه‌ومه‌که‌شیانمان له ته‌نگانه گه‌وره‌که ڕزگارکرد (له غه‌رق بوون و خنکان).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ތިމަންރަސްކަލާނގެ އެ ދެބޭކަލުންނާއި، އެ ދެބޭކަލުންގެ قوم ގެމީހުން ބޮޑުވެގެންވާ ހިތާމައިން ސަލާމަތް ކުރެއްވީމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እነርሱንም ሕዝቦቻቸውንም ከታላቅ ጭንቅ አዳንን፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তাদেরকে ও তাদের সম্প্রদায়কে উদ্ধার করেছি মহা সংকট থেকে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அவ்விருவரையும், அவ்விருவருடைய சமூகத்தாரையும் மிகப்பெரும் துன்பத்திருந்து இரட்சித்தோம்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അവര്‍ ഇരുവരെയും അവരുടെ ജനതയെയും മഹാദുരിതത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് നാം രക്ഷപ്പെടുത്തുകയും ചെയ്തു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 37:115 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 37:115 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 37:115 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.