34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 94:3 compared

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ

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
  • Which had weighed upon your back

    Saheeh International

  • which [almost] broke your back?

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Which weighed down thy back;

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • The which did gall thy back?-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • the burden that weighed down thy back?

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • همان بار گرانی که پشتت را شکست.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • [باری‌] که [گویی‌] پشت تو را شکست.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Elə bir yük ki) sənin belini bükürdü.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • yang memberatkan punggungmu?

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Yang memberati tanggunganmu, (dengan memberikan berbagai kemudahan dalam melaksanakannya)?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • koje je pleća tvoja tištilo,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • die deinen Rücken niederdrückte,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • que agobiaba tu espalda,

    Isa García

Français

  • qui accablait ton dos?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Wanda ya nauyayi bãyanka?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Ulio vunja mgongo wako?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • die zwaar op jouw rug drukte?

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • У сенинг елкангни босиб турган эди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E cila shtypte shpinën tënde.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • dhabarka kaa cusleeyay.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Belini büken yükünü üzerinden almadık mı?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • которая отягощала твою спину?

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул авырлык аркаларыңны авырттыра иде түгелме.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Боре, ки бар пушти ту сангинӣ мекард?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سېنىڭ بېلىڭنى ئېگىۋەتكەن ئېغىر يۈكنى ئۈستۈڭدىن ئېلىپ تاشلىدۇق

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جس نے آپ کی کمر کو توڑ دیا تھا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • هغه (بار) چې ستا شا يې كږه (او) درنه كړې وه

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جنھن تنھنجي پٺي کي ڳرو ڪيو ھو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌وه‌ی که پشتی تۆی هیلاك و ماندوو کردبوو؟!

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެއީ ކަލޭގެފާނުގެ ބުރިކަށިފުޅަށް ބުރަކަންދީފައިވާ ކަންތަކެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ያንን ጀርባህን ያከበደውን (ሸክም)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যা ছিল আপনার জন্যে অতিশয় দুঃসহ।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அது உம் முதுகை முறித்துக் கொண்டுடிருந்தது.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നിന്‍റെ മുതുകിനെ ഞെരിച്ചു കളഞ്ഞതായ (ഭാരം)

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 94:3 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 94:3 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 94:3 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.