34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 81:12 compared

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

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 when Hellfire is set ablaze

    Saheeh International

  • when hell is set ablaze,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And when hell is lighted,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • when Hell shall be set blazing,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و هنگامی که دوزخ افروخته شود….

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و آنگه که جحیم را برافروزانند،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Cəhənnəm alovlandırılacağı zaman;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan apabila neraka Jahim dinyalakan,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan apabila neraka dinyalakan menjulang;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i kada se Džehennem raspali,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und wenn die Hölle angefacht wird

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • cuando el fuego del Infierno sea avivado,

    Isa García

Français

  • et la fournaise attisée,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma idan Jahĩm aka hũra ta

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na Jahannamu itapo chochewa,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En wanneer de hel opgestookt wordt.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва, вақтики, жаҳаннам қиздирилса.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe kur Xhehennemi të jetë ndezur fort,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Naarta Jaxiimana la huriyo.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Cehennem alevlendirildiği zaman;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • когда Ад будет разожжен с новой силой,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә җәһәннәм каты кыздырылса.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва чун ҷаҳаннам афрӯхта гардад

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • دوزاخ قىزىتىلغان چاغدا،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور جب جہنمّ کی آگ بھڑکا دی جائے گی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او كله چې دوزخ بلې لمبې كړى شي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ جڏھن دوزخ ٻاربو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • کاتێك دۆزه‌خ داده‌گیرسێت و تاوده‌درێت.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ނަރަކަ ރޯކޮށްލައްވާ ހިނދެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ገሀነምም በተነደደች ጊዜ፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যখন জাহান্নামের অগ্নি প্রজ্বলিত করা হবে

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நரகம் கொழுந்துவிட்டு எரியுமாறு செய்யப்படும் போது-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന നരകാഗ്നി ആളിക്കത്തിക്കപ്പെടുമ്പോള്‍.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 81:12 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 81:12 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 81:12 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.