34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 99:4 compared

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا

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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  • That Day, it will report its news

    Saheeh International

  • On that day she will relate her chronicles

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • That day she will relate her chronicles,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • On that Day will she declare her tidings:

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • upon that day she shall tell her tidings

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • آن روز است که زمین اخبار خود را می گوید؛

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آن روز است که [زمین‌] خبرهای خود را باز گوید.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Məhz o gün (yer) öz hekayətini söyləyəcəkdir -

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • pada hari itu bumi menceritakan beritanya,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Pada hari itu bumipun menceritakan khabar beritanya:

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • toga Dana će ona vijesti svoje kazivati

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • an jenem Tag wird sie die Nachrichten über sich erzählen,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Ese día, la Tierra dará testimonio de todo cuanto sucedió sobre ella,

    Isa García

Français

  • ce jour-là, elle contera son histoire,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • A rãnar nan, zã ta faɗi lãbãrinta.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Siku hiyo itahadithia khabari zake.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Op die dag zal zij haar berichten meedelen

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ўша кунда у(ер) ўз хабарини айтадир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Atë ditë, ajo i rrëfen tregimet e veta,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Maalintaas waxay ka sheekayn warkeeda.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İşte o gün, yer, Rabbinin ona vahyetmesiyle kendi haberlerini anlatır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • в тот день она расскажет свои известия,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Шул көндә җир үзенең өстендә эшләнгән эшләрдән хәбәр бирер.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Дар ин рӯз замин хабарҳои худро ҳикоят меку над,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • بۇ كۈندە زېمىن ئۆزىنىڭ خەۋەرلىرىنى (يەنى ئۇنىڭ ئۈستىدە ئىشلەنگەن ياخشى - يامان ئىشلارنى) مەلۇم قىلىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اس دن وہ اپنی خبریںبیان کرے گی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • په دغې ورځې كې به دا ځمكه خپلې خبرې (حالات) بیانوي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • اُن ڏينھن (اُھا) پنھنجيون سڀ خبرون بيان ڪندي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له‌و ڕۆژه‌دا زه‌وی هه‌واڵه‌کانی خۆی ده‌گێڕێته‌وه‌...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެދުވަހުން އެ ބިންގަނޑު، އޭގެ خبر ތަކުގެ ވާހަކަ ދައްކާނެތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በዚያ ቀን ወሬዎችዋን ትናገራለች፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সেদিন সে তার বৃত্তান্ত বর্ণনা করবে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அந்நாளில், அது தன் செய்திகளை அறிவிக்கும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അന്നേ ദിവസം അത് (ഭൂമി) അതിന്‍റെ വര്‍ത്തമാനങ്ങള്‍ പറഞ്ഞറിയിക്കുന്നതാണ്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 99:4 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 99:4 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 99:4 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.