34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 38:67 compared

قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ

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
  • Say, "It is great news

    Saheeh International

  • Say, ‘It is a great prophesy,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Say: It is tremendous tidings

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Say: "That is a Message Supreme (above all),-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Say: 'It is a mighty tiding

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • بگو: این [قرآن من] خبری بزرگ است،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • بگو: «این خبری بزرگ است،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • De: “O (Qur’an Allah dərgahından nazil olan) çox böyük xəbərdir!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Katakanlah: "Berita itu adalah berita yang besar,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Katakanlah lagi: " Apa yang aku terangkan itu (tentang keesaan Allah dan kebenaran kerasulanku) adalah berita penting yang amat besar (faedahnya).

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Reci: "Ovo je vijest velika,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Sag: Es ist eine gewaltige Kunde,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Diles: "Lo que les he transmitido es un Mensaje sublime,

    Isa García

Français

  • Dis: «Ceci (le Coran) est une grande nouvelle,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Ka ce: "Shĩ (Alkur'ãni) babban lãbãri ne mai girma".

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Sema: Hii ni khabari kubwa kabisa.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Zeg: "Het is een geweldige mededeling,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • «Бу улуғ бир хабардир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Thusj: “Ky (Kur’ani) është një kumtesë e madhe!”

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxaad dhahdaa Nabiyow Quraanku waa war weyn.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • De ki: "Bu Kuran büyük bir haberdir, ama siz ondan yüz çeviriyorsunuz."

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Скажи: «Это - великая весть,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Син кешеләргә әйт: "Ул Коръән бер олугъ хәбәрдер.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Бигӯ: «Ин хабаре бузург аст,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (ئۇلارغا) ئېيتقىنكى، «ئۇ (يەنى اﷲ نىڭ بىرلىكىگە دەۋەت قىلغۇچى پەيغەمبەر ئىكەنلىكىم) چوڭ خەۋەردۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • کہہ دیجئے کہ یہ قرآن بہت بڑی خبر ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ته (دوى ته) ووایه: دغه (قرآن) ډېر لوى خبر دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (کين) چؤ ته اِھو (قرآن) ھڪ وڏي خبر آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • پێیان بڵێ: ئه‌م هه‌واڵ و ده‌نگ و باسێکی زۆر گه‌وره و گرنگن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ކަލޭގެފާނު ވިދާޅުވާށެވެ! އެއީ (އެބަހީ: قرآن އަކީ) ބޮޑުވެގެންވާ خبر އެކެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በላቸው «እርሱ (ቁርኣን) ታላቅ ዜና ነው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • বলুন, এটি এক মহাসংবাদ,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (நபியே?) கூறுவீராக "(நான் உங்களுக்கு எடுத்துரைக்கும்) இது மகத்தான செய்தியாகும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • പറയുക: അത് ഒരു ഗൌരവമുള്ള വര്‍ത്തമാനമാകുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 38:67 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 38:67 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 38:67 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.