34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 89:8 compared

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

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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  • The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

    Saheeh International

  • the like of which was not created among cities,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • The like of which was not created in the lands;

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • the like of which was never created in the land,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • همان که مانندش در شهرها ساخته نشده بود؟

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • که مانندش در شهرها ساخته نشده بود؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Elə bir qövm ki) məmləkətlər (əhli) arasında onun kimisi yaradılmamışdı.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • yang belum pernah dibangun (suatu kota) seperti itu, di negeri-negeri lain,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Yang belum pernah diciptakan sepertinya (tentang besar dan kukuhnya) di segala negeri (pada zamannya)?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • kojima ravna ni u jednoj zemlji nije bilo;

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • dergleichen nicht erschaffen wurden in den Landstrichen?

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • que no tenía similar entre los otros pueblos [en su opulencia].

    Isa García

Français

  • dont jamais pareille ne fut construite parmi les villes?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Waɗanda ba a halitta kwatankwacinsu ba a cikin garũruwa (na dũniya).

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Ambao haukuumbwa mfano wake katika nchi?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • zoals er in het land nooit geschapen waren?

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Унинг мисли бошқа диёрларда халқ қилинмаганга.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Që si ata (populli Ad) nuk është krijuar askush në tokë!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wax la mid ahna aan iugu abuurin dhulka.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Rabbinin, hiçbir memlekette benzeri ortaya konmayan sütunlara sahip İrem şehrinde oturan Ad milletine ne ettiğini görmedin mi?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • подобных которому не было сотворено в городах?

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Алар кеби эре кешеләр шәһәрләрдә халык ителмәделәр, шулай булса да Аллаһ ґәзабына каршы тора алмадылар – һәммәсе һәлак булдылар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва монанди он дар ҳеҷ шаҳре офарида нашуда буд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • بۇنداق ئادەملەر باشقا شەھەرلەردە يارىتىلمىغان ئىدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جس کا مثل دوسرے شہروں میں نہیں پیدا ہوا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • هغه چې په ښارونو كې د دوى په مثل نه و پیدا كړى شوي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جن جھڙو شھرن ۾ ڪونه بڻايو ويو آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له سه‌رده‌می ئه‌واندا له هیچ شار و شوێنێکدا، کۆشك و ته‌لاری وه‌ک ئه‌وه‌ی ئه‌وان دروست نه‌کراوه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެ ބިނާތަކަކީ، ރަށްތަކުގައި އެފަދަ ބިނާތަކެއް ހެދިފައި ނުވާފަދަ ބިނާތަކެކެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በዚያች ብጤዋ በአገሮች ውስጥ ያልተፈጠረ በኾነችው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যাদের সমান শক্তি ও বলবীর্যে সারা বিশ্বের শহরসমূহে কোন লোক সৃজিত হয়নি

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அவர்கள் போன்ற ஒரு சமுதாயம் எந்த நாடுகளிலும் படைக்கப்படவில்லை.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • തത്തുല്യമായിട്ടൊന്ന് രാജ്യങ്ങളില്‍ സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ടിട്ടില്ലാത്ത ഗോത്രം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 89:8 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 89:8 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 89:8 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.