34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 22:21 compared

وَلَهُم مَّقَٰمِعُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ

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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  • And for [striking] them are maces of iron.

    Saheeh International

  • and there will be clubs of iron for them.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And for them are hooked rods of iron.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • for them await hooked iron rods;

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و برای آنان گرزهایی از آهن [مخصوص] است [که بر سرشان می کوبند.]

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و برای [وارد کردن ضربت بر سر] آنان گرزهایی آهنین است.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Hələ onlar üçün (başlarına vurulacaq) dəmir toppuzlar da vardır.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan untuk mereka cambuk-cambuk dari besi.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan mereka pula disediakan batang-batang besi untuk menyeksa mereka.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • a gvozdenim maljevima biće mlaćeni;

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Und für sie gibt es Keulen aus Eisen.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • y serán atormentados allí con mazas de hierro.

    Isa García

Français

  • Et il y aura pour eux des maillets de fer.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma sunã da waɗansu gwalmõmin dũka na baƙin ƙarfe.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na kwa ajili yao yatakuwapo marungu ya chuma.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Voor hen zijn er knuppels van ijzer.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Улар учун темир гурзилар бор.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Për ata janë edhe kamgjikët e hekurtë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • waxay Mudan Budhadh Bir ah.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İşte Rableri hakkında tartışmaya giren iki taraf: O'nu inkar edenlere, ateşten elbiseler kesilmiştir, başlarına da kaynar su dökülür de bununla karınlarındakiler ve deriler eritilir. Demir topuzlar da onlar içindir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Для них уготованы железные палицы.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә алар өчен тимердән камчылар булыр, аның белән сугылырлар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва низ барои онҳост гурзҳое оҳанин.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار تۆمۈر - توقماقلار بىلەن ئۇرۇلىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور ان کے لئے لوہے کے گرز مہیاّ کئے گئے ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او د دوى (د وهلو) لپاره د اوسپنو څټكونه دي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ اُنھن جي ڪُٽڻ لاءِ لوھ جا وڏاڻ ھوندا.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • گورزیش له ئاسن (بۆ پیاماڵین و لێدانیان) ئاماده‌کراوه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި އެއުރެންނަށްޓަކައި، ދަގަނޑު ޗާބޫކުތަކެއް ވެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ለእነሱም (መቅጫ) ከብረት የሆኑ መዶሻዎች አልሉ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তাদের জন্যে আছে লোহার হাতুড়ি।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இன்னும் அவர்களுக்கு இரும்பினாலான தண்டங்களும் உண்டு.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അവര്‍ക്ക് ഇരുമ്പിന്‍റെ ദണ്ഡുകളുമുണ്ടായിരിക്കും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 22:21 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 22:21 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 22:21 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.