34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 111:4 compared

وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ

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 his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.

    Saheeh International

  • and his wife [too], the firewood carrier,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And his wife, the wood-carrier,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel!-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and his wife, the carrier of the firewood,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و [نیز] همسرش که هیزم کش است [در آتش زبانه دار در آید.]

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و زنش، آن هیمه‌کش [آتش فروز]،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Onun odun daşıyan (Peyğəmbərlə düşmənçilik edən, adamlar arasında söz gəzdirən) övrəti də həmçinin!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan (begitu pula) istrinya, pembawa kayu bakar.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan juga isterinya, seorang perempuan pemunggah kayu api. -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i žena njegova, koja spletkari;

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und (auch) seine Frau, die Brennholzträgerin.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • junto con su mujer, la que acarreaba espinas,

    Isa García

Français

  • de même sa femme, la porteuse de bois,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Tãre da matarsa mai ɗaukar itacen (wuta).

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na mkewe, mchukuzi wa kuni,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En ook zijn vrouw, die het hout aandraagt

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва унинг хотини, ўтин кўтарган аёл ҳам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E edhe gruaja e tij, ajo që barti dru (ferra),

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Haweenaydiisii Qoryaha xambaari jirtayna (waxay gali Naar).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Karısı da, boynunda bir ip olduğu halde ona odun taşıyacaktır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Жена его будет носить дрова,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи хатыны да утка керер утын күтәргән хәлдә.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва занаш ҳезумкаш аст

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇنىڭ ئوتۇن توشۇغۇچى (يەنى سۇخەنچى) خوتۇنىمۇ لاۋۇلداپ تۇرغان ئوتقا كىرىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور اس کی بیوی جو لکڑی ڈھونے والی ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او د ده ښځه هم، (زه د دغې) د لرګو اوچتوونكې (مذمت كوم)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ سندس زال به، جا ڪاٺين (جي) لَڏ کڻندڙ آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هه‌روه‌ها ژنه‌که‌شی که هه‌میشه هه‌ڵگری کۆڵه داره و (ئازاری پێغه‌مبه‌ر ده‌دات).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ދަރު އުފުލަމުން ހިނގާ (އެބަހީ: ދެބައޮޑުވަމުންހިނގާ) އޭނާގެ އަނބިކަނބުލޭގެވެސްމެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ሚስቱም (ትገባለች)፤ እንጨት ተሸካሚ ስትኾን፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং তার স্ত্রীও-যে ইন্ধন বহন করে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • விறகு சுமப்பவளான அவனுடைய மனைவியோ,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • വിറകുചുമട്ടുകാരിയായ അവന്‍റെ ഭാര്യയും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 111:4 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 111:4 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 111:4 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.