34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 74:20 compared

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

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
  • Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

    Saheeh International

  • Again, perish he, how he decided!

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! -

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Again, death seize him, how he determined!

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • باز هم مرگ بر او باد، چگونه سنجید؟

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • [آری،] کشته بادا، چگونه [او] سنجید.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Yenə də ölüm olsun ona! Necə ölçdü-biçdi?!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • kemudian celakalah dia! Bagaimanakah dia menetapkan?,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Sekali lagi: binasalah dia hendaknya! Bagaimana ia berani mereka-reka (tuduhan-tuduhan itu)?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i još jednom, proklet bio, kako je proračunao! –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Abermals: Tod ihm, wie er abgewogen hat!

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¡Sí!, fue maldecido por la decisión que tomó.

    Isa García

Français

  • Encore une fois, qu'il périsse; comme il a décidé!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sa'an nan, aka la'ane shi kamar yadda ya ƙaddara.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Tena ameangamia! Vipi alivyo pima!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En nog eens doodvallen kan hij, hoe hij wikte.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Сўнгра яна лаънат бўлсин унга, қандоқ ҳам чамалаб кўрди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Prapë qoftë i shkatërruar, po si përceptonte?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Haddana waxaa loo Lacnaday siduu wax u goostay.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Canı çıkası; sonra yine ne biçim ölçüp biçti!

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Да сгинет он еще раз! Как он рассчитал?!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул һәлак булсын, халыкны хактан адаштырырга янә ничек чамалый!

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Боз ҳам марг бар ӯ бод, чӣ гуна тарҳе афканд?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • يەنە لەنەت بولسۇنكى، ئۇ قانداق پىلانلىدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر اسی میں اور تباہ ہوگیا کہ کیسا اندازہ لگایا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بیا دې هلاك كړى شي، ده څنګه اندازه وكړه

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • وري به لعنت ھجيس شال ڪيئن ٺھراءُ ڪيائين.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • پاشان هه‌ر به‌کوشت بچێت بۆ خۆی و هه‌ڵسه‌نگاندنێك که کردی بۆ قورئان.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ދެން އޭނާޔަށް لعنة ލެއްވިއެވެ. އޭނާ ރޭވީ ކޮންފަދައަކުން ހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከዚያም (ከሞት በኋላ) ተረገመ፡፡ እንዴት ገመተ!

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • আবার ধ্বংস হোক সে, কিরূপে সে মনঃস্থির করেছে!

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • பின்னரும், அவன் அழிவானாக! எப்படி அவன் ஏற்படுத்திக் கொண்டான்?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • വീണ്ടും അവന്‍ നശിക്കട്ടെ, എങ്ങനെയാണവന്‍ കണക്കാക്കിയത്‌?

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 74:20 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 74:20 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 74:20 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.