34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 23:36 compared

هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ

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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  • How far, how far, is that which you are promised.

    Saheeh International

  • Far-fetched, far-fetched is what you are promised!

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Begone, begone, with that which ye are promised!

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • "Far, very far is that which ye are promised!

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Away, away with that you are promised!

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • [از عقل ما] دور است و بسیار دور است آنچه به شما وعده می دهند،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • وه، چه دور است آنچه که وعده داده می‌شوید.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Və’d olunduğunuz şey çox uzaqdır, çox uzaq! (Bu, qeyri-mümkündür!)

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • jauh, jauh sekali (dari kebenaran) apa yang diancamkan kepada kamu itu,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • "Jauh, amatlah jauh (dari kebenaran) apa yang dijanjikan kepada kamu itu!

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Daleko je, daleko ono čime vam se prijeti!

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Weit, weit entfernt ist das, was euch versprochen wird.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¡Qué lejos está de la realidad lo que él les promete!

    Isa García

Français

  • Loin, loin, ce qu'on vous promet!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • "Faufau faufau ga abin da ake yi muku wa'adi da shi."

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Hayawi! Hayawi hayo mnayo ahidiwa.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Ver, ver ernaast is wat jullie aangezegd wordt.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ҳайҳот! Ҳайҳот! Сизга ваъда қилинган нарса нақадар узоқ!

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Sa larg është sëndërtimi i asaj që premtoheni.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waa Fogtahay oo Fogtahay waxa laydinku Goodin.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • "Oysa tehdit edildiğiniz şey ne kadar, hem de ne kadar uzak!"

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Невероятно, невероятно то, что обещано вам!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вәгъдә ителмеш терелүегез бик ерак, бик ерак.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ин ваъдае, ки ба шумо дода шуда, дур аст, дур!

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سىلەرگە ئاگاھلاندۇرۇلغان ئىش تولىمۇ يىراقتۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • حیف صد حیف تم سے کس بات کا وعدہ کیا جارہا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • (له عقله) ډېر لرې دى، ډېر لرې دى هغه څیز چې له تاسو سره يې وعده كولى شي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جنھن جو اوھان کي انجام ڏجي ٿو سو (ٻڌڻ ۽ چوڻ کان) پري (بلڪل) پري آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • دووره و زۆر دووره ئه‌و هه‌ڕه‌شه‌یه‌ی که لێتان ده‌کرێت بێته دی و (زیندوو بکرێنه‌وه‌)!!

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ތިޔަބައިމީހުންނަށް وعد ކުރައްވާ ކަންތައް ދުރުވެގެންވެއެވެ. (ވަރަށް) ދުރުވެގެންވެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • «ያ የምትስፈራሩበት ነገር ራቀ፤ በጣም ራቀ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তোমাদেরকে যে ওয়াদা দেয়া হচ্ছে, তা কোথায় হতে পারে?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • "(அப்படியாயின்) உங்களுக்கு வாக்குறுதியளிக்கப்பட்டது, வெகு தொலைவு, வெகு தொலைவு (ஆகவே இருக்கிறது.)

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നിങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് നല്‍കപ്പെടുന്ന ആ വാഗ്ദാനം എത്രയെത്ര വിദൂരം!

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 23:36 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 23:36 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 23:36 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.