34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 77:12 compared

لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ

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
  • For what Day was it postponed?

    Saheeh International

  • —for what day has [all] that been set [to occur]?

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • For what day is the time appointed?

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • For what Day are these (portents) deferred?

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • to what day shall they be delayed?

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • این امور برای چه روزی به تأخیر افتاده؟

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • برای چه روزی تعیین وقت شده است؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Belə soruşulacaqdır:) “(Bunlara) hansı günə qədər möhlət verilmişdir?”

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • (Niscaya dikatakan kepada mereka:) "Sampai hari apakah ditangguhkan (mengazab orang-orang kafir itu)?"

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Jika ditanya): ke hari yang manakah (perkara-perkara yang besar) itu ditangguhkan?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • "Do kojeg dana je to odloženo?" –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Aufweichen Tag ist ihre Frist festgelegt worden?

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¿Para qué día se los convocará?

    Isa García

Français

  • A quel jour tout cela a-t-il été renvoyé?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Domin babbar rãnar da aka yi wa ajali.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kwa siku gani hiyo wamewekewa muda huo?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • voor welke dag de termijn is vastgesteld,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Қандоқ кунга сурилган-а?

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E për cilën ditë atyre u është caktuar koha?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Maalion wayn oo loo Qabtay Darteed.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Bu, hangi güne bırakılmıştı?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • До какого дня отсрочено?

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Бу хөкем вакыты кайсы көнгә кичектерелде.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Барои чӣ рӯзе муъайян шавад?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (پەيغەمبەرلەرنىڭ قەۋملىرىگە ئائىت ئىشلار) قايسى بۈيۈك كۈنگە كېچىكتۈرۈلدى؟

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • بھلا کس دن کے لئے ان باتوں میں تاخیر کی گئی ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • د كومې ورځې لپاره دغه (څیزونه) وروسته كړى شوي دي؟

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (تڏھن ثابت ٿيندو ته پيغمبرن کي) ڪھڙي ڏينھن لاءِ ترسايو ويو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئاخۆ ده‌زانن خه‌ڵکینه لێپرسینه‌وه بۆ چ ڕۆژێك دواخراوه‌؟!

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެކަންތައްތައް ފަސްކުރައްވާފައިވަނީ، ކޮންދުވަހަކަށް ހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ለየትኛው ቀን ተቀጠሩ (የሚባል ሲኾን)፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এসব বিষয় কোন দিবসের জন্যে স্থগিত রাখা হয়েছে?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • எந்த நாள்வரை (இவையெல்லாம்) பிற்படுத்தப்பட்டிருக்கின்றன?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഏതൊരു ദിവസത്തേക്കാണ് അവര്‍ക്ക് അവധി നിശ്ചയിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നത്‌?

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 77:12 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 77:12 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 77:12 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.