34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 77:33 compared

كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ

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
  • As if they were yellowish [black] camels.

    Saheeh International

  • [bright] like yellow camels.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • (Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • "As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • sparks like to golden herds.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • گویی آن شراره ها هم چون شتران زرد رنگ هستند.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • گویی شترانی زرد رنگند.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O (qığılcımlar), sanki sarı dəvə sürükləridir.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Seolah-olah ia iringan unta yang kuning.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • "(Banyaknya dan warnanya) bunga api itu seolah-olah rombongan unta kuning".

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • kao da su kamile riđe. –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • als wären sie gelbe Kamele.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Chispas que semejan camellos pardos.

    Isa García

Français

  • et qu'on prendrait pour des chameaux jaunes.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kamar dai su raƙumma ne baƙãƙe.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kama kwamba ni ngamia wa rangi ya manjano!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • alsof het gele kamelen waren.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • У (учқун) худди қорамтир-сарғиш туяларга ўхшайдир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E që janë si të ishin deve të verdha (shumë të shpejta).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ama aad Mooddo geel madaw ah.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • O gölgenin saçtığı her bir kıvılcım sanki birer sarı devedir, konak gibi de büyüktür.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • который выглядит словно желтые верблюды.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Гүя ул очкын сары дөя кебидер.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • гӯӣ, ки уштуроне зард бошанд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇ ئۇچقۇنلار قارا - سېرىق تۆگىلەرگە ئوخشايدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جیسے زرد رنگ کے اونٹ

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ګویا كې دغه (سكروټې، بڅركي) زېړ تور بخن اوښان دي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ڄڻ ته اُھي ھيڊا اُٺ آھن.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هه‌ر وه‌کو وشتری زه‌ردی مه‌یله‌و ڕه‌ش ده‌نوێنێت.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެ ކަނިތައް، ރީނދޫކުލައިގެ جمل ތަކެއް ފަދައެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • (ቃንቄውም) ልክ ዳለቻዎች ግመሎችን ይመስላል፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যেন সে পীতবর্ণ উষ্ট্রশ্রেণী।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நிச்சயமாக அது மஞ்சள் நிறமுள்ள ஒட்டகைகள் போல் இருக்கும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അത് (തീപ്പൊരി) മഞ്ഞനിറമുള്ള ഒട്ടക കൂട്ടങ്ങളെപ്പോലെയായിരിക്കും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 77:33 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 77:33 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 77:33 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.