34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 83:5 compared

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

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 a tremendous Day -

    Saheeh International

  • on a tremendous day,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Unto an Awful Day,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • On a Mighty Day,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • unto a mighty day

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • برای روزی بزرگ،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • [در] روزی بزرگ:

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Özü də dəhşətli bir gündə?!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • pada suatu hari yang besar,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Pada hari (kiamat) yang amat besar (huru-haranya),

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • na Dan veliki,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • zu einem gewaltigen Tag,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • En un día terrible,

    Isa García

Français

  • en un jour terrible,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Domin yini mai girma.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Katika Siku iliyo kuu,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • op een geweldige dag,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Улуғ бир кунда.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Në një ditë të madhe,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Maalin wayn darteed (Qiyaamada).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Bunlar, büyük bir günde tekrar dirileceklerini sanmıyorlar mı?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • в Великий день -

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Олугъ кыямәт көнендә.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • дар он рӯзи бузург?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار بۈيۈك بىر كۈندە تىرىلىدىغانلىقىغا ئىشەنمەمدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • بڑے سخت دن میں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • په ډېره لویه ورځ كې (د حساب لپاره)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • اُنھيءَ وڏي ڏينھن لاءِ.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • بۆ ڕۆژێکی زۆر سامناک و ترسناک و گه‌وره‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ބޮޑުވެގެންވާ ދުވަހަކަށް އެއުރެން ފޮނުއްވާނޭ ކަމުގައި އެއުރެން يقين ނުކުރަނީ ހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በታላቁ ቀን፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সেই মহাদিবসে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • மகத்தான ஒரு நாளுக்காக,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഭയങ്കരമായ ഒരു ദിവസത്തിനായിട്ട്‌

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 83:5 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 83:5 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 83:5 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.