34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 56:1 compared

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

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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  • When the Occurrence occurs,

    Saheeh International

  • When the Imminent [Hour] befalls

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • When the event befalleth -

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • When the Terror descends

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • هنگامی که واقعه [بسیار عظیم قیامت] واقع شود،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آن واقعه چون وقوع یابد،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Qiyamət vaqe olacağı (qopacağı) vaxt

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Apabila terjadi hari kiamat,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Apabila berlaku hari kiamat itu,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Kada se Događaj dogodi –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Wenn die (Stunde) eintrifft, die eintreffen wird,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Cuando sobrevenga el suceso

    Isa García

Français

  • Quand l'événement (le Jugement) arrivera,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Idan mai aukuwa ta auku.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Litakapo tukia hilo Tukio

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Wanneer het aanstaande komt,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Воқеа воқеъ бўлганда.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E kur të ngjajë ndodhia (kijameti).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Markay Qiyaamadu dhacdo.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Kıyamet koptuğunda kimini alçaltacak ve kimini yükseltecek olan o hadisenin yalan olmadığı ortaya çıkacaktır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Когда наступит Событие (День воскресения),

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әгәр вакыйга булачак кыямәт хәле вакыйга булса,

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Чун қиёмат воқеъ шавад,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • قىيامەت قايىم بولغان چاغدا،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جب قیامت برپا ہوگی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • كله چې واقع كېدونكى (قیامت) واقع شي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جڏھن قيامت ايندي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • کاتێک ڕووداوه‌سامناکه‌که‌پێش دێت... (مه‌به‌ست ڕۆژی قیامه‌ته‌)

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • قيامة ވެއްޖެހިނދެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • መከራይቱ በወደቀች ጊዜ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যখন কিয়ামতের ঘটনা ঘটবে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • மாபெரும் நிகழ்ச்சி(யான இறுதிநாள்) ஏற்பட்டால்

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ആ സംഭവം സംഭവിച്ച് കഴിഞ്ഞാല്‍.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 56:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 56:1 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 56:1 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.