34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 56:22 compared

وَحُورٌ عِينٌ

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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  • And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,

    Saheeh International

  • and big-eyed houris

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and wide-eyed houris

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و حوریانی چشم درشت،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و حوران چشم‌درشت،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Onlar üçün orada) iri (ahu) gözlü, qəşəng hurilər də vardır.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan ada bidadari-bidadari bermata jeli,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan (mereka dilayani) bidadari-bidadari yang cantik parasnya,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • U njima će biti i hurije očiju krupnih,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Und (darin sind) Huris mit schönen, großen Augen,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Habrá huríes de ojos hermosos,

    Isa García

Français

  • Et ils auront des houris aux yeux, grands et beaux,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Da wasu mãtã mãsu fararen idanu da girmansu.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na Mahurulaini,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En er zijn gezellinnen met sprekende grote ogen,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Яна кўзи гўзал ҳурлар бор.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe (gratë e tyre janë) hyri symëdha.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Iyo Haween Janno oo Indha cadcad.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İşlediklerine karşılık olarak, sedefteki inciler gibi ceylan gözlüler vardır. Orada boş ve günaha sokacak bir söz duymazlar.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Их женами будут черноокие, большеглазые девы,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи кара вә зур күзле кызлар белән бергә булырлар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва ҳурони дуруштчашм

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلارغا سەدەپنىڭ ئىچىدىكى گۆھەرگە ئوخشايدىغان شەھلا كۆزلۈك ھۆرلەر بېرىلىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور کشادہ چشم حوریں ہوں گی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او (د دوى لپاره) پیمخې غټ سترګې حورې دي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ وڏين اکين وارون حورون.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هاوڕێ له‌گه‌ڵ حۆری چاوگه‌ش و چاو ڕه‌شیش...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ކަޅިރަވަ ރީތި، حورالعين ން ތިބޭނެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ዓይናማዎች የኾኑ ነጫጭ ቆንጆዎችም አሏቸው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তথায় থাকবে আনতনয়না হুরগণ,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (அங்கு இவர்களுக்கு) ஹூருல் ஈன் (என்னும் நெடிய கண்களுடைய) கன்னியர் இருப்பர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • വിശാലമായ നയനങ്ങളുള്ള വെളുത്ത തരുണികളും. (അവര്‍ക്കുണ്ട്‌.)

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 56:22 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 56:22 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 56:22 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.