34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 56:54 compared

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

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
  • And drinking on top of it from scalding water

    Saheeh International

  • and drink boiling water on top of it,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • "And drink Boiling Water on top of it:

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and drink on top of that boiling water

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و روی آن از آب جوشان خواهید نوشید،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و روی آن از آب جوش می‌نوشید؛

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Üstündən də (sizə bərk yanğı gəldiyi üçün) qaynar su içəcəksiniz.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Sesudah itu kamu akan meminum air yang sangat panas.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • "Selepas itu kamu akan meminum pula dari air panas yang menggelegak,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • pa zatim na to ključalu vodu piti,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und dann darauf heißes Wasser trinken;

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • y luego beberán un líquido hirviente

    Isa García

Français

  • puis vous boirez par-dessus cela de l'eau bouillante,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • "Sa'an nan kuma mãsu shã ne, a kan wannan abin cin, daga ruwan zãfi."

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na juu yake mtakunywa maji yanayo chemka.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En dan zullen jullie daarbij gloeiend water drinken

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Бас, устидан ўта қайноқ сувдан ичувчисизлар.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E menjëherë pas do të pini pre ujit t vluar!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxaadna ku cabbaysaan Biyo kulayl badan.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Onun üzerine kaynar su içeceksiniz;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • и запивать их кипятком,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • вә аның өстенә эчәрсез бик кайнар суны.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва бар болои он оби ҷӯшон хоҳед нушид,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇنىڭ ئۈستىگە ھارارىتى يۇقىرى بولغان قايناقسۇنى تەشنا بولغان تۆگىلەردەك ئىچىسىلەر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر اس پر کھولتا ہوا پانی پیو گے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بیا به تاسو د دغه (خوړل شوي زقوم) له پاسه تودې اوبه څښونكي یئ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ مٿانئس تَتل پاڻيءَ مان پيئندؤ.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئینجا ناوی له‌کوڵیشی به‌سه‌ردا ده‌که‌ن

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، އޭގަމައްޗަށް ކެކިކެކިހުންނަ ހޫނުފެން ބޯނޭމެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • «በእርሱ ላይም ከፈላ ውሃ ጠጪዎች ናችሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতঃপর তার উপর পান করবে উত্তপ্ত পানি।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அப்புறம் அதன்மேல் கொதிக்கும் நீரையே குடிப்பீர்கள்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അതിന്‍റെ മീതെ തിളച്ചുപൊള്ളുന്ന വെള്ളത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് കുടിക്കുന്നവരുമാകുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 56:54 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 56:54 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 56:54 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.