34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 56:83 compared

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ

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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  • Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat

    Saheeh International

  • So when it reaches the throat [of the dying person],

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat,-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Why, but when the soul leaps to the throat of the dying

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • پس چرا هنگامی که روح به گلوگاه می رسد،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • پس چرا آنگاه که [جان شما] به گلو می‌رسد،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Can) boğaza yetişdiyi (ölüm gəlib çatdığı) zaman

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Maka mengapa ketika nyawa sampai di kerongkongan,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Maka alangkah eloknya kalau semasa (roh seseorang dari kamu yang hampir mati) sampai ke kerongkongnya, -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • A zašto vi kad duša do guše dopre,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Wenn sie die Kehle erreicht,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Entonces, cuando [el alma] llegue hasta la garganta,

    Isa García

Français

  • Lorsque le souffle de la vie remonte à la gorge (d'un moribond),

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • To, don me idan rai ya kai ga maƙõshi? (Kusa da mutuwa).

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Yawaje basi itakapo fika roho kwenye koo,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Waarom [brengen jullie de levensadem] wanneer hij de keel bereikt niet [terug],

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Жонингиз ҳалқумга келиб қолса-чи?!

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Përse, pra kur arrin shpirti në fyt.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Maxaydaan markay Naftu dhuunta gaadho.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Kişinin canı boğaza dayanınca ve siz o zaman bakıp kalırken, Biz o kişiye sizden daha yakınızdır, ama görmezsiniz.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • А когда душа подступает к горлу

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әгәр үлемгә хәзерләнгән кешенең җаны бугазына җитсә,

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Пас чаро он гоҳ ки ҷон ба гулӯ расад

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • جان ھەلقۇمغا يەتكەن چاغدا (سەكراتتىكى كىشىگە) قاراپ تۇرىسىلەر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر ایسا کیوں نہیں ہوتا کہ جب جان گلے تک پہنچ جائے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو ولې يې نه (راګرځوئ) كله چې ساه ستوني ته ورسېږي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ جنھن مھل (ڪنھنجو) ساھ نر گھٽ وٽ پھچي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • باشه‌، ئێوه بۆ بیرناکه‌نه‌وه‌، ڕۆژێک دێت که‌: ڕۆحتان ده‌گاته‌گه‌رووتان

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، މަރުވުމުގެ ވަގުތުގައި، ކަރާހަމަޔަށް ފުރާނައައިސް ނޭވާހޮޅިޔަށް އެޅިއްޖެހިނދެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • (ነፍስ) ጉረሮንም በደረሰች ጊዜ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতঃপর যখন কারও প্রাণ কন্ঠাগত হয়।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • மரணத் தறுவாயில் ஒருவனின் (உயிர்) தொண்டைக் குழியை அடையும் போது -

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • എന്നാല്‍ അത് (ജീവന്‍) തൊണ്ടക്കുഴിയില്‍ എത്തുമ്പോള്‍ എന്തുകൊണ്ടാണ് (നിങ്ങള്‍ക്കത് പിടിച്ചു നിര്‍ത്താനാകാത്തത്‌?)

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 56:83 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 56:83 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 56:83 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.