34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 79:16 compared

إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

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 his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,

    Saheeh International

  • when his Lord called out to him in the holy valley of Tuwa?

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • When his Lord called to him in the holy valley, Towa:

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • هنگامی که پروردگارش او را در وادی مقدس طوی ندا داد

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آنگاه که پروردگارش او را در وادی مقدس «طوی» ندا درداد:

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O zaman ki, Rəbbi ona müqəddəs Tuva vadisində belə xitab etdi:

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Tatkala Tuhannya memanggilnya di lembah suci ialah Lembah Thuwa;

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Ketika ia diseru oleh Tuhannya di "Wadi Tuwa" yang suci; -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • kad ga je Gospodar njegov u svetoj dolini Tuva zovnuo,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Als sein Herr ihn im geheiligten Tal Tuwa rief:

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Cuando su Señor lo llamó en el valle sagrado de Tuwa

    Isa García

Français

  • Quand son Seigneur l'appela, dans Towâ, la vallée sanctifiée:

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • A lõkacin da Ubangijinsa Ya kirãye shi, a cikin kwari mai tsarki, wato Duwã?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Mola wake Mlezi alipo mwita katika bonde takatifu la T'uwaa, akamwambia:

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Toen zijn Heer in de geheiligde vallei Toewa tot hem riep:

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Қачонки Роббиси унга муқаддас Тува водийсида нидо қилди:

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Kur Zoti i tij e pat thirrur në luginën e bekuar Tuva (rrënzë kodrës Turi Sina).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Markii Eebe uga yeedahy Toggii barakaysnaa ee Dhuwa.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Tuva'da, kutsal bir vadide, Rabbi ona şöyle hitap etmişti:

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Вот Господь его воззвал к нему в священной долине Тува (Това):

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Мусаның Раббысы аңа нида кылды, Тур тавының итәгендәге мүбарәк Тува дигән урында.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Он гоҳ ки Парвардигораш ӯро дар водии муқаддаси Туво нидо дод:

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۆز ۋاقتىدا ئۇنى پەرۋەردىگارى تۇۋا ناملىق مۇقەددەس ۋادىدا (مۇنداق دەپ) چاقىردى:

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جب ان کے رب نے انہیں طویٰ کی مقدس وادی میں آواز دی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • كله چې ده ته خپل رب په پاكې دَرې (ناو) ’’طُوٰی‘‘ كې اواز وكړ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جڏھن سندس پالڻھار کيس پاڪ ميدان طُوىٰ ۾ سڏيو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • کاتێک په‌روه‌ردگاری له دۆڵی (طوی) دا بانگی کرد و گفتوگۆی له‌گه‌ڵدا کرد و فه‌رمانی پێدا:

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • طوى އޭ ކިޔުނު مقدّس ވާދީގައި ހުންނަވަނިކޮށް، އެކަލޭގެފާނުގެ ވެރިރަސްކަލާނގެ، އެކަލޭގެފާނަށް ނިދާ އިއްވެވި ހިނދެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ጌታው በተቀደሰው ሸለቆ በጡዋ በጠራው ጊዜ፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যখন তার পালনকর্তা তাকে পবিত্র তুয়া উপ্যকায় আহবান করেছিলেন,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • 'துவா' என்னும் புனித பள்ளத்தாக்கில் அவருடைய இறைவன் அவரை அழைத்து,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ത്വുവാ എന്ന പരിശുദ്ധ താഴ്‌വരയില്‍ വെച്ച് അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്‍റെ രക്ഷിതാവ് അദ്ദേഹത്തെ വിളിച്ച് ഇപ്രകാരം പറഞ്ഞ സന്ദര്‍ഭം:

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 79:16 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 79:16 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 79:16 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.