34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 78:7 compared

وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا

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 the mountains as stakes?

    Saheeh International

  • and the mountains stakes?

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And the high hills bulwarks?

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And the mountains as pegs?

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and the mountains as pegs?

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و کوه ها را میخ هایی [برای استواری آن؟]

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و کوهها را [چون‌] میخهایی [نگذاشتیم‌]؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Dağları da dirək?!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan gunung-gunung sebagai pasak?,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan gunung-ganang sebagai pancang pasaknya?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i planine stupovima,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und die Berge zu Pfählen?

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • de las montañas estacas,

    Isa García

Français

  • et (placé) les montagnes comme des piquets?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Da duwãtsu turaku (ga riƙe ƙasa)?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na milima kama vigingi?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • en de bergen tot tentpinnen?

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва тоғларни қозиқ (қилиб қўймадикми?).

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Ndërsa kodrat shtylla?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Buurahana Rukummo (ka yeelin).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Biz yeryüzünü bir beşik, dağları da onun için birer direk kılmadık mı?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • а горы - колышками?

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи селкенмәсен өчен тауларны җиргә кадак кылмадыммы.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва кӯҳҳоро мехҳое?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (زېمىننىڭ تەۋرەپ كەتمەسلىكى ئۈچۈن) تاغلارنى قوزۇق قىلمىدۇقمۇ؟

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اورپہاڑوں کی میخیں نہیں نصب کی ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او غرونه (مو) میخونه

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ جبلن کي ميخون؟

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • (ئایا) کێوه‌کانمان وه‌ک مێخ بۆ دانه‌کوتاون؟ (تا زه‌وی بپارێزێت له فشاری بورکان و ماده تواوه‌کانی ناو ناخی، هه‌روه‌رها هه‌تا له‌نگه‌ری ڕابگرێت و چه‌نده‌ها سودی ترتان پێ بگه‌یه‌نێت).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި (ބިން ހިފެހެއްޓުމަށްވާ) ކަޑަތަކެއް ކަމުގައި، ތިމަންރަސްކަލާނގެ ފަރުބަދަތައް ނުލައްވަންހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ጋራዎችንም ችካሎች አላደረግንምን?

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং পর্বতমালাকে পেরেক?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இன்னும், மலைகளை முளைகளாக ஆக்கவில்லையா?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • പര്‍വ്വതങ്ങളെ ആണികളാക്കുകയും (ചെയ്തില്ലേ?)

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 78:7 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 78:7 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 78:7 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.