34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 53:59 compared

أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ

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 at this statement do you wonder?

    Saheeh International

  • Will you then wonder at this discourse,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Marvel ye then at this statement,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Do ye then wonder at this recital?

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Do you then marvel at this discourse,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • آیا از این سخن تعجب می کنید؟

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آیا از این سخن عجب دارید؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • İndi siz bu kəlama (Qur’ana) təəccübmü edirsiniz?

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Maka apakah kamu merasa heran terhadap pemberitaan ini?

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Maka patutkah kamu merasa hairan terhadap keterangan-keterangan Al-Quran ini (sehingga kamu mengingkarinya)?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Pa zar se ovom govoru iščuđavate –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Wundert ihr euch denn über diese Aussage

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¿De este mensaje se sorprenden?

    Isa García

Français

  • Quoi! vous étonnez-vous de ce discours (le Coran)?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Shin, kuma daga wannan lãbãri kuke mãmãki?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Je! Mnayastaajabia maneno haya?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Zijn jullie dan verbaasd over dit bericht?

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Бу сўздан сизлар ажабланасизларми?

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • A këtij ligjërimi po i çuditeni?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ma quraankanaad la yaabantihiin.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Bu söze mi şaşıyorsunuz?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Неужели вы удивляетесь этому повествованию,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әллә ошбу Коръән сүзләреннән ґәҗәбләнәсезме?

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Оё аз ин сухан дар ҳайрат афтодаед?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (ئى مۇشرىكلار جامائەسى!) مەسخىرە قىلىپ بۇ قۇرئاندىن ئەجەبلىنەمسىلەر؟

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • کیا تم اس بات سے تعجب کررہے ہو

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ایا نو تاسو له دې خبرې (قرآن) نه تعجب كوئ

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ھن ڳالھ کان تعجب ڪندا آھيو ڇا؟

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • جا ئایا ئێوه له‌م قسه‌یه که‌قورئانه‌سه‌رسام ده‌بن؟!

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، ތިޔަބައިމީހުން عجائب ވަނީ އަދި ނުރޮއި ހެނީ މިވާހަކަތަކާމެދުގައި (އެބަހީ: قرآن އާމެދުގައި) ހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከዚህ ንግግር ትደነቃላችሁን?

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তোমরা কি এই বিষয়ে আশ্চর্যবোধ করছ?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இச் செய்தியிலிருந்து நீங்கள் ஆச்சரியப்படுகிறீர்களா?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അപ്പോള്‍ ഈ വാര്‍ത്തയെപ്പറ്റി നിങ്ങള്‍ അത്ഭുതപ്പെടുകയും,

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 53:59 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 53:59 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 53:59 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.