34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 53:8 compared

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

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
  • Then he approached and descended

    Saheeh International

  • Then he drew nearer and nearer

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Then he drew nigh and came down

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Then he approached and came closer,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • then drew near and suspended hung,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • سپس نزدیک رفت و نزدیک تر شد

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سپس نزدیک آمد و نزدیکتر شد،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Sonra (Cəbrail Muhəmməd əleyhissəlama) yaxınlaşdı və aşağı endi.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Kemudian dia mendekat, lalu bertambah dekat lagi.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Kemudian ia mendekatkan dirinya (kepada Nabi Muhammad), lalu ia berjuntai sedikit demi sedikit,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • zatim se približio, pa nadnio –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Hierauf kam er näher und stieg herunter,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • y luego descendió y se acercó a él,

    Isa García

Français

  • Puis il se rapprocha et descendit encore plus bas,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sa'an nan ya kusanta, kuma ya matsa zurõwa.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kisha akakaribia na akateremka.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Toen naderde hij, liet zich neder --

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Сўнгра яқинлашди ва жуда ҳам яқин бўлди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pastaj u lëshua dhe iu afrua

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Kaddibna u soo dhawaaday kuna soo hoobtay (Nabiga).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Sonra yaklaşmış ve inmiştir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Потом он приблизился и спустился.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Соңра Мухәммәд г-мгә якынлашты һәм югарыдан сузылды аңа сүз әйтмәк өчен.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • сипас наздик шуд ва бисёр наздик шуд

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئاندىن ئۇ ئاستا - ئاستا (مۇھەممەد ئەلەيھىسسالامغا) يېقىنلىشىپ تۆۋەنگە ساڭگىلىدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر وہ قریب ہوا اور آگے بڑھا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بیا هغه (جبریل محمدﷺ ته) نژدې شو، پس ښه نژدې شو

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • وري ويجھو ٿيو پوءِ ھيٺ لٿو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له‌وه‌ودوا تا ده‌هات نزیک ده‌بۆوه و سه‌ره‌نجام هاته‌خواره‌وه‌بۆ لای پێغه‌مبه‌ر (صلی الله علیه وسلم)

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ދެން އެ ملائكة އާ (رسول އާއާ) އަރިސްވެވަޑައިގަތެވެ. ދެން އެއަށްވުރެވެސް އަރިސްވެވަޑައިގަތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከዚያም ቀረበ፤ ወረደም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতঃপর নিকটবর্তী হল ও ঝুলে গেল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • பின்னர், அவர் நெருங்கி, இன்னும், அருகே வந்தார்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • പിന്നെ അദ്ദേഹം അടുത്തു വന്നു. അങ്ങനെ കൂടുതല്‍ അടുത്തു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 53:8 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 53:8 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 53:8 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.