34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 91:12 compared

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

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 the most wretched of them was sent forth.

    Saheeh International

  • when the most wretched of them rose up.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • When the basest of them broke forth

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • when the most wretched of them uprose,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • زمانی که بدبخت ترینشان به پا خاست.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آنگاه که شقی‌ترینشان بر[پا] خاست.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Onların ən rəzili (Allahın bir mö’cüzəsi olaraq qayanın içindən çıxartdığı dəvəni öldürməyə) qalxdığı zaman

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • ketika bangkit orang yang paling celaka di antara mereka,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Ketika orang yang paling jahat di antara mereka menerima perintah dari mereka (supaya membunuh unta yang menjadi mukjizat),

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • kad se jedan nesretnik između njih podigao,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • als der Unseligste von ihnen sich erhob.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Cuando el más opresor de ellos se prestó para matar a la camella.

    Isa García

Français

  • lorsque le plus misérable d'entre eux se leva (pour tuer la chamelle)

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • A lõkacin da mafi shaƙãwarsu ya tafi (wurin sõke rãkumar sãlihu).

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Alipo simama mwovu wao mkubwa,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • toen de ellendeling onder hen opstond.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Вақтики, (ундаги) энг бадбахт шахс шошилиб турди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Kur më i keqi i tyre u ngrit me të shpejtë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Marku tagay koodi xumaa (si uu hasha u dilo).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Semud milleti, içlerinden en azgını ileri atılınca, azgınlığı yüzünden peygamberleri yalanladı.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • и тогда самый несчастный из них вызвался убить верблюдицу.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дөяне үтерергә ашыктылар Сәмуд кавеменең явызлары.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Он гоҳ ки бадбахттаринашон бархост.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئەينى زاماندا سەمۇدنىڭ ئەڭ بەتبەخت ئادىمى (مۆجىزە بولۇپ كەلگەن تۆگىنى) ئۆلتۈرۈشكە ئالدىرىدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جب ان کا بدبخت اٹھ کھڑا ہوا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • كله چې د دوى لوى بدبخت راپورته شو

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جڏھن منجھانئن بلڪل نڀاڳو اُٿيو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • کاتێک شه‌قاوه و خوانه‌ناسترین که‌سیان خۆیی ڕاپسکاند (بۆ سه‌ربڕینی وشتره‌که‌).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެއުރެންކުރެ އެންމެ އަބާއްޖަވެރިމީހާ (ޖަމަލު މެރުމަށް) އަވަސްވެގަތްހިނދެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ጠማማዋ በተንቀሳቀሰ ጊዜ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যখন তাদের সর্বাধিক হতভাগ্য ব্যক্তি তৎপর হয়ে উঠেছিল।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அவர்களில் கேடுகெட்ட ஒருவன் விரைந்து முன் வந்தபோது,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അവരുടെ കൂട്ടത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും ദുഷ്ടതയുള്ളവന്‍ ഒരുങ്ങി പുറപ്പെട്ട സന്ദര്‍ഭം .

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 91:12 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 91:12 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 91:12 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.