34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 81:9 compared

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

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
  • For what sin she was killed

    Saheeh International

  • for what sin she was killed.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • For what sin she was slain,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • For what crime she was killed;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • for what sin she was slain,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • به کدام گناه کشته شده؟

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • به کدامین گناه کشته شده است؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • “Axı o hansı günaha görə öldürüldü?”; soruşulacağı zaman;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • karena dosa apakah dia dibunuh,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dengan dosa apakah ia dibunuh?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • zbog kakve krivice je umorena,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • wegen welcher Sünde es getötet wurde,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • por qué pecado las mataron,

    Isa García

Français

  • pour quel péché elle a été tuée.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • "Sabõda wane laifi ne aka kashe ta?"

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kwa kosa gani aliuliwa?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • voor welke zonde zij gedood werd.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • У нима гуноҳ учун ўлдирилган?

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Për çfarë mëkati ato janë mbytur,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Maxaa dambi ah oo loo dilay.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Kız çocuğun hangi suçtan ötürü öldürüldüğü kendisine sorulduğu zaman;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • за какой грех ее убили,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ни сәбәпле үтерелдең дип, нинди гөнаһы бар иде, нигә үтердегез дип.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ба чӣ гуноҳе кушта шудааст

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • تىرىك كۆمۈۋېتىلگەن قىزدىن سەن قايسى گۇناھ بىلەن ئۆلتۈرۈلدۈڭ؟ دەپ سورالغان چاغدا،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • کہ انہیں کس گناہ میں مارا گیا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • چې دا په كومې ګناه وژل شوې ده

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ڪھڙي ڏوھ ڪري ماري وئي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به چ گوناهێك، به چ تۆمه‌تێك کوژرا؟!

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އޭނާ މަރައިލީ ކޮން ކުށެއްގެ ސަބަބުން ހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በምን ወንጀል እንደ ተገደለች፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • কি অপরাধে তাকে হত্য করা হল?

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • "எந்தக் குற்றத்திற்காக அது கொல்லப்பட்டது?" என்று-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • താന്‍ എന്തൊരു കുറ്റത്തിനാണ് കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടത് എന്ന്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 81:9 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 81:9 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 81:9 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.