34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 99:1 compared

إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

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 earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

    Saheeh International

  • When the earth is rocked with a terrible quake

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • When the earth is shaken to her (utmost) convulsion,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • When earth is shaken with a mighty shaking

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • هنگامی که زمین را با [شدیدترین] لرزشش بلرزانند،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آنگاه که زمین به لرزش [شدید] خود لرزانیده شود،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Yer özünə məxsus bir şiddətlə lərzəyə gəlib titrəyəcəyi zaman;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Apabila bumi digoncangkan dengan goncangan (yang dahsyat),

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Apabila bumi digegarkan dengan gegaran yang sedahsyat-dahsyatnya,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Kada se Zemlja najžešćim potresom svojim potrese

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Wenn die Erde erschüttert wird durch ihr heftiges Beben

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Cuando la Tierra sea sacudida por el gran terremoto,

    Isa García

Français

  • Quand la terre tremblera d'un violent tremblement,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Idan aka girgiza ƙasa, girgizawarta.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Itakapo tetemeshwa ardhi kwa mtetemeko wake!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Wanneer de aarde bevend dooreen wordt geschud

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Вақтики, ер ўзига хос зилзилага тушса.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Kur të dridhet toka me dridhjen e saj të fuqishme,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Marka DHulka la gilgilo.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Yer dehşetle sarsıldıkça sarsıldığı, yeryüzü ağırlıklarını dışarıya çıkardığı ve insanın: "Buna ne oluyor?" dediği zaman;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Когда земля содрогнется от сотрясений,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әгәр җир үзенең селкенүе илә селкендерелсә.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Он гоҳ ки замин ларзонда шавад ба сахттарин ларзаҳояш

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • زېمىن قاتتىق تەۋرىتىلگەندە،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جب زمین زوروں کے ساتھ زلزلہ میں آجائے گی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • كله چې ځمكه وخوزلى شي په خپلو سختو خوزولو سره

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جڏھن زمين پنھنجي سخت ڌوڏجڻ سان ڌوڏبي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • کاتێك زه‌وی ده‌هێنرێته له‌رزه‌و بوومه‌له‌رزه زۆر به‌هێزه‌که‌ی بۆ پێشهات.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ބިންގަނޑު އޭގެ (އެންމެފަހުގެ) ހެލިގަތުމުން ހެލިގެންފިހިނދެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ምድር (በኀይል) መንቀጥቀጥዋን በተንቀጠቀጠች ጊዜ፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যখন পৃথিবী তার কম্পনে প্রকম্পিত হবে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • பூமி பெரும் அதிர்ச்சியாக - அதிர்ச்சி அடையும் போது

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഭൂമി പ്രകമ്പനം കൊള്ളിക്കപ്പെട്ടാല്‍ - അതിന്‍റെ ഭയങ്കരമായ ആ പ്രകമ്പനം .

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 99:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 99:1 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 99:1 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.