34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 19:89 compared

لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِدًّا

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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  • You have done an atrocious thing.

    Saheeh International

  • You have certainly advanced something hideous!

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Assuredly ye utter a disastrous thing

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • You have indeed advanced something hideous!

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • به راستی که چیزی بسیار زشت و نسبتی بس ناروا [به میان] آورده اید.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • واقعاً چیز زشتی را [بر زبان‌] آوردید.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Siz, doğrudan da, olduqca pis bir şey etdiniz (çox böyük-böyük danışdınız)!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Sesungguhnya kamu telah mendatangkan sesuatu perkara yang sangat mungkar,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Demi sesungguhnya, kamu telah melakukan satu perkara yang besar salahnya!

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Vi, doista, nešto odvratno govorite!

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Ihr habt ja eine abscheuliche Sache begangen.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Han proferido algo terrible;

    Isa García

Français

  • Vous avancez certes là une chose abominable!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Lalle ne haƙĩƙa kun zo da wani abu mai girman mũni.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Hakika mmeleta jambo la kuchusha mno!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Jullie hebben echt iets afgrijselijks begaan.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Батаҳқиқ, жуда оғир нарса келтирдингиз.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Ju (jobesimtarë) vërtet sollët një fjalë shumë të shëmtuar.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • waxaad la timaadeen wax wayn.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • And olsun ki, ortaya pek kötü bir şey attınız.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Этим вы совершаете ужасное злодеяние.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Тәхкыйк бик олугъ ялган сүзне сөйләдегез.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Дар ҳақиқат сухане зишт овардаед.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سىلەر شەك - شۈبھىسىز قەبىھ بىر سۆزنى قىلدىڭلار

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • یقینا تم لوگوں نے بڑی سخت بات کہی ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • یقینًا یقینًا تاسو ډېره لویه د ګناه خبره وكړه

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (چئبن ته) بيشڪ اوھان بڇڙي شيء آندي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به‌خوا به‌ڕاستی بوختانێکی ناقۆڵاو ده‌که‌ن و گوفتارێکی ناشایسه و سه‌رسوڕهێنه‌ر ده‌ڵێن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ހަމަކަށަވަރުން، ތިޔަބައިމީހުން ތިޔަ ގެނައީ، ވަރަށްވެސް ނުބައިވެގެންވާ ބަހެކެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከባድ መጥፎን ነገር በእርግጥ አመጣችሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • নিশ্চয় তোমরা তো এক অদ্ভুত কান্ড করেছ।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • "நிச்சயமாக நீங்கள் அபாண்டமான (ஒரு கூற்றைக்) கொண்டு வந்திருக்கிறீர்கள்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • (അപ്രകാരം പറയുന്നവരേ,) തീര്‍ച്ചയായും നിങ്ങള്‍ ചെയ്തിരിക്കുന്നത് ഗുരുതരമായ ഒരു കാര്യമാകുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 19:89 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 19:89 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 19:89 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.