34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 20:106 compared

فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا

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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  • And He will leave the earth a level plain;

    Saheeh International

  • Then He will leave it a level plain.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And leave it as an empty plain,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • "He will leave them as plains smooth and level;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • then He will leave them a level hollow

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • پس آنها را به صورت دشتی هموار و صاف وامی گذارد،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • پس آنها را پهن و هموار خواهد کرد،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Dümdüz (hamar) bir yer edəcək (heç bir şey bitməyən qupquru torpaq halına salacaq);

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • maka Dia akan menjadikan (bekas) gunung-gunung itu datar sama sekali,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • "Lalu Ia membiarkan tapak gunung-gunung itu (di bumi) rata lagi licin".

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • a mjesta na kojima su bile ravnom ledinom ostaviti,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und sie dann als leere Ebene zurücklassen,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • y las convertirá en inmensas llanuras.

    Isa García

Français

  • et les laissera comme une plaine dénudée

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sa'an nan Yanã barin (wurinsu) faƙo mai santsi.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na ataiacha tambarare, uwanda.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • en ze als een kale vlakte achterlaten,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Сўнг уларни теп-текис ҳолга келтирур.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe vendin e tyre ta bëjë rrafsh pa farë bime e ndërtese.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • wuxuuna ka yeeli meel siman oo ebar ah.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Sana dağları sorarlar; de ki: "Rabbim onları ufalayıp savuracak, yerlerini düz, kuru bir toprak haline getirecek; orada ne çukur, ne tümsek göreceksin. O gün, hiçbir tarafa sapmadan bir davetçiye uyarlar. Sesler Rahman'ın heybetinden kısılmıştır; ancak bir fısıltı işitirsin."

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • и оставит только гладкую равнину.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Соңра ул җирне тигез кылыр, үлән үсми торган итеп.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва онҳоро ба замине ҳамвор бадал мекунад;

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلارنى تۈزلەڭلىككە ئايلاندۇرىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر زمین کو چٹیل میدان بنادے گا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو دغه (ځمكه) به تش هوار ډاګ پرېږدي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ اُن ھنڌ کي صاف پٽ ڪري ڇڏيندو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • جا په‌رش و بڵاوی ده‌کاته‌وه و ده‌یکاته زه‌ویه‌کی پان و ته‌خت و به‌رین وازی لێ ده‌هێنێت و به‌جێ ده‌هێڵێت.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، ގަހެއް ރުކެއްނެތް ހަމަބިމެއްގެ ގޮތުގައި އެކަލާނގެ އެ ބިން ދޫކުރައްވާނެތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • «ትክክል ሜዳም ኾና ይተዋታል፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতঃপর পৃথিবীকে মসৃণ সমতলভূমি করে ছাড়বেন।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • "பின்பு, அவற்றைச் சமவெளியாக்கி விடுவான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • എന്നിട്ട് അവന്‍ അതിനെ സമനിരപ്പായ മൈതാനമാക്കി വിടുന്നതാണ്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 20:106 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 20:106 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 20:106 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.