The translation of names of doomsday in the glorious Quran into English

Abstract EN

This paper investigates the translation of the names of doomsday in the glorious Quran into (يوم القيامة) English is the common and main name of doomsday and it is mentioned in the Glorious Quran in, seventy verses, whereas other properties are not mentioned except in a few verses like التغابن which is mentioned only in one verse.

Dictionaries indicate that "Doomsday" is the base of (قام يقوم، قوما، و قياما، و قيامة) Doomsday alone does not need further interpretation, while many names of the Doomsday mentioned in the Glorious Quran such as (الفصل، يوم القضاء، يوم الجمع، يوم الدي، يوم الحساب) due to the connotations they imply.

It is believed that the translation of such a text like the Glorious Quran which has all these private and inimitable features is a very difficult process if not impossible.

So there are many cultural problems that arise in the process of translating the names of Doomsday in the Glorious Quran.

Also it is assumed that there is no one-to-one correspondence between Arabic names of the doomsday and their English counterparts.

Different translations of these names result from the wondrous rhetorical devices in the glorious Quran the paper aims to shed light on the translations of some of the names of doomsday which are mentioned in the glorious Quran ،and choosing the most proper translation to the name of Doomsday.

The Data are taken from many suras of the Glorious Quran translated into English by four translators, and we choose and analyses ten of names of Doomsday which are mentioned the Quranic verse a comparison is made, between these renderings.

Concentration here is on the level of meaning rather than other levels of language.

The study concludes that the names of the Doomsday are very significant، and they involve many wondrous rhetorical expressions.