34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 80:15 compared

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

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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  • [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

    Saheeh International

  • in the hands of envoys,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • (Set down) by scribes

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • (Written) by the hands of scribes-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • by the hands of scribes

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • در دست سفیرانی

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • به دست فرشتگانی،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (O, Allahla peyğəmbərlər arasında olan) elçi mələklərin əlləri ilə (lövhi-məhfuzdan köçürülür, yaxud o, elçi mələklərə e’tibar edilmişdir).

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • di tangan para penulis (malaikat),

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Terpelihara) di tangan malaikat-malaikat yang menyalinnya dari Lauh Mahfuz;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • u rukama pisārā

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • durch die Hände von Entsandten,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • en manos de [ángeles] encargados de ejecutar las órdenes de Dios,

    Isa García

Français

  • entre les mains d'ambassadeurs

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • A cikin hannãyen mala'iku marubũta.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Zimo mikononi mwa Malaika waandishi,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • met de hand van schrijvers,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Элчи(фаришта)лар қўлларидадир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Në duar të udhëtuesve (engjëjve udhëtues mes All-llahut e njerëzve).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Oy Gacanta ku hayaan Malaa'ig (wax qorta).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İyi kimseler, saygıdeğer elçilerin eliyle yazılmıştır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • в руках посланцев

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Язучы фәрештәләр кулындадыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ба дасти котибоне,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (ئۇ) ھۆرمەتلىك ياخشى (پەرىشتىلەردىن بولغان) پۈتۈكچىلەرنىڭ قولىدىدۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • ایسے لکھنے والوں کے ہاتھوں میں ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • د لیكونكو (ملايكو) په لاسونو كې

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • لکندڙن جي ھٿن ۾.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به‌ده‌ستی فریشته نووسه‌ره‌کان.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ދަތުރުކުރައްވާ ملائكة ންގެ އަތްޕުޅުތަކުގައެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በጸሐፊዎቹ (መላእክት) እጆች (ንጹሕ የተደረገች)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • লিপিকারের হস্তে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (வானவர்களான) எழுதுபவர்களின் கைகளால்-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ചില സന്ദേശവാഹകരുടെ കൈകളിലാണത്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 80:15 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 80:15 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 80:15 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.