34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 51:7 compared

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ

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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  • By the heaven containing pathways,

    Saheeh International

  • By the sky full of adornment [with stars],

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • By the heaven full of paths,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • By heaven with all its tracks

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و سوگند به آسمان که داری اعتدال و زیبایی و آراستگی است؛

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به آسمان مشبّک،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Cürbəcür ulduz) yolları olan göyə and olsun ki,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Demi langit yang mempunyai jalan-jalan,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Demi langit yang mempunyai jalan-jalan yang berbagai bentuk keadaannya,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Tako Mi neba punog zvjezdanih puteva,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Beim Himmel in seiner Vollkommenheit;

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Y [juro] por el cosmos surcado de [planetas en] órbitas

    Isa García

Français

  • Par le ciel aux voies parfaitement tracées!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Inã rantsuwa da samã ma'abũciyar hanyõyi (na tafiyar taurãri da sautin rediyo).

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Naapa kwa mbingu zenye njia,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de hemel met zijn banen!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Гўзал, мустаҳкам осмон билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Për qiellin plot rrugë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Samada yuu Eebe ku dhaartay ee quruxda iyo waddooyinka leh.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İçinde yörüngeler bulunan göğe and olsun ki, ey inkarcılar, siz, şüphesiz aykırı görüştesiniz.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь небом, обладающим прекрасным обликом (или небом, обладающим мощью; или небом со звездами)!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи йолдызлар юлы булучы күк белән ант итәмен.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва савганд ба осмон, ки ба ситорагон ороста аст,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • يوللىرى بار ئاسمان بىلەن قەسەمكى، (پەيغەمبەر ھەققىدە) سىلەرنىڭ سۆزۈڭلار ھەقىقەتەن خىلمۇخىلدۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور مختلف راستوں والے آسمان کی قسم

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • قسم دى په اسمان چې د لارو والا دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • واٽن واري آسمان جو قسم آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به‌ئاسمانی خاوه‌ن ڕێگه‌و ڕێک و پێک و ڕازاوه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • (ތަރިތައް ހިނގާ) މަގުތަކުގެ ވެރި، ފުރިހަމަކަންބޮޑު، އުޑު ގަންދެއްވައި وحى ކުރައްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • የ(ከዋክብት) መንገዶች ባለቤት በኾነችው ሰማይ እምላለሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • পথবিশিষ্ট আকাশের কসম,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அழகு நிரம்பிய வானத்தின் மீது சத்தியமாக!

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • വിവിധ പഥങ്ങളുള്ള ആകാശം തന്നെയാണ,സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 51:7 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 51:7 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 51:7 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.