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Qurʾān 87:18 compared

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

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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  • Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

    Saheeh International

  • This is indeed in the former scriptures,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Surely this is in the ancient scrolls,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • همانا این [حقایق] در کتاب های آسمانی پیشین هست.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • قطعاً در صحیفه‌های گذشته این [معنی‌] هست،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Həqiqətən, bu deyilənlər (Qur’andan) əvvəlki kitablarda mövcuddur -

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Sesungguhnya ini benar-benar terdapat dalam kitab-kitab yang dahulu,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Sesungguhnya (keterangan-keterangan yang dinyatakan) ini ada (disebutkan) di dalam Kitab-kitab yang terdahulu, -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Ovo, doista, ima u listovima davnašnjim,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Dies ist wahrlich in den früheren Blättern (enthalten),

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Este Mensaje se encuentra mencionado en las primeras revelaciones,

    Isa García

Français

  • Ceci se trouve, certes, dans les Feuilles anciennes,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Lalle ne, wannan yanã a cikin littafan farko.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Hakika haya yamo katika Vitabu vya mwanzo,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Dit staat al in de eerdere bladen,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Албатта, бу аввалги саҳифаларда бордир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Vërtet kjo ishte në broshurat e lashta:

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Arrintaasuna waxay ku sugantahay Kutubtii hore.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Doğrusu bu hükümler ilk sahifelerde, İbrahim ve Musa'nın sahifelerinde de vardır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Воистину, это записано в первых свитках -

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Тәхкыйк бу сүзләр әүвәлге пәйгамбәрләрнең сәхифәләрендә зекер ителгәндер.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ин сухан дар саҳифаҳои нахустин аст,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • بۇ (يەنى بۇ سۈرىدىكى ۋەزلەر) شەك - شۈبھىسىز بۇرۇنقى كىتابلاردا - ئىبراھىم ۋە مۇسالارنىڭ كىتابلىرىدا باردۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • یہ بات تمام پہلے صحیفوں میں بھی موجود ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بېشكه دا (خبرې) یقینًا په ړومبنیو صحیفو كې هم دي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • بيشڪ ھيءَ (بيان) پھرين صحيفن ۾ (به لکيل) آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • بێگومان ئه‌م یادخستنه‌وانه له په‌ڕاوه دێرینه‌کانیشدا باسکراوه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ހަމަކަށަވަރުން، މިވާހަކަތައް، އިހުގެ ފަތްފުށްތަކުގައިވާކަން ކަށަވަރެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ይህ በፊተኞቹ መጻሕፍት ውስጥ ያልለ ነው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এটা লিখিত রয়েছে পূর্ববতী কিতাবসমূহে;

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நிச்யசமாக இது முந்திய ஆகமங்களிலும்-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • തീര്‍ച്ചയായും ഇത് ആദ്യത്തെ ഏടുകളില്‍ തന്നെയുണ്ട്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 87:18 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 87:18 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 87:18 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.