34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 89:1 compared

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

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

5
  • By the dawn

    Saheeh International

  • By the Dawn,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • By the Dawn

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the break of Day

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • By the dawn

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • سوگند به سپیده دم

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به سپیده‌دم،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun dan yerinə;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Demi fajar,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Demi waktu fajar;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Tako mi zore,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Bei der Morgendämmerung

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Juro por la Aurora,

    Isa García

Français

  • Par l'Aube!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Inã rantsuwa da alfijiri.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Naapa kwa alfajiri,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de dageraad!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Фажр билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha agimin!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Eebe wuxuu ku dhaartay Waabariga.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Tanyerinin ağarmasına and olsun;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь зарею!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Таң белән.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Савганд ба сапедаи субҳ

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سۈبھى بىلەن، (زۇلھەججىنىڭ دەسلەپكى) ئون كېچىسى، بىلەن قۇربانلىق كۈنى بىلەن، قەسەمكى، (كاپىرلارغا ئازاب قىلىمىز)

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • قسم ہے فجر کی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • قسم دى په فجر (سبا) باندې

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پرھ جو قسم آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به به‌ره‌به‌یان.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަތިސް ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በጎህ እምላለሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • শপথ ফজরের,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • விடியற் காலையின் மீது சத்தியமாக,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • പ്രഭാതം തന്നെയാണ സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 89:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 89:1 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 89:1 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.