34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 89:3 compared

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

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
  • And [by] the even [number] and the odd

    Saheeh International

  • by the Even and the Odd,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And the Even and the Odd,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the even and odd (contrasted);

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • by the even and the odd,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و به زوج و فرد

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و به جفت و تاق،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun cütə və təkə (tək olan xaliqə, erkək və dişi olmaqla cüt olan məxluqata; cüt olan hər şeyə, yaxud Qurban bayramına və yaxud Ərəfə gününə);

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan yang genap dan yang ganjil,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan bilangan yang genap serta yang ganjil;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i parnih i neparnih,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und dem geraden und dem ungeraden (Tag)

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • por [las oraciones] pares e impares,

    Isa García

Français

  • Par le pair et l'impair!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Da (adadi na) cikã da (na) mãrã.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na kwa viwili viwili na kimoja kimoja,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij even en oneven!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Жуфту тоқ билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha çiftin dhe pasha tekun!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Iyo Tirada siman iyo tan is dheer.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Herşeyin çiftine de, tekine de and olsun;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь четом и нечетом!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Корбан көне һам ґәрәфа көне белән яки мәхлук һәм халык белән ант итәмен.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва савганд ба ҷуфту тоқ

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

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

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور جفت و طاق کی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او په جفت او طاق باندې

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ ٻڌيءَ ۽ اِڪئيءَ جو قسم آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به ئه‌و شتانه که جووتن، هه‌روه‌ها سوێند به هه‌موو ئه‌و شتانه‌ی که تاکن (یاخود سوێند به شه‌وه جووت و شه‌وه تاکه‌کان)

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ހިރިތަކެއްޗާއި، އޮނަހިރި ތަކެތި ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በጥንዱም በነጠላውም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যা জোড় ও যা বিজোড়

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இரட்டையின் மீதும், ஒற்றையின் மீதும் சத்தியமாக,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഇരട്ടയും ഒറ്റയും തന്നെയാണ സത്യം

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 89:3 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 89:3 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 89:3 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.