34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 69:16 compared

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

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 the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.

    Saheeh International

  • and the sky will be split open—for it will be frail on that day—

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and heaven shall be split, for upon that day it shall be very frail,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و آسمان بشکافد و در آن روز است که از هم گسسته و متلاشی گردد؛

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و آسمان از هم بشکافد، و در آن روز است که آن از هم گسسته باشد.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Və (göy) süst düşüb parçalanacaqdır!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan terbelahlah langit, karena pada hari itu langit menjadi lemah.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan terbelahlah langit, lalu menjadilah ia pada saat itu reput (dan runtuh),

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i nebo će se razdvojiti – tada će labavo biti –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und der Himmel spaltet sich, so daß er an jenem Tag brüchig wird,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Ese día el cielo se quebrantará en su fragilidad.

    Isa García

Français

  • et le ciel se fendra et sera fragile, ce jour-là.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma sama zã ta tsãge, dõmin ita a ran nan, mai rauni ce.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na mbingu zitapasuka, kwani siku hiyo zitakuwa dhaifu kabisa.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • en barst de hemel, want op die dag is hij breekbaar.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва осмон парчаланса, бас, ўша кунда, у (осмон) беҳолдир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E qielli çahet, pse ai atë ditë është i raskapitur.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Samaduna Maalintaas way dillaaci wayna tabar yaraan.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Gök yarılır; o gün düzeni bozulur.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Небо разверзнется, ибо оно в тот день будет слабым.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул көндә күк ярылыр вә ул көчсез зәгыйфь булыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва осмон, ки дар он рӯз суст шудааст, бишикофад.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئاسمان يېرىلىدۇ، بۇ كۈندە ئاسمان (قالايمىقانلىشىپ) ئاجىزلىشىپ كېتىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور آسمان شق ہوکر بالکل پھس پھسے ہوجائیں گے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او اسمان به وچوي، نو دغه (اسمان) به په دغې ورځ كې سست وي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ آسمان ڦاٽندو پوءِ اُھو اُن ڏينھن ڍلو ٿيل ھوندو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئاسمان هه‌مووی شه‌ق و په‌ق ده‌بێت و لێك ده‌ترازێت و شل و شۆڵ ده‌بێت.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި އުޑު ފަޅަފަޅައިގެންދާނެތެވެ. ފަހެ، އެދުވަހުން އެ އުޑުވާހުށީ، ބަލިކަށިވެގެންނެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ሰማይም ትቀደዳለች፡፡ ስለዚህ እርሷ በዚያ ቀን ደካማ ናት፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সেদিন আকাশ বিদীর্ণ হবে ও বিক্ষিপ্ত হবে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • வானமும் பிளந்து, அன்னாளில் அது அடியோடு தன் சக்தியை இழந்து விடும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ആകാശം പൊട്ടിപ്പിളരുകയും ചെയ്യും. അന്ന് അത് ദുര്‍ബലമായിരിക്കും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 69:16 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 69:16 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 69:16 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.