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Qurʾān 82:10 compared

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ

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 indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,

    Saheeh International

  • Indeed, there are over you watchers,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Lo! there are above you guardians,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you,-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • yet there are over you watchers

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و بی تردید بر شما نگهبانانی گماشته اند

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و قطعاً بر شما نگهبانانی [گماشته شده‌]اند:

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Sizin üstünüzdə gözətçi mələklər -

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Padahal sesungguhnya bagi kamu ada (malaikat-malaikat) yang mengawasi (pekerjaanmu),

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Padahal sesungguhnya, ada malaikat-malaikat yang menjaga dan mengawas segala bawaan kamu,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • a nad vama bdiju čuvari,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Über euch sind wahrlich Hüter (eingesetzt),

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Hay ángeles que registran sus obras,

    Isa García

Français

  • alors que veillent sur vous des gardiens,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Lalle ne, a kanku, haƙiƙa akwai matsara.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na hakika bila ya shaka wapo walinzi juu yenu,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Maar er zijn bewaarders voor jullie,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ҳолбуки, устингиздан кузатиб турувчилар бордир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Kurse ndaj jush janë përcjellësit!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Malaa'ig baana idin ilaalinaysa.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Oysa, yaptıklarınızı bilen değerli yazıcılar sizi gözetlemektedirler.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Воистину, над вами есть хранители -

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әлбәттә, шиксез, сезнең өстегездә сакчы фәрештәләр бардыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ҳол он ки бар шумо муҳофизоне (фариштагоне) вобаста шудаанд:

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ھالبۇكى سىلەرنىڭ ئۈستۈڭلاردا سىلەرنى كۈزىتىپ تۇرغۇچى پەرىشتىلەر بار

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور یقینا تمہارے سروں پر نگہبان مقرر ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • په داسې حال كې چې پر تاسو باندې ساتونكي (ملايك) مقرر دي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ بيشڪ اوھان تي نگھبان (مقرر ٿيل) آھن.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • بێگومان ئێوه چاودێرتان له‌سه‌ر دانراوه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ހަމަކަށަވަރުން، ތިޔަބައިމީހުންގެ މައްޗަށް ރައްކާތެރިވެ ބަލަހައްޓަވާ ملائكة ންވެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በእናንተ ላይ ተጠባባቂዎች ያሉባችሁ፤ ስትኾኑ፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অবশ্যই তোমাদের উপর তত্ত্বাবধায়ক নিযুক্ত আছে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நிச்சயமாக, உங்கள் மீது பாது காவலர்கள் (நியமிக்கப்பட்டு) இருக்கின்றனர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • തീര്‍ച്ചയായും നിങ്ങളുടെ മേല്‍ ചില മേല്‍നോട്ടക്കാരുണ്ട്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 82:10 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 82:10 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 82:10 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.