34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 84:16 compared

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ

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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  • So I swear by the twilight glow

    Saheeh International

  • I swear by the evening glow,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • No! I swear by the twilight

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • سوگند به سرخی کنار افق به هنگام غروب خورشید

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • نه، نه، سوگند به شفق،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And içirəm şəfəqə,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Maka sesungguhnya Aku bersumpah dengan cahaya merah di waktu senja,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Maka Aku bersumpah, demi mega;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • I kunem se rumenilom večernjim,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Nein! Ich schwöre beim Abendrot

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Juro por el crepúsculo,

    Isa García

Français

  • Non!... Je jure par le crépuscule,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • To, ba sai Nã rantse da shafaƙi ba.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Basi ninaapa kwa wekundu wa jua linapo kuchwa,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Nee toch! Ik zweer bij het avondrood,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Шафақ билан қасамки.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Betohem në kuqërrimin e horizontit pas perëndimit,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxaan ku dhaartay «buu yidhi Eebe» Midabka Qorrax dhaca.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Akşamın alaca karanlığına and olsun;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Но нет! Клянусь вечерней зарею!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Күктәге шәфәкъ белән ант итәмен.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Пас ба шафақ савганд мехӯрам

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • شەپەق (يەنى كۈن پاتقاندىن كېيىنكى ئۇپۇقتىكى قىزىللىق) بىلەن، كېچە ۋە ئۇنىڭ قاراڭغۇلۇقى باسقان نەرسىلەر بىلەن، نۇرى كامالەتكە يەتكەن ئاي (يەنى تولۇن ئاي) بىلەن قەسەمكى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • میں شفق کی قسم کھا کر کہتا ہوں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو زه قسم خورم په شفق (له ماښام نه پس په سوروالي)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ شفق جو قسم کڻان ٿو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێندم (به‌و کاته‌ی دوای خۆرئاوا بوون) ئاسۆ سوور هه‌ڵده‌گه‌ڕێت.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، ތިމަންރަސްކަލާނގެ ރަތްވިލާ ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • አትካዱ፤ በወጋገኑ እምላለሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • আমি শপথ করি সন্ধ্যাকালীন লাল আভার

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இன்னும், அந்திச் செவ்வானத்தின் மீது நான் சத்தியம் செய்கின்றேன்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • എന്നാല്‍ അസ്തമയശോഭയെക്കൊണ്ട് ഞാന്‍ സത്യം ചെയ്തു പറയുന്നു:

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 84:16 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 84:16 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 84:16 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.