34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 77:4 compared

فَٱلْفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرْقًا

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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  • And those [angels] who bring criterion

    Saheeh International

  • by those who separate [the truth from falsehood] distinctly,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • By those who winnow with a winnowing,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Then separate them, one from another,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and the severally severing

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و سوگند به آن فرشتگانی که جدا کننده حق از باطل اند،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • که [میان حق و باطل‌] جداگرند،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun (haqla batili) ayıranlara;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan (malaikat-malaikat) yang membedakan (antara yang hak dan yang bathil) dengan sejelas-jelasnya,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Serta yang memisahkan (antara yang benar dengan yang salah) dengan pemisahan yang sejelas-jelasnya,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • pa razdvajaju,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • den klar Trennenden,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • por los [ángeles] que distinguen claramente,

    Isa García

Français

  • Par ceux qui séparent nettement (le bien et le mal),

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • sa'an nan, da ãyõyi mãsu rarrabe gaskiya da ƙarya rarrabẽwa.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na zinazo farikisha zikatawanya!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En de duidelijk onderscheidenden!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Фарқловчилар билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe që ndajnë qartë (të vërtetën nga e pavërteta).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Iyo malaa'igta Xaqa iyo Baadilka kala Bixisa.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Birbiri ardından gönderilenlere ve görevlerine koştukça koşanlara, Allah'ın buyruklarını yaydıkça yayanlara ve hak ile batılın arasını ayırdıkça ayıranlara, kötülüğü önlemek veya uyarmak için vahiy getiren meleklere and olsun ki, size söz verilen kıyamet şüphesiz kopacaktır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • различающими твердо,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә хак белән батыл арасын хәләл белән хәрам арасын аеручы Коръән аятьләре белән.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва савганд ба онҳо, ки ҳақро аз ботил ҷудо мекунанд

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (ھەق بىلەن باتىلنىڭ، ھارام بىلەن ھالالنىڭ) ئارىسىنى ئايرىغۇچى پەرىشتىلەر بىلەن قەسەمكى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر انہیں آپس میں جدا کرنے والی ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بیا په هغو بادونو چې جدا والى راولي، جدا كول

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ (ڪڪرن کي) ھڪ ٻئي کان جدا ڪندڙ وائن جو قسم آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به‌وانه‌ش که حه‌ق و ناحه‌ق لێك جیاده‌که‌نه‌وه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • حق އާއި باطل ވަކިކުރާ (قرآن ގެ) آية ތަކާއި،

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • መለየትን ለይዎች በኾኑትም፣

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • মেঘপুঞ্জ বিতরণকারী বায়ুর শপথ এবং

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (சத்தியத்தையும் அசத்தியத்தையும்) வேறுபடுத்தி காட்டுவோர் (வானவர்கள்) மீதும் (சத்தியமாக)-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • വേര്‍തിരിച്ചു വിവേചനം ചെയ്യുന്നവയും,

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 77:4 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 77:4 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 77:4 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.