34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 78:10 compared

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا

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 made the night as clothing

    Saheeh International

  • and make the night a covering?

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And have appointed the night as a cloak,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And made the night as a covering,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and We appointed night for a garment,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و شب راپوششی

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و شب را [برای شما] پوششی قرار دادیم.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Biz gecəni (hər şeyi bürüyən) örtük etdik.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan Kami jadikan malam sebagai pakaian,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan Kami telah menjadikan malam (dengan gelapnya) sebagai pakaian (yang melindungi)?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i noć pokrivačem dali,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Und Wir haben die Nacht zum Kleid gemacht.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • que la noche lo cubra,

    Isa García

Français

  • et fait de la nuit un vêtement,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma, Muka sanya dare (ya zama) sutura?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na tukaufanya usiku ni nguo?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Wij hebben de nacht gemaakt als een omhulling.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва кечасини либос қилиб қўйдик.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe natën ua bëmë mbulesë (si rrobet).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Miyaannaan Habeenka asturaal idiinka dhigin.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Geceyi bir örtü yaptık;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • и сделали ночь покрывалом,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи төнне сезгә пәрдә кылдык.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва шабро пӯшишатон қарор додем.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • كېچىنى لىباس قىلدۇق

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور رات کو پردہ پوش بنایا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او شپه مو لباس ګرځولې ده

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ رات کي ڍَڪ ڪيوسون.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • (ئایا) شه‌وگارمان بۆ نه‌کردوون به‌داپۆشه‌ر وه‌ک پۆشاک، تاتیایدا بشاردرێنه‌وه‌؟

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ފޭރާމެއް ކަމުގައި، ތިމަންރަސްކަލާނގެ ރޭގަނޑު ލެއްވީމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ሌሊቱንም ልባስ አደረግን፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • রাত্রিকে করেছি আবরণ।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அன்றியும், இரவை உங்களுக்கு ஆடையாக ஆக்கினோம்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • രാത്രിയെ നാം ഒരു വസ്ത്രമാക്കുകയും,

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 78:10 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 78:10 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 78:10 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.