34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 78:11 compared

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا

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 made the day for livelihood

    Saheeh International

  • and make the day for livelihood?

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And have appointed the day for livelihood.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And made the day as a means of subsistence?

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and We appointed day for a livelihood.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و روز را وسیله معاش مقرّر کردیم؛

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و روز را [برای‌] معاش [شما] نهادیم.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Gündüzü isə dolanışlıq (ruzi qazanmaq) vaxtı etdik.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan Kami jadikan siang untuk mencari penghidupan,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan Kami telah menjadikan siang (dengan cahaya terangnya) - masa untuk mencari rezeki?

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i dan za privređivanje odredili,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Und Wir haben den Tag zur Lebensführung gemacht.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • que el día sea para procurar el sustento,

    Isa García

Français

  • et assigné le jour pour les affaires de la vie,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma, Muka sanya yini (yazama) lõkacin nẽman abinci?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na tukaufanya mchana ni wa kuchumia maisha?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Wij hebben de dag gemaakt voor de levensbehoeften.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва кундузни тириклик қилдик.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Ndërsa ditën e bëmë për gjallërim.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Miyaannaan Maalinta waqti shaqo idiinka dhigin.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Gündüzü geçimi sağlama vakti kıldık;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • и сделали день жалованием,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи көндезне тереклегегез өчен кәсеп кылырга якты кылдык.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва рӯзро вақти талаби маъишат. (касб).

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • كۈندۈزنى (سىلەر) تىرىكچىلىك قىلىدىغان (ۋاقىت) قىلدۇق

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور دن کو وقت معاش قراردیا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او ورځ مو د روزۍ لټولو وخت ګرځولى دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ ڏينھن کي گذران (جو وقت) ڪيوسون.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • (ئایا) ڕۆژیشمان بۆ نه‌کردوونه‌ته کاتی به ده‌ستهێنانی ڕزق و ڕۆزی؟

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ދިރިއުޅުމަށް މަސައްކަތްކުރުމުގެ ވަގުތެއް ކަމުގައި، ތިމަންރަސްކަލާނގެ ދުވާލު ލެއްވީމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ቀኑንም (ለኑሮ) መስሪያ አደረግን፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • দিনকে করেছি জীবিকা অর্জনের সময়,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • மேலும், பகலை உங்கள் வாழ்க்கை (வசதிகளைத் தேடிக்கொள்ளும் காலம்) ஆக்கினோம்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • പകലിനെ നാം ജീവസന്ധാരണവേളയാക്കുകയും ചെയ്തിരിക്കുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 78:11 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 78:11 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 78:11 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.