34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 37:4 compared

إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ

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
  • Indeed, your God is One,

    Saheeh International

  • indeed your God is certainly One,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Lo! thy Lord is surely One;

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Verily, verily, your Allah is one!-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • surely your God is One,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • که بی تردید معبود شما یگانه است،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • که قطعاً معبود شما یگانه است!

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Həqiqətən, sizin Allahınız birdir!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Sesungguhnya Tuhanmu benar-benar Esa.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Sumpah demi sumpah) sesungguhnya Tuhan kamu hanyalah Satu -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • vaš Bog je, uistinu, Jedan,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Euer Gott ist wahrlich ein Einziger,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Que su divinidad es una sola,

    Isa García

Français

  • «Votre Dieu est en vérité unique,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Lalle Abin bautawarku haƙĩƙa ¦aya ne.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Hakika Mungu wenu bila ya shaka ni Mmoja.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Voorwaar, jullie god is één,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Албатта, илоҳингиз ягонадир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Është e vërtetë se Zoti juaj është vetëm Një.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ee ilaahiin waa mid (qudha).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Sıra Sıra duran ve önlerindekini sürdükçe süren ve Allah'ı andıkça anan meleklere and olsun ki, sizin Tanrınız birdir; göklerin, yerin ve ikisi arasında bulunanların -doğuların da- Rabbidir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Воистину, ваш Бог - Единственный.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әлбәттә, сезнең Илаһәгыз фәкать бер Аллаһтыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ки Худои шумо Худои яктост.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سىلەرنىڭ ئىلاھىڭلار شەك - شۈبھىسىز بىر ئىلاھتۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • بیشک تمہارا خدا ایک ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • چې بېشكه ستاسو معبود یقینًا یو دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ته اوھان جو معبُود ھڪڙو (ئي) آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به‌ڕاستی خوای ئێوه تاک و یه‌کێکه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ހަމަކަށަވަރުން، ތިޔަބައިމީހުންގެ إله އަކީ އެއްކައުވަންތަ ރަސްކަލާނގެކަން ކަށަވަރެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • አምላካችሁ በእርግጥ አንድ ነው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • নিশ্চয় তোমাদের মাবুদ এক।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நிச்சயமாக உங்களுடைய நாயன் ஒருவனே.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • തീര്‍ച്ചയായും നിങ്ങളുടെ ദൈവം ഏകന്‍ തന്നെയാകുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 37:4 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 37:4 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 37:4 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.