34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 86:1 compared

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

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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  • By the sky and the night comer -

    Saheeh International

  • By the heaven, and by the nightly visitor

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • By the heaven and the Morning Star

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • By heaven and the night-star!

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • سوگند به آسمان و به چیزی که در شب پدیدار می شود؛

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به آسمان و آن اختر شبگرد.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun göyə və gecə gələnə! (Gecə peyda olub gündüz qeyb olana!)

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Demi langit dan yang datang pada malam hari,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Demi langit dan "At-Taariq"; -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Tako mi neba i Danice!

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Beim Himmel und dem Pochenden!

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Juro por el cosmos y el astro nocturno.

    Isa García

Français

  • Par le ciel et par l'astre nocturne

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Inã rantsuwa da sama da mai aukõwa da dare.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Naapa kwa mbingu na Kinacho kuja usiku!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de hemel en de nachtster!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Осмон билан қасам ва ториқ билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha qiellin dhe yllin ndriçues (të natës)!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Eebe wuxuu ku dhaartay Samada iyo Xiddigga guura.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Göğe ve Tarık'a and olsun;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь небом и ночным путником!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Күк белән һәм Тарыйк белән ант итәм.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Савганд ба осмону ба он чӣ дар шаб ояд!

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئاسمان بىلەن، تارىق (يەنى كېچىدە ئاشكارا بولغۇچى يۇلتۇز) بىلەن قەسەم قىلىمەن

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • آسمان اور رات کو آنے والے کی قسم

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • قسم دى په اسمان او د شپې په راتلونكي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • آسمان جو ۽ رات جي وقت ۾ ايندڙ جو قسم آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به ئاسمان و ئه‌و ئه‌ستێرانه‌ی به‌شه‌ودا ده‌رده‌که‌ون.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އުޑާއި، އަދި ރޭގަނޑަށް ފާޅުކަންބޮޑު ތަރި ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በሰማዩ በሌሊት መጪውም እምላለሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • শপথ আকাশের এবং রাত্রিতে আগমনকারীর।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • வானத்தின் மீது சத்தியமாக! தாரிக் மீதும் சத்தியமாக

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ആകാശം തന്നെയാണ, രാത്രിയില്‍ വരുന്നതു തന്നെയാണ സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 86:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 86:1 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 86:1 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.