34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 81:1 compared

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

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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  • When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

    Saheeh International

  • When the sun is wound up,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • When the sun is overthrown,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • When the sun shall be darkened,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • هنگامی که خورشید را به هم درپیچند

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آنگاه که خورشید به هم درپیچد،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Günəş (əmmamə kimi) sarınıb büküləcəyi (sönəcəyi) zaman;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Apabila matahari digulung,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Apabila matahari dilingkari cahayanya (dan hilang lenyap);

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Kada sunce sjaj izgubi,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Wenn die Sonne umschlungen wird'

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Cuando el Sol se contraiga [y oscurezca],

    Isa García

Français

  • Quand le soleil sera obscurci,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Idan rãna aka shafe haskenta

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Jua litakapo kunjwa,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Wanneer de zon wordt omwonden.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Вақтики, қуёшни буклаб, ўралса.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Kur dielli të jetë mbështjellur (dhe errësohet),

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Marka qorraxda la duubo (Qiyaamada).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Güneş dürülüp ışığı kalmadığı zaman;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Когда солнце будет свернуто (или потеряет свое сияние, или будет выброшено),

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Кайчан кояшның нуры китәрелсә, чорналса (караңгылык белән).

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Чун хуршед бефурӯғ (хира) шавад

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • كۈننىڭ نۇرى ئۆچكەن چاغدا،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جب چادر آفتاب کو لپیٹ دیا جائے گا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • كله چې لمر ونغښتل شي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جڏھن سج ويڙھبو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • کاتێك خۆر ده‌پێچرێته‌وه و ڕووناکی نامێنێت.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އިރުގެ އަލިކަން ފިލައި، ހިނގައިދާ ހިނދެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ፀሐይ በተጠቀለለች ጊዜ፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যখন সূর্য আলোহীন হয়ে যাবে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • சூரியன் (ஒளியில்லாததாகச்) சுருட்டப்படும் போது

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • സൂര്യന്‍ ചുറ്റിപ്പൊതിയപ്പെടുമ്പോള്‍,

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 81:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 81:1 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 81:1 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.