34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 52:5 compared

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ

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 [by] the heaven raised high

    Saheeh International

  • by the vault raised high,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And the roof exalted,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the Canopy Raised High;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and the roof uplifted

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و به آن سقف برافراشته،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به بام بلند [آسمان‌]،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun yüksək tavana (uca göyə)

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan atap yang ditinggikan (langit),

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan demi bumbung yang tinggi;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i svoda uzdignutog,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und bei dem erhöhten Dach

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • por la bóveda elevada,

    Isa García

Français

  • Et par la Voûte élevée!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Da rufin nan da aka ɗaukaka.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na kwa dari iliyo nyanyuliwa,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij het opgeheven dak.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва кўтарилган билан шифт қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha kulmin e ngritur (qiellin).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • IYo saanqaafka la koryeelay (cirka).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Tura, yayılmış ince deri üzerine satır satır dizilmiş Kitap'a, mamur bir ev olan Kabe'ye, yükseltilmiş tavan gibi göğe, kaynayacak denize and olsun ki, Rabbinin azabı hiç şüphesiz gelecektir. Onu savacak yoktur.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь кровлей возведенной!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • вә югары күтәрелгән күк белән

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва қасам ба ин, сақфи барафрошта (осмон)

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئاسمان بىلەن قەسەمكى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور بلند چھت (آسمان) کی قسم

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او په پورته كړى شوي چت (چې اسمان دى)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ مٿاھينءَ ڇت جو (قسم) آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هه‌روه‌ها سوێند به‌سه‌قفی به‌رزو بڵند (که‌ئاسمان ده‌گرێته‌وه‌، خوای گه‌وره‌ده‌یه‌وێت سه‌رنجمان ڕاکێشێت بۆ لای).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އުފުލިގެންވާ އުޑާއި،

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከፍ በተደረገው ጣራም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং সমুন্নত ছাদের,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • உயர்த்தப்பட்ட முகட்டின் மீது சத்தியமாக!

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഉയര്‍ത്തപ്പെട്ട മേല്‍പുര (ആകാശം) തന്നെയാണ, സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 52:5 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 52:5 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 52:5 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.