34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 35:20 compared

وَلَا ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ وَلَا ٱلنُّورُ

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
  • Nor are the darknesses and the light,

    Saheeh International

  • nor darkness and light;

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Nor is darkness (tantamount to) light;

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Nor are the depths of Darkness and the Light;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • the shadows and the light,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و نه تاریکی ها و نه روشنایی،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و نه تیرگیها و روشنایی،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Zülmətlə nur da (eyni deyildir)!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan tidak (pula) sama gelap gulita dengan cahaya,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan tidaklah sama gelap-gelita dengan cahaya yang terang-benderang,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • ni tmine i svjetlo,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • noch die Finsternisse und das Licht,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Ni las tinieblas y la luz.

    Isa García

Français

  • ni les ténèbres et la lumière,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma duffai bã su daidaita, kuma haske bã ya daidaita.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Wala giza na mwangaza.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • noch de duisternissen en het licht,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Зулумотлар билан нур ҳам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe as errësirat e drita.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Mana eka mugdiyo iyo iftiin.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Kör ile gören, karanlıklar ile ışık ve gölgelikle sıcaklık bir değildir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • мраки и свет,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Аллаһуны тану вә хак динне белү яктылыгы, Аллаһуны танымау вә хак динне белмәү караңгылыгы белән бертигез булмас.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва торикиву равшанӣ

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • زۇلمەت بىلەن نۇر (يەنى باتىل بىلەن ھەق) باراۋەر بولمايدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور تاریکیاں اور نور دونوں برابر نہیں ہوسکتے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او نه هم تیارې او رڼا)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ نڪي اونداھيون ۽ نڪي سوجھرو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • تاریکیه‌کان و ڕوناکیش چون یه‌ك نین.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި އަނދިރިކަމާއި، އަލިކަމާވެސް ހަމަހަމަވެގެން ނުވެތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ጨለማዎችና ብርሃንም፤ (እንደዚሁ)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সমান নয় অন্ধকার ও আলো।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (அவ்வாறே) இருளம் ஒளியும் (சமமாகா).

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഇരുളുകളും വെളിച്ചവും (സമമാവുകയില്ല.)

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 35:20 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 35:20 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 35:20 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.