34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 38:1 compared

صٓ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ذِى ٱلذِّكْرِ

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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  • Sad. By the Qur'an containing reminder...

    Saheeh International

  • Suad. By the Quran bearing the Reminder,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Sad. By the renowned Qur'an,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Sad: By the Qur'an, Full of Admonition: (This is the Truth).

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Sad. By the Koran, containing the Remembrance --

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • ص، سوگند به قرآن که مشتمل بر ذکر [حقایق، معارف، مطالب اخلاقی و اجتماعی و احکام حلال و حرام] است.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • صاد. سوگند به قرآن پراندرز!

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Sad! (Şanlı-şərəfli) öyüd-nəsihətlə dolu Qur’ana and olsun!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Shaad, demi Al Quran yang mempunyai keagungan.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Saad; demi Al-Quran yang mempunyai kemuliaan serta mengandungi peringatan dan pengajaran.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Sād. Tako Mi Kur'ana slavnog,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Sad. Beim Qur'an, voll der Ermahnung!

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Sad. Juro por el Corán que nos recuerda

    Isa García

Français

  • Sâd. Par le Coran, au renom glorieux (dikr)!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Ṣ̃, Inã rantsuwa da Al-ƙur'ãni mai hukunce-hukunce.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • S'ad, Naapa kwa Qur'ani yenye mawaidha.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • S[aad]. Bij de Koran met de vermaning!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Сод. Зикр соҳиби бўлмиш Қуръон ила қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Sad. Pasha Kur’anin që është përplot përkujtime (është i famshëm dhe s’ka dyshim se është mrekulli).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Xarafka hore wuxuu kutusin mucjisada (Quraanka), Quraanka sharafta leh yaan kudhaaranay (waalaydin soo bixin).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Sad. Öğüt veren Kuran'a and olsun ki, inkar edenler gurur ve ayrılık içindedirler.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Сад. Клянусь Кораном, содержащим напоминание!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Сад. Зекер, вәгазь, хикмәт иясе булган Коръән белән ант итеп әйтәмен.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Сод. Савганд ба Қуръони шарифи соҳиби панд,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • صاد. شانلىق قۇرئان بىلەن قەسەمكى، (بۇ قۇرئان ھەقىقەتەن مۆجىزىدۇر)

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • ص ۤ نصیحت والے قرآن کی قسم

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • صاد، قسم دى په قرآن چې د نصیحت والا دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • صٓ (ھن) قرآن نصيحت (ڏيڻ) واري جو قسم آھي (ته جنھن دين ڏانھن سڏين ٿو سو سچ آھي).

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • (ص) سه‌رنجی سه‌ره‌تای سوره‌تی (البقره‌) بده‌، سوێند به‌م قورئانه که خاوه‌نی ئامۆژگاری و شکۆمه‌ندی و قه‌در و ڕێزه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ص (މިއަކުރުގެ مراد ދެނެވޮޑިގެންވަނީ اللَّه އެވެ.) ހަނދާންކޮށްދިނުމުގެ ވެރި قرآن ގަންދެއްވައި وحى ކުރައްވަމެވެ. (ހަމަކަށަވަރުން، އެއީ حق ތެދެވެ.)

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ጸ. (ሷድ) የክብር ባለቤት በሆነው ቁርኣን እምላለሁ (ብዙ አማልክት አሉ እንደሚሉት አይደለም)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • ছোয়াদ। শপথ উপদেশপূর্ণ কোরআনের,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • ஸாத். (நல்லுபதேசங்களின்) நினைவுறுத்தலைக் கொண்ட இக்குர்ஆன் மீது சத்தியமாக.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • സ്വാദ്‌- ഉല്‍ബോധനം ഉള്‍കൊള്ളുന്ന ഖുര്‍ആന്‍ തന്നെ സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 38:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 38:1 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 38:1 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.