34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 51:2 compared

فَٱلْحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقْرًا

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
  • And those [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

    Saheeh International

  • by the [rain] bearing [clouds] laden [with water];

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And those that bear the burden (of the rain)

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And those that lift and bear away heavy weights;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and the burden-bearers

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • سوگند به ابرهایی که بار سنگین باران را با خود [به نواحی مختلف] حمل می کنند.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و ابرهای گرانبار،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Yağış yüklü buludlara;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan awan yang mengandung hujan,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan awan yang membawa dan mengangkut muatannya (ke tempat yang dikehendaki), -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i onih koji teret nose,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • dann den eine Last Tragenden,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • por las nubes cargadas de lluvias,

    Isa García

Français

  • Par les porteurs de fardeaux!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sa'an nan da girãgizai mãsu ɗaukar nauyi (na ruwa).

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na zinazo beba mizigo,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • bij de last dragenden,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Юк кўтарувчи(булут)лар билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Për retë që e bartin shiun e rëndë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Iyo daruurta xambaarta culayska (Roobka).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Esip savuran rüzgarlara, yağmur yüklü bulutlara, kolayca süzülen gemiler ve işleri yöneten meleklere and olsun ki, size söz verilen kıyametin kopması şüphesiz gerçektir. Ödeşme günü gelecektir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь несущими бремя!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Дәхи авыр йөкне күтәрүче болытлар илә ант итәмен, болытлар күпме су күтәреп йөриләр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • савганд, ба абрҳои гаронбор,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (يامغۇرلارنىڭ) ئېغىرلىقىنى كۆتۈرگۈچى بۇلۇتلار بىلەن قەسەمكى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • بھر بادل کا بوجھ اٹھانے والی ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • بیا د (اوبو د) بار په اوچتوونكو ورېځو (قسم دى)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ (پاڻي جي) بار کڻڻ وارن (ڪڪرن) جو قسم آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئینجا به‌هه‌ڵگرانی باری قورس و گران (له‌هه‌ڵمی ئاو).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފެންބަރުކައިފައިވާ ވިލާތަކާއި،

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከባድ (ዝናምን) ተሸካሚዎች በኾኑትም (ደመናዎች)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতঃপর বোঝা বহনকারী মেঘের।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (மழைச்)சுமையைச் சுமந்து செல்பவற்றின் மீதும்,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • (ജല) ഭാരം വഹിക്കുന്ന (മേഘങ്ങള്‍) തന്നെയാണ, സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 51:2 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 51:2 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 51:2 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.