34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 103:1 compared

وَٱلْعَصْرِ

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
  • By time,

    Saheeh International

  • By Time!

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • By the declining day,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • By the afternoon!

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • سوگند به عصر [ظهور پیامبر اسلام]

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به عصر [غلبه حق بر باطل‌]،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun axşam çağına (ikindi vaxtına, əsr namazına, zamana və ya Peyğəmbərin əsrinə) ki,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Demi masa.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Demi Masa!

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Tako mi vremena –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Beim Zeitalter!

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Juro por el tiempo

    Isa García

Français

  • Par le Temps!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Ina rantsuwa da zãmani.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Naapa kwa Zama!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de namiddag!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Аср билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha kohën!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Eebe wuxuu ku dhartay Waqtiga Casarka ah.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İkindi vaktine (Asra; çağa) and olsun ki,

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь предвечерним временем (или временем)!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Замана, дәвер, кич, икенде намазы, гасыр белән ант итеп әйтәмен ки.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Савганд ба ин замон,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • زامان بىلەن قەسەمكى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • قسم ہے عصر کی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • قسم دى په عصر (مازیګر، یا زمانه)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوياڙيءَ جو قسم آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به زه‌مانه‌، سوێند به‌کاتی عه‌سر.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ޒަމާން ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በጊዜያቱ እምላለሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • কসম যুগের (সময়ের),

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • காலத்தின் மீது சத்தியமாக.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • കാലം തന്നെയാണ് സത്യം,

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 103:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 103:1 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 103:1 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.