34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 90:1 compared

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

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
  • I swear by this city, Makkah -

    Saheeh International

  • I swear by this town,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Nay, I swear by this city -

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • I do call to witness this City;-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • No! I swear by this land,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • قسم می خورم به این شهر،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به این شهر،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And içirəm bu şəhərə (Məkkəyə) -

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Aku benar-benar bersumpah dengan kota ini (Mekah),

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Aku bersumpah dengan negeri (Makkah) ini;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Kunem se gradom ovim –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Nein, Ich schwöre bei dieser Ortschaft

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Juro por esta ciudad [La Meca],

    Isa García

Français

  • Non!... Je jure par cette Cité!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Bã sai Na yi rantsuwa da wannan gari ba.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Naapa kwa Mji huu!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Nee toch! Ik zweer bij deze stad!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Мана шу шаҳар билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Betohem në këtë qytet!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Eebe wuxuu ka dhaaran Magaalada «Makaad ee Sharrifan».

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Bu şehre (Mekke'ye) yemin ederim; ki sen bu şehirde oturmuşsun.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Нет, клянусь этим городом (Меккой)!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Бу шәһәр, ягъни Мәккә белән ант итәмен.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Қасам ба ин шаҳр! (Макка)

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • بۇ شەھەر (يەنى مەككە) بىلەن قەسەم قىلىمەن

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • میں اس شہر کی قسم کھاتا ہوں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • زه قسم خورم په دې ښار باندې

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ھن شھر (مڪي) جو قسم کڻان ٿو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێندم به‌م شاره (واته شاری مه‌ککه‌).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ކަލޭގެފާނު މިރަށުގައި ހުންނަވާ حال، މިރަށް (އެބަހީ: مكة) ގަންދެއްވައި ހުވާ وحى ކުރައްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በዚህ አገር (በመካ) እምላለሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • আমি এই নগরীর শপথ করি

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இந்நகரத்தின் மீது நான் சத்தியம் செய்கின்றேன்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഈ രാജ്യത്തെ (മക്കയെ) ക്കൊണ്ട് ഞാന്‍ സത്യം ചെയ്തു പറയുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 90:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 90:1 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 90:1 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.