34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 90:8 compared

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

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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  • Have We not made for him two eyes?

    Saheeh International

  • Have We not made for him two eyes,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Did We not assign unto him two eyes

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Have We not appointed to him two eyes,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • آیا برای او دو چشم قرار ندادیم؟

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آیا دو چشمش نداده‌ایم؟

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Məgər Biz ona iki göz vermədikmi?!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Bukankah Kami telah memberikan kepadanya dua buah mata,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • (Mengapa manusia terpedaya dan bermegah-megah?) Tidakkah Kami telah menjadikan baginya: dua mata (untuk ia memerhatikan kekuasaan dan kekayaan Kami?) -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Zar mu nismo dali oka dva

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Haben Wir ihm nicht zwei Augen gemacht,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¿Acaso no le he dado dos ojos,

    Isa García

Français

  • Ne lui avons Nous pas assigné deux yeux,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Shin, ba Mu sanya masa idãnu biyu ba?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kwani hatukumpa macho mawili?

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Hebben Wij voor hem niet twee ogen gemaakt

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Биз унга икки кўзни бермадикми?

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • A nuk i dhamë Ne atij dy sy?

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Miyaannaan u yeelin Laba indhood.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Biz onun için iki göz, bir dil ve iki dudak var etmedik mi?

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Разве Мы не наделили его двумя глазами,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Әйә Без ул кешегә икс күз бирмәдекме?

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Оё барои ӯ ду чашм наёфаридаем?

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئىنسان ئۈچۈن ئىككى كۆز، بىر تىل، ئىككى كالپۇك ياراتمىدۇقمۇ؟ ئۇنىڭغا ياخشى يول بىلەن يامان يولنى كۆرسەتمىدۇقمۇ؟

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • کیا ہم نے اس کے لئے دو آنکھیں نہیں قرار دی ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ایا مونږ ده ته دوه سترګې نه دي وركړي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • کيس ٻه اکيون نه ڏنيون اٿون ڇا؟

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئایا جووتێک چاومان پێنه‌به‌خشیووه‌؟ (‎چاو: زۆر گرنگتره له دوو ده‌زگای کامێرای ئه‌له‌کترۆنی خودکار له هه‌ر چرکه‌یه‌کدا هه‌زاران وێنه‌ی ڕه‌نگاو ڕه‌نگ ده‌گرێت و ده‌ینێرێت بۆ مێشک، ئه‌ویش هه‌ندێکی هه‌ڵده‌گرێت).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ތިމަންރަސްކަލާނގެ އޭނާޔަށް، ދެލޮލާއި، ދުލަކާއި، ދެތުންފަތް ނުލައްވަން ހެއްޔެވެ؟

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ለእርሱ ሁለት ዓይኖችን አላደረግንለትምን?

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • আমি কি তাকে দেইনি চক্ষুদ্বয়,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அவனுக்கு நாம் இரண்டு கண்களை நாம் ஆக்கவில்லையா?

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അവന് നാം രണ്ട് കണ്ണുകള്‍ ഉണ്ടാക്കി കൊടുത്തിട്ടില്ലേ?

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 90:8 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 90:8 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 90:8 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.