34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 85:1 compared

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ

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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  • By the sky containing great stars

    Saheeh International

  • By the heaven with its Houses,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • By heaven of the constellations,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • سوگند به آسمان که دارای برج هاست

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به آسمان آکنده ز برج،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun bürclər sahibi olan göyə;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Demi langit yang mempunyai gugusan bintang,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Demi langit yang mempunyai tempat-tempat peredaran bintang-bintang;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Tako mi neba sazviježđima okićenog,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Beim Himmel mit den Türmen

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Juro por el cosmos y sus constelaciones,

    Isa García

Français

  • Par le ciel aux constellations!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Inã rantsuwa da sama mai taurãrin lissafin shekara.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Naapa kwa mbingu yenye Buruji!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de hemel vol sterrenbeelden!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Буржлар эгаси бўлган осмон билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha qiellin me plot yje,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Eebe wuxuu ku dhaartay Samada Xiddigaha leh (iyo Jidadkooda).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • İçinde burçları bulunan göğe and olsun;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь небом с созвездиями Зодиака!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Каланча иясе булган күк белән ант итәмен.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Қасам ба осмон, ки дорандаи бурҷҳост

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • بۇرۇجلارنىڭ ئىگىسى بولغان ئاسمان بىلەن، قىيامەت كۈنى بىلەن، جۈمە كۈنى بىلەن، ھارپا كۈنى بىلەن قەسەمكى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • برجوں والے آسمان کی قسم

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • قسم دى په اسمان چې خاوند د برجونو دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • بُرجن واري آسمان جو قسم آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به ئاسمانی خاوه‌ن ئه‌ستیره و هه‌ساره‌ی گه‌وره‌...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • برج ތަކުގެވެރި އުޑު ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • የቡርጆች ባለቤት በኾነችው ሰማይ እምላለሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • শপথ গ্রহ-নক্ষত্র শোভিত আকাশের,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • கிரகங்களுடைய வானத்தின் மீது சத்தியமாக,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നക്ഷത്രമണ്ഡലങ്ങളുള്ള ആകാശം തന്നെയാണ സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 85:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 85:1 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 85:1 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.