34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 85:2 compared

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

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 [by] the promised Day

    Saheeh International

  • by the Promised Day,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And by the Promised Day.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the promised Day (of Judgment);

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • by the promised day,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و سوگند به روزی که [برپا شدنش را برای داوری میان مردم] وعده داده اند

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و به روز موعود،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun və’d olunmuş günə (qiyamət gününə);

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan hari yang dijanjikan,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan hari (pembalasan) yang dijanjikan;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i Dana već određenog,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und dem versprochenen Tag

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • por el día prometido [el Día del Juicio Final],

    Isa García

Français

  • et par le jour promis!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Da yinin da aka yi alkawarin zuwansa,

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na kwa siku iliyo ahidiwa!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de aangezegde dag!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва ваъда қилинган кун билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha ditën e premtuar,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Iyo Maalinta laysu yaboohay (qiyaamada).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Söz verilen kıyamet gününe and olsun;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь днем обещанным!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә вәгъдә ителгән кыямәт көне белән.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва қасам ба рӯзи мавъуд

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

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

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور اس دن کی قسم جس کا وعدہ دیا گیا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او په وعده كړى شوې ورځې (د قيامت)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ وعدي ڪيل ڏينھن جو قسم آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به‌و ڕۆژه‌ی که به‌ڵێن دراوه پێش بێت (واته ڕۆژی قیامه‌ت)...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި وعد ކުރައްވާފައިވާ ދުވަސް ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በተቀጠረው ቀንም፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এবং প্রতিশ্রুত দিবসের,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இன்னும், வாக்களிக்கப்பட்ட (இறுதி) நாள் மீதும் சத்தியமாக,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • വാഗ്ദാനം ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ട ആ ദിവസം തന്നെയാണ സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 85:2 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 85:2 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 85:2 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.