34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 1:6 compared

ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

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
  • Guide us to the straight path -

    Saheeh International

  • Guide us on the straight path,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Show us the straight path,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Show us the straight way,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Guide us in the straight path,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • ما را به راهِ راست راهنمایی کن.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • ما را به راه راست هدایت فرما،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Bizi doğru (düz) yola yönəlt!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Tunjukilah kami jalan yang lurus,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Tunjukilah kami jalan yang lurus.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Uputi nas na Pravi put,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Leite uns den geraden Weg,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • ¡Guíanos por el camino recto!

    Isa García

Français

  • Guide-nous dans le droit chemin,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Ka shiryar da mu ga hanya madaidaiciya.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Tuongoe njia iliyo nyooka,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Leid ons op de juiste weg,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Бизни тўғри йўлга бошлагин. ("Ҳидоятга бошлаш" луғатда бирор нарсага лутф билан йўллаб қўйишга айтилади.)

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Udhëzona në rrugën e drejtë!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • ee nagu hanuuni jidka toosan (Xaqa).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Bizi doğru yola eriştir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Веди нас прямым путем,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ий тәрбиячебез Аллаһ! Безләрне туры юлга күндер! (Туры юл – Коръән һәм сөннәт юлыдыр).

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Моро ба роҳи рост ҳидоят кун:

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • بىزنى توغرا يولغا باشلىغىن

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • ہمیں سیدھے راستہ کی ہدایت فرماتا رہ

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • ته مونږ ته سَمَه (نېغه) لاره وښَیَه

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • اسان کي سڌي واٽ ڏيکار.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • خوایه به‌رده‌وام ڕێنمووییمان بفه‌رموو بۆ ئه‌م ڕێبازی ڕاست و دروستی ئیسلامه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަޅަމެންނަށް، ސީދާވެގެންވާ ތެދުމަގަށް މަގު ދައްކަވާނދޭވެ!

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ቀጥተኛውን መንገድ ምራን፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • আমাদেরকে সরল পথ দেখাও,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நீ எங்களை நேர் வழியில் நடத்துவாயாக!

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഞങ്ങളെ നീ നേര്‍മാര്‍ഗത്തില്‍ ചേര്‍ക്കേണമേ.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 1:6 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 1:6 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 1:6 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.