34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 82:2 compared

وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ

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 when the stars fall, scattering,

    Saheeh International

  • when the stars are scattered,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • When the planets are dispersed,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • When the Stars are scattered;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • when the stars are scattered,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • و هنگامی که ستارگان پراکنده شوند

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و آنگاه که اختران پراکنده شوند،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Ulduzlar dağılıb səpələnəcəyi zaman;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan apabila bintang-bintang jatuh berserakan,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan apabila bintang-bintang gugur bertaburan;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i kada zvijezde popadaju,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und wenn die Sterne sich zerstreuen

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • cuando los planetas salgan de sus órbitas,

    Isa García

Français

  • et que les étoiles se disperseront,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma idan taurãri suka wãtse.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na nyota zitapo tawanyika,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En wanneer de sterren verstrooid worden.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва, вақтики, юлдузлар сочилиб кетса.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe kur të shkapërderdhen yjet.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Xiddiguhuna daataan.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Yıldızlar dağılıp döküldüğü zaman,

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • когда тела небесные осыплются,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә йолдызлар чәчелсә.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва он гоҳ ки ситоратон пароканда шаванд

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • يۇلتۇزلار تۆكۈلگەن چاغدا،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور جب ستارے بکھر جائیں گے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او كله چې ستوري ګډوډ شي (او) راولوېږي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ جڏھن تارا ڇڻي پوندا.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • کاتێك ئه‌ستێره و هه‌ساره‌کان په‌رش و بلاو ده‌بنه‌وه و ورد و خاش ده‌بن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ތަރިތައް ވެރި، ބުރައިގެންދާ ހިނދެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከዋክብትም ተበታትነው በወደቁ ጊዜ፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যখন নক্ষত্রসমূহ ঝরে পড়বে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நட்சத்திரங்கள் உதிர்ந்து விழும்போது-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നക്ഷത്രങ്ങള്‍ കൊഴിഞ്ഞു വീഴുമ്പോള്‍.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 82:2 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 82:2 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 82:2 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.