34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 74:33 compared

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

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 night when it departs

    Saheeh International

  • By the night when it recedes!

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And the night when it withdraweth

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And by the Night as it retreateth,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and the night when it retreats

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • [و] سوگند به شب هنگامی که پشت می کند

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و سوگند به شامگاه چون پشت کند،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Dönüb-qayıdan (yaxud gündüzün dalınca gələn) gecəyə

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan malam ketika telah berlalu,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan malam apabila ia balik melenyapkan diri,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i noći kada mine,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und (bei) der Nacht, wenn sie den Rücken kehrt,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • por la noche cuando desaparece,

    Isa García

Français

  • Et par la nuit quand elle se retire!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Da dare a lõkacin da ya jũyar da baya.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na kwa usiku unapo kucha!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de nacht wanneer hij de rug toekeert!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва чекинаётган тун билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Edhe natën kur tërhiqet!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Iyo Habeenku Markuu Jeedsado.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Hayır, hayır öğüt almazlar. Aya, dönüp gelen geceye, ağarmakta olan sabaha and olsun ki, içinizden öne geçmek veya geri kalmak isteyen kimseye, insanoğlunu uyarıcı olarak anlatılan cehennem büyük olaylardan biridir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь ночью, когда она отступает!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә көндездән соң килә торган төн белән.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва савганд ба шаб, чун рӯй ба рафтан орад

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۆتۈپ كەتكەن كېچە بىلەن قەسەمكى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور جاتی ہوئی رات کی قسم

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او په شپې باندې كله چې شا كړي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ رات جو جڏھن پٺ ڦيري.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به شه‌ویش کاتێك که تێ په‌ڕی (زۆربه‌یان باوه‌ڕیان به قیامه‌ت نیه‌).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ރޭގަނޑު ފަސްދީދާހިނދު، އެ ރޭގަނޑު ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በሌሊቱም በኼደ ጊዜ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • শপথ রাত্রির যখন তার অবসান হয়,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • இரவின் மீதும் சத்தியமாக - அது பின்னோக்கிச் செல்லும் பொழுது.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • രാത്രി പിന്നിട്ട് പോകുമ്പോള്‍ അതിനെ തന്നെയാണ സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 74:33 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 74:33 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 74:33 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.