34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 83:20 compared

كِتَٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ

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
  • It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

    Saheeh International

  • It is a written record,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • A written record,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • A book inscribed,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • قضا و سرنوشتی حتمی [برای نیکان] است.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • کتابی است نوشته‌شده.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O, yazılı bir kitabdır.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • (Yaitu) kitab yang bertulis,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Ialah (tempat simpanan) kitab catitan yang jelas nyata,

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Knjiga ispisana! –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • (Es ist) ein Buch mit festen Eintragungen,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Es el libro donde se registran las obras de los que hacen el bien,

    Isa García

Français

  • un livre cacheté!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Wani littãfi ne rubũtacce.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kitabu kilicho andikwa.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Een vol beschreven boek,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • У ёзилган китобдур.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Është një llibër i qendisur qartë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waa Kitaab la Calaameeyay (oo Dadka fiican magaciisa lagu qoro.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • O, gözde meleklerin gördüğü, yazılı bir kitapdır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Это - книга начертанная, в которой записаны все добрые деяния праведников (или верховья Рая, где находится начертанная книга с деяниями праведников).

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул яхшы мөселманнарның гына яхшылыгы язылган китапдыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Китобест навишта!

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • (ئۇ) ياخشىلارنىڭ ئەمەللىرى خاتىرىلەنگەن دەپتەردۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • ایک لکھا ہوا دفتر ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • یو دفتر (كتاب) دى چې لیكل شوى دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ھڪ لکيل دفتر آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • نامه‌یه‌کی (دیارو ئاشکرایه‌، هه‌ر به ڕواڵه‌تیدا دیاره که خاوه‌نی سه‌رفرازو به‌خته‌وه‌ره‌) مۆرکراوو لۆک کراویشه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • (އެއީ) ލިޔުއްވައި ފާހަގަކުރައްވާފައިވާ ފޮތެކެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • የታተመ መጽሐፍ ነው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এটা লিপিবদ্ধ খাতা।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (அது) செயல்கள் எழுதப்பட்ட ஏடாகும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • എഴുതപ്പെട്ട ഒരു രേഖയത്രെ അത്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 83:20 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 83:20 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 83:20 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.