34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 68:20 compared

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

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

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  • And it became as though reaped.

    Saheeh International

  • So, by dawn it was like a harvested field.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And in the morning it was as if plucked.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and in the morning it was as if it were a garden plucked.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • پس [آن باغ] به صورت شبی تاریک درآمد [و جز خاکستر چیزی در آن دیده نمی شد!]

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و [باغ،] آفت زده [و زمین بایر] گردید.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Və o (yanıb) qapqara qaraldı (külə döndü).

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • maka jadilah kebun itu hitam seperti malam yang gelap gulita.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Lalu menjadilah ia sebagai kebun yang telah binasa semua buahnya.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i ona osvanu opustošena.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und er war dann am Morgen wie abgepflückt.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • dejándolo devastado.

    Isa García

Français

  • et le matin, ce fut comme si tout avait été rasé.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sai ta wãyi gari (baƙa ƙirin) kamar dare.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Likawa kama usiku wa giza.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • en 's morgens was hij als afgeoogst.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Бас, у худди меваси териб олинганга ўхшаб қолди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe ai gdhiu si të ishte i vjelë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Waxayna noqotay wax la shafay oo kale.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Ama onlar daha uykudayken Rabbinin katından gönderilen bir salgın o bahçeyi sarıvermişti de bahçe kapkara kesilmişti.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • К утру сад был подобен мрачной ночи (был погублен).

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул бакча агачсыз, җимешсез коры җир булып әверелде.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва бӯстонҳо сиёҳ шуд.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار ئۇخلاۋاتقاندا، باغقا پەرۋەردىگارىڭ تەرىپىدىن ئازاب (يەنى يانغىن) نازىل بولۇپ، باغ (كۆيۈپ) قاپقارا كۈلدەك بولۇپ قالدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور سارا باغ جل کر کالی رات جیسا ہوگیا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو دغه (باغ داسې) شو، لكه رېبل شوى فصل

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جو (اُھو) ناڙ وانگر ٿي پيو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئیتر وه‌ك باخێکی لێهات؛ که هه‌مووی چنرابێته‌وه‌و هیچی پێوه نه‌ما بێت...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ދެން އެ ބަގީޗާގެ ގަސްތައް އަނދައި، ކަޅުއަނދިރި ރޭގަނޑެއް ފަދައިންވިއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እንደ ሌሊት ጨለማም ኾና አነጋች፤ (ከሰለች)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • ফলে সকাল পর্যন্ত হয়ে গেল ছিন্নবিচ্ছিন্ন তৃণসম।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (நெருப்புக் கரித்து விட்ட படியால் அத்தோட்டம்) காலையில் கருத்த சாம்பலைப் போல் ஆயிருந்தது.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അങ്ങനെ അത് മുറിച്ചെടുക്കപ്പെട്ടത് പോലെ ആയിത്തീര്‍ന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 68:20 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 68:20 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 68:20 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.