34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 68:21 compared

فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ

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 they called one another at morning,

    Saheeh International

  • At dawn they called out to one another,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And they cried out one unto another in the morning,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • In the morning they called to one another,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • وهنگام صبح یکدیگر را آوازدادند،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • پس [باغداران‌] بامدادان یکدیگر را صدا زدند،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Onlar səhər qalxıb bir-birini belə səslədilər:

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • lalu mereka panggil memanggil di pagi hari:

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Kemudian pada pagi-pagi, mereka panggil memanggil antara satu dengan yang lain -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • A u zoru oni su jedni druge dozivali:

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Da riefen sie bei Tagesanbruch einander zu:

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Por la mañana, se despertaron unos a otros.

    Isa García

Français

  • Le [lendemain] matin, ils s'appelèrent les uns les autres:

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sai suka kirãyi jũna, sunã mãsu yin asubanci.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Asubuhi wakaitana.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Toen riepen zij 's morgens tegen elkaar:

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Улар, тонг-саҳарда бир-бирларини чақирдилар:

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Ata në mëngjes thërritnin njëri-tjetrin.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • wayna isu dhawaaqeen Subaxdii.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Sabah erken: "Ürünlerinizi devşirecekseniz erken çıkın" diye birbirlerine seslendiler.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • А на рассвете они стали звать друг друга:

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Бу өч егет таң вакытында бер-берсен бакчага чакырдылар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва саҳаргоҳон якдигарро нидо доданд:

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇلار: «ئەگەر (مېۋىلەرنى) ئۈزمەكچى بولساڭلار باغقا بېرىڭلار» دەپ، ئەتىگەندە بىر - بىرىنى توۋلاشتى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر صبح کو ایک نے دوسرے کو آواز دی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو دوى یو بل ته اواز وكړ، په داسې حال كې چې سبا كوونكي وو

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ سويرو ھڪ ٻئي کي سڏڻ لڳا.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌وسا به‌یانی زوو یه‌کتریان ئاگادار کردو وتیان:...

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، އެއުރެން ހެނދުނު އެކަކު އަނެކަކަށް ގޮވައިހެދޫއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ያነጉም ኾነው ተጠራሩ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সকালে তারা একে অপরকে ডেকে বলল,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (இது அறியாது) காலையில் எழுந்த அவர்கள் ஒருவரை ஒருவர் அழைத்தனர்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അങ്ങനെ പ്രഭാതവേളയില്‍ അവര്‍ പരസ്പരം വിളിച്ചുപറഞ്ഞു:

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 68:21 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 68:21 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 68:21 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.