34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 54:53 compared

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ

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 every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

    Saheeh International

  • and everything big and small is committed to writing.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And every small and great thing is recorded.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Every matter, small and great, is on record.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and everything, great and small, is inscribed.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و هر کوچک و بزرگی [از اعمالشان در آن] نوشته شده است.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و هر خرد و بزرگی [در آن‌] نوشته شده.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Hər bir kiçik və böyük (günah lövhi-məhfuzda) yazılmışdır!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan segala (urusan) yang kecil maupun yang besar adalah tertulis.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan tiap-tiap perkara yang kecil dan yang besar tetap tercatit.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i sve, i malo i veliko, u retke je stavljeno.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Alles, ob klein oder groß, wird in Zeilen niedergeschrieben.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Y todo cuanto ocurre, importante o insignificante, está escrito.

    Isa García

Français

  • et tout fait, petit et grand, est consigné.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma dukkan ƙarami da babba, rubutacce ne.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na kila kidogo na kikubwa kimeandikwa.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En alles, klein en groot staat opgetekend.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ҳар бир кичигу катта сатрлангандир. (Макка мушриклари, қандай қилиб инсоннинг ишларини сатрларга ёзиб, ҳужжат тўплаб бориш мумкин, деб ўша вақтда ажабланган бўлишлари мумкин. Аммо биз ҳозирги ҳисоб-китобларни, ёзиш асбобларини кўриб-билиб туриб, қандоқ қилиб бу ҳақиқатни инкор эта оламиз?)

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe çdo vepër, qoftë e vogël dhe qoftë e madhe është rradhitur (evidentuar në Lehvi Mahfudh).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wax kastoo yar ama waynna waa qoranyahay.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Küçük ve büyük, hepsi satır satırdır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Все малое и великое уже начертано.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Яхшылыктан вә явызлыктан һәр кечкенә эш һәм олугъ эш язылгандыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ҳар кори бузургу хурде навишта шудааст.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • كىچىك ئىش، چوڭ ئىشنىڭ ھەممىسى (لەۋھۇلمەھپۇزدا) خاتىرىلەنگەندۇر

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور ہر چھوٹا اور بڑا عمل اس میں درج کردیا گیا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او هر وړوكى او لوى (عمل) لیكل شوى دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ سڀڪي ننڍو وڏو لکيل آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هه‌رچی وردو درشت هه‌یه‌، له‌کارو کرده‌وه‌یان نووسراوه‌و تۆمارکراوه‌

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ކުދިބޮޑު އެންމެހާ ކަންތައް (اللّوح المحفوظ ގައި) ލިޔުއްވާފައިވެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ትንሹም ትልቁም ሁሉ የተጻፈ ነው፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • ছোট ও বড় সবই লিপিবদ্ধ।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • சிறிதோ, பெரிதோ அனைத்தும் (அதில்) வரையப்பட்டிருக்கும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഏത് ചെറിയകാര്യവും വലിയ കാര്യവും രേഖപ്പെടുത്തി വെക്കപ്പെടുന്നതാണ്‌.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 54:53 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 54:53 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 54:53 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.