34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 75:39 compared

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

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 made of him two mates, the male and the female.

    Saheeh International

  • and made of him the two sexes, male and female.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And made of him a pair, the male and female.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • And of him He made two sexes, male and female.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and He made of him two kinds, male and female.

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و از او دو زوج به وجود آورد یکی نر و دیگر ماده،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و از او دو زوج مرد و زن آفرید!

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Sonra da ondan biri kişi, biri qadın olmaqla iki cift (həmtay) yaratdı.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • lalu Allah menjadikan daripadanya sepasang: laki-laki dan perempuan.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Lalu Tuhan menjadikan daripadanya dua jenis - lelaki dan perempuan.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i od njega onda dvije vrste, muškarca i ženu, stvori,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und dann daraus beide Teile des Paares gemacht, das Männliche und das Weibliche.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Y creó de allí la pareja: el hombre y la mujer.

    Isa García

Français

  • puis en a fait alors les deux éléments de couple: le mâle et la femelle?

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sa'an nan, Ya sanya daga gare shi, nau'i biyu: namiji damace?

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Kisha akamfanya namna mbili, mwanamume na mwanamke.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • en maakte er de twee geslachten uit: het mannelijke en het vrouwelijke.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Бас ундан жуфтни–эркак ва аёлни яратди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe prej tij Ai i bëri dy lloje: mashkullin dhe femrën.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Kana yeelo Labadii Nooc lab iyo Dhaddig.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Ondan, erkek, dişi iki cins yaratmıştı.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Он сотворил из него чету: мужчину и женщину.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Аннан ир һәм хатын итеп халык кылды.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Ва онҳоро ду синф кард: нару мода.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇ مەنىيدىن ئەر - ئايال (ئىككى تىپنى) ياراتتى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • پھر اس سے عورت اور مرد کا جوڑا تیار کیا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو له دغې (منۍ) نه يې دوه قسمه پیدا كړل (یعنې) سړى او ښځه

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ منيءَ مان ٻه جنسون نَر ۽ مادي بڻايائين.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئینجا هه‌ر له‌و مه‌نی یه هه‌ردوو جووت نێرو مێ ی دروست کردووه (که ته‌واوکاری یه‌کترن).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، އޭނާގެ ކިބައިން، ފިރިހެން އަންހެން ދެބާވަތް އުފެއްދެވިއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ከእርሱም ሁለት ዓይነቶችን ወንድና ሴትን አደረገ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতঃপর তা থেকে সৃষ্টি করেছেন যুগল নর ও নারী।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • பின்னர் அதிலிருந்து ஆண், பெண் என்ற இரு ஜோடியை அவன் உண்டாக்கினான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അങ്ങനെ അതില്‍ നിന്ന് ആണും പെണ്ണുമാകുന്ന രണ്ടു ഇണകളെ അവന്‍ ഉണ്ടാക്കി.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 75:39 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 75:39 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 75:39 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.