34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 56:37 compared

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا

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
  • Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

    Saheeh International

  • loving, of a like age,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Lovers, friends,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Beloved (by nature), equal in age,-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • chastely amorous,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • عشقورز به شوهران، و هم سن و سال با همسران.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • شوی دوست همسال،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Ərlərini sevən, həmyaşıdlar edəcəyik.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • penuh cinta lagi sebaya umurnya.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Yang tetap mencintai jodohnya, serta yang sebaya umurnya.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • milim muževima njihovim, i godina istih

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • liebevoll und gleichaltrig,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • amorosas y siempre con la misma edad.

    Isa García

Français

  • gracieuses, toutes de même âge,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Mãsu son mazansu, a cikin tsãrã ɗaya.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Wanapendana na waume zao, hirimu moja.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • als vurig beminnende even oude gezellinnen

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Тенгдош маҳбубалар қилдик.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Të dashuruara (për burrat e vet), të një moshe.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Oy is jecelyihiin (Raggooda) simanna.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Biz ceylan gözlüleri, defterleri sağdan verilenler için yeniden yaratmışızdır; onları bakire, eşlerine düşkün ve hepsini bir yaşta kılmışızdır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • любящими и равными по возрасту.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ирләрен сөюче татлы сүзлеләрдер, барчасы да яшьләр, җәннәт кешеләре бар да утыз өч яшьтә булырлар.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Маъшуқи ҳамсарони худанд,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • شۈبھىسىزكى، بىز ھۆرلەرنى يېڭىدىن ياراتتۇق، ئۇلارنى پاكىز، ئەرلىرىگە ئامراق، تەڭتۇش قىلدۇق

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • یہ کنواریاں اور آپس میں ہمجولیاں ہوں گی

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • په خپلو خاوندانو مینانې (او) همزولې

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • مڙسن کي وڻندڙ ھڪ جيڏيون.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • هاوسه‌ره‌کانیان زۆرخۆش ده‌وێت و هه‌موویان هاو ته‌مه‌نن

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފިރިންދެކެ ލޯބިވާ، އެއްފުރާގެ ބަޔަކު ކަމުގައެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ለባሎቻቸው ተሽሞርሟሪዎች እኩያዎች (አደረግናቸው)፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • কামিনী, সমবয়স্কা।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (தம் துணைவர் மீது) பாசமுடையோராகவும், சம வயதினராகவும்,

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • സ്നേഹവതികളും സമപ്രായക്കാരും ആക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 56:37 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 56:37 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 56:37 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.