34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 79:29 compared

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

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 He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

    Saheeh International

  • and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon;

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و شبش را تاریکو روزش را روشن ساخت،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و شبش را تیره و روزش را آشکار گردانید،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Gecəsini qaranlıq, gündüzünü işıqlı etdi?!

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan Dia menjadikan malamnya gelap gulita, dan menjadikan siangnya terang benderang.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan Ia menjadikan malamnya gelap-gelita, serta menjadikan siangnya terang-benderang.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • noći njegove mračnim, a dane svijetlim učinio.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Und Er hat seine Nacht finster gemacht und seine Morgenhelle hervorkommen lassen.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Dios hizo que la noche fuese oscura y que le sucediera la claridad de la mañana.

    Isa García

Français

  • Il a assombri sa nuit et fait luire son jour.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma Ya duhuntar da darenta, kuma Ya fitar da hantsinta.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na akautia giza usiku wake, na akautokeza mchana wake.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Hij heeft de nacht ervan donker gemaakt en het heldere daglicht ervan tevoorschijn gebracht.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Кечасини қоронғу ва кундузини ёруғ қилди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Natën ia errësoi e ditën ia ndriçoi.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Habeenkeedana madoobeeyay Maalinteedana soo bixiyay (Ifiyay).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Gecesini karanlık yapmış, gündüzünü aydınlatmıştır.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Он сделал темной ночь его (неба) и вывел его утреннюю зарю.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул күкнең кичен караңгы кылды вә аның көндезен якты кылды.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • шабашро торик кард ва рӯшноияшро ошкор сохт

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇنىڭ كېچىسىنى قاپقاراڭغۇ، كۈندۈزىنى يوپيورۇق قىلدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اس کی رات کو تاریک بنایا ہے اور دن کی روشنی نکال دی ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او د ده شپه يې توره تیاره كړې ده او د ده رڼا يې راوېستلې ده

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ اُن جي رات کي اوندھ ڪيائين ۽ اُن جو سوجھرو (ڏينھن جو) پڌرو ڪيائين.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • شه‌وگاره‌که‌ی تاریك کردووه‌، کاتی چێشته‌نگاویش ڕووناک خۆری ده‌رخستووه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި އެ އުޑުގެ ރޭގަނޑު އަނދިރިކުރެއްވިއެވެ. އަދި އެ އުޑުގެ ދުވާލު ފާޅުކުރެއްވިއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ሌሊቷንም አጨለመ፡፡ ቀንዋንም ገለጸ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • তিনি এর রাত্রিকে করেছেন অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন এবং এর সূর্যোলোক প্রকাশ করেছেন।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அவன்தான் இரவை இருளுடையதாக்கிப் பகலின் ஒளியையும் வெளியாக்கினான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അതിലെ രാത്രിയെ അവന്‍ ഇരുട്ടാക്കുകയും, അതിലെ പകലിനെ അവന്‍ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടുത്തുകയും ചെയ്തിരിക്കുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 79:29 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 79:29 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 79:29 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.