34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 53:1 compared

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

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
  • By the star when it descends,

    Saheeh International

  • By the star when it sets:

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • By the Star when it setteth,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the Star when it goes down,-

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • By the Star when it plunges,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • سوگند به ستاره هنگامی که [برای غروب کردن در کرانه افق] افتد؛

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به اختر [= قرآن‌] چون فرود می‌آید،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Batmaqda olan ulduza (Sürəyya ulduzuna) and olsun ki,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Demi bintang ketika terbenam.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Demi bintang semasa ia menjunam, -

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Tako mi zvijezde kad zalazi,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Bei dem Stern, wenn er sinkt!

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • [Juro] por la estrella cuando desaparece

    Isa García

Français

  • Par l'étoile à son déclin!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Inã rantsuwa da taurãron, a lõkacin da ya faku.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Naapa kwa nyota inapo tua,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de ster, wanneer zij valt.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ботаётган юлдуз билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha yllin kur bie!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wuxuu ku dhaartay (Eebe) Xiddiggu markuu hoobto.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Batmakta olan yıldıza and olsun ki,

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь звездой, когда она падает (или частью Корана, когда она нисходит)!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Баючы йолдыз белән ант итәмен.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Қасам ба он ситора, чун пинҳон шуд,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ساقىغان يۇلتۇزلار بىلەن قەسەمكى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • قسم ہے ستارہ کی جب وہ ٹوٹا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • قسم دى په ستوریو كله چې پرېوځي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ستاري جو قسم آھي جڏھن لھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به‌ئه‌ستێره کاتێک له‌شوێنی خۆی ده‌ترازێت و به‌خێرایی به‌رده‌بێته‌وه و ئاوا دبێت

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އޮއްސިގެންދާހިނދު، ތަރި ގަންދެއްވައި وحى ކުރައްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በኮከብ እምላለሁ በወደቀ (በገባ) ጊዜ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • নক্ষত্রের কসম, যখন অস্তমিত হয়।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • விழுகின்ற நட்சத்திரத்தின் மீது சத்தியமாக!

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നക്ഷത്രം അസ്തമിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ അതിനെ തന്നെയാണ, സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 53:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 53:1 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 53:1 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.