34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 53:7 compared

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

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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  • While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.

    Saheeh International

  • while he was on the highest horizon.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • When he was on the uppermost horizon.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • While he was in the highest part of the horizon:

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • being on the higher horizon,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • در حالی که در افق اعلا بود.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • در حالی که او در افق اعلی بود؛

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O (Cəbrail) ən uca üfüqdə (günəşin çıxdığı yerdə) idi.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • sedang dia berada di ufuk yang tinggi.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Sedang ia berada di arah yang tinggi (di langit);

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • na obzorju najvišem,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und war am obersten Gesichtskreis.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • en lo más elevado del horizonte,

    Isa García

Français

  • alors qu'il se trouvait à l'horizon supérieur.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Alhãli kuwa yanã a sararin samã mafi aukaka.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Naye yuko juu kabisa upeo wa macho.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • stond hij hoog aan de horizon.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва у олий уфқда эди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe ai (Xhibrili) ishte në horizontin e lartë

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Wuxuu joogay jihadii sare (Jibriil).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Ona, çetin kuvvetlere sahip ve güçlü olan Cebrail öğretmiştir; en yüksek ufukta iken doğruluvermiş.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • на наивысшем горизонте.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Ул фәрештә офыкның югарысында иде.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва Ӯ ба канораи балаыди осмон буд,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇنىڭ (يەنى جىبرىئىلنىڭ) كۆرۈنۈشى چىرايلىق بولۇپ، يۇقىرى ئۇپۇقتا (ئۆز شەكلىدە) تۇردى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جب کہ وہ بلند ترین افق پر تھا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او هغه په تر ټولو لوړې غاړې كې و

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ اُھو (آسمان جي) مٿاھين ڪناري تي ھو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له‌کاتێکدا له‌ئاسۆی هه‌ره‌به‌رزو بڵنده‌وه سه‌ری هه‌ڵدابوو، ئاسۆی پڕکردبوو

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • (އެހިނދު) އެ ملائكة އާ ވަނީ، އެންމެމަތީ އުދަރެހުގައެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እርሱ በላይኛው አድማስ ኾኖ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • উর্ধ্ব দিগন্তে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அவர் உன்னதமான அடி வானத்தில் இருக்கும் நிலையில்-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അദ്ദേഹമാകട്ടെ അത്യുന്നതമായ മണ്ഡലത്തിലായിരുന്നു.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 53:7 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 53:7 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 53:7 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.