34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 37:65 compared

طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ

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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  • Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.

    Saheeh International

  • Its spathes are as if they were devils’ heads.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Its crop is as it were the heads of devils

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • The shoots of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils:

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • its spathes are as the heads of Satans,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • شکوفه هایش مانند سرهای شیاطین [بسیار بدنما و زشت] است.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • میوه‌اش گویی چون کله‌های شیاطین است،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Onun meyvəsi şeytanların başı kimidir (olduqca çirkin və əcaibdir).

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • mayangnya seperti kepala syaitan-syaitan.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Buahnya seolah-olah kepala Syaitan-syaitan;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • plod će mu poput glava šejtanskih biti.

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • dessen Fruchtscheide so ist, als wären es Köpfe von Satanen.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • sus frutos son como cabezas de demonios.

    Isa García

Français

  • Ses fruits sont comme des têtes de diables.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Gundarta, kamar dai shi kãnun Shaiɗan ne.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Mashada ya matunda yake kama kwamba vichwa vya mashet'ani.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • waarvan de knoppen zijn als satanskoppen.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Унинг (мева) тугар жойи, худди шайтонларнинг бошларига ўхшайдир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pema (fruti) e saj është sikurse kok a dreqërish.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Midhaheeduna waxaad moodaa madaxyo shaydaan.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Tomurcukları şeytan başı gibidir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Плоды его - словно головы дьяволов.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Аның җимешләре кабахәтлектә гүя шайтан башларыдыр.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Мевааш монанди сари шайтонҳо аст,

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئۇنىڭ مېۋىسى گويا شەيتانلارنىڭ باشلىرىغا ئوخشايدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اس کے پھل ایسے بدنما ہیں جیسے شیطانوں کے سر

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • د دغې وږي، ګویاكې هغه د شیطانانو سرونه دي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • اُن جا گوشا ڄڻڪ شيطانن جون سِسيون آھن.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • به‌روبوومه‌که‌ی ده‌ڵێی سه‌لکه‌سه‌ری شه‌یتانه‌کانه (له ناشرینی و بێ له‌زه‌تیدا).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އޭގެ މޭވާ، شيطان ންގެ ބޯތަކެކޭ އެއްފަދައެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • እንቡጧ ልክ የሰይጣናት ራሶች ይመስላል፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • এর গুচ্ছ শয়তানের মস্তকের মত।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அதன் பாளைகள் ஷைத்தான்களின் தலைகளைப் போலிருக்கும்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അതിന്‍റെ കുല പിശാചുക്കളുടെ തലകള്‍ പോലെയിരിക്കും.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 37:65 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 37:65 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 37:65 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.