34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 91:1 compared

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

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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  • By the sun and its brightness

    Saheeh International

  • By the sun and her forenoon splendour,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • By the sun and his brightness,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • By the sun and his morning brightness

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • سوگند به خورشید و گسترش روشنی اش

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به خورشید و تابندگی‌اش،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun günəşə və onun işığına (günəşin qalxdığı vaxta);

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Demi matahari dan cahayanya di pagi hari,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Demi matahari dan cahayanya yang terang-benderang;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Tako Mi Sunca i svjetla njegova,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Bei der Sonne und ihrer Morgenhelle

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Juro por el Sol cuando resplandece,

    Isa García

Français

  • Par le soleil et par sa clarté!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Ina rantsuwa da rãnã da hantsinta.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Naapa kwa jua na mwangaza wake!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de zon en haar morgenlicht!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Қуёш билан ва унинг зиёси билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha diellin dhe dritën e tij!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Eebe wuxuu ku dhaartay Qorraxda iyo Barqinkeeda.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Güneşe ve onun ışığına,

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь солнцем и его утренним сиянием!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Кояш белән вә аның нуры белән ант итәм.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Савганд ба офтоб ва равшаниаш ба ҳангоми чошт

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • قۇياش ۋە ئۇنىڭ نۇرى بىلەن قەسەمكى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • آفتاب اور اس کی روشنی کی قسم

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • قسم دى په لمر باندې او د هغه په رڼا باندې

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • سج ۽ اُن جي سوجھري جو قسم آھي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به خۆر و تیشكی خۆراکه له سه‌ره‌تایی ڕۆژدا سه‌رهه‌ڵده‌دا).

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އިރާއި، އޭގެ އަލިކަން ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በፀሐይና በብርሃኗ እምላለሁ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • শপথ সূর্যের ও তার কিরণের,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • சூரியன் மீதும், அதன் பிரகாசத்தின் மீதும் சத்தியமாக

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • സൂര്യനും അതിന്‍റെ പ്രഭയും തന്നെയാണ സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 91:1 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 91:1 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 91:1 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.