34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 91:4 compared

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

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 [by] the night when it covers it

    Saheeh International

  • by the night when it covers her,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And the night when it enshroudeth him,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the Night as it conceals it;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • and by the night when it enshrouds him!

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و به شب هنگامی که خورشید را فرو پوشد

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به شب چو پرده بر آن پوشد،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun onu (günəşi) örtən gecəyə;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan malam apabila menutupinya,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan malam apabila ia menyelubunginya (dengan gelap- gelita),

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i noći kada ga zakloni,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und der Nacht, wenn sie sie überdeckt,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • por la noche cuando cubre con su oscuridad,

    Isa García

Français

  • Et par la nuit quand elle l'enveloppe!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Da dare a lõkacin da ya ke rufe ta.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na kwa usiku unapo lifunika!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de nacht, wanneer hij haar bedekt!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва у(қуёш)ни қоплаган тун билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha natën kur ajo e mbulon atë (dritën e diellit)!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Iyo Habeenku markuu daboolo (madoobaado).

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Onu bürüyen geceye,

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь ночью, когда она скрывает его (солнце)!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә төн белән, әгәр яктылыкны капласа.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва савганд ба шаб, чун рӯзро бипушад

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • قۇياشنى يوشۇرغان چاغدىكى كېچە بىلەن قەسەمكى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور رات کی قسم جب وہ اسے ڈھانک لے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او په شپه باندې كله چې دغه (لمر) پټ كاندي (په خپلو تیارو كې)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ رات جو (قسم آھي) جڏھن سج کي ڍڪي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به شه‌و که خۆر داده‌پۆشیت.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ރޭގަނޑު، އެ އިރު ނިވާކުރާހިނދު، އެ ރޭގަނޑު ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በሌሊቱም በሸፈናት ጊዜ፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • শপথ রাত্রির যখন সে সূর্যকে আচ্ছাদিত করে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (அப்பகலை) மூடிக்கொள்ளும் இரவின் மீதும் சத்தியமாக-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • രാത്രിയെ തന്നെയാണ സത്യം; അത് അതിനെ മൂടുമ്പോള്‍.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 91:4 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 91:4 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 91:4 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.