34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 91:5 compared

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

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 sky and He who constructed it

    Saheeh International

  • by the sky and Him who built it,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And the heaven and Him Who built it,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • By the heaven and That which built it

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و به آسمان و آنکه آن را بنا کرد

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • سوگند به آسمان و آن کس که آن را برافراشت،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • And olsun göyə və onu yaradana;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan langit serta pembinaannya,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Demi langit dan Yang membinanya (dalam bentuk yang kuat kukuh - yang melambangkan kekuasaanNya);

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i neba i Onoga koji ga sazda,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und dem Himmel und Dem, Der ihn aufgebaut hat,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • por el cosmos y la creación maravillosa que hay en él,

    Isa García

Français

  • Et par le ciel et Celui qui l'a construit!

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Da sama da abin da ya gina ta.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na kwa mbingu na kwa aliye ijenga!

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Bij de hemel en wie hem heeft gebouwd!

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва осмон билан ва унинг бино қилиниши билан қасам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Pasha qiellin dhe Atë që e ndërtoi atë!

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Iyo Samada iyo say u dhisantahay.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Göğe ve onu yapana,

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Клянусь небом и Тем, Кто его воздвиг (или тем, как Он воздвиг его)!

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә күк һәм аны бина итүче Аллаһ белән ант итәм.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва савганд ба осмону он ки онро бино карда

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئاسمان بىلەن ۋە ئۇنى بىنا قىلغان زات بىلەن قەسەمكى،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور آسمان کی قسم اور جس نے اسے بنایا ہے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او په اسمان باندې او په هغه ذات چې دغه يې جوړ كړى دى

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ آسمان جو ۽ اُن جو (قسم آھي) جنھن اُن کي بڻايو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سوێند به ئاسمان و به‌و زاته به ده‌سه‌ڵاته‌ی دروستی کردووه‌.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި އުޑާއި، އެ އުޑު ބިނާކުރެއްވި ކަލާނގެ ގަންދެއްވަމެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በሰማይቱም በገነባትም (ጌታ)፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • শপথ আকাশের এবং যিনি তা নির্মাণ করেছেন, তাঁর।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • வானத்தின் மீதும், அதை(ஒழுங்குற) அமைந்திருப்பதின் மீதும் சத்தியமாக-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ആകാശത്തെയും, അതിനെ സ്ഥാപിച്ച രീതിയെയും തന്നെയാണ സത്യം.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 91:5 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 91:5 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 91:5 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.