34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 26:218 compared

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

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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  • Who sees you when you arise

    Saheeh International

  • who sees you when you stand [for prayer],

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer),

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • who sees thee when thou standest

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • هم او که تو را هنگامی که [برای عبادت] می ایستی، می بیند،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • آن کس که چون [به نماز] برمی‌خیزی تو را می‌بیند،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • O Allah ki, səni namaza duranda da görür,

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Yang melihat kamu ketika kamu berdiri (untuk sembahyang),

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Yang melihatmu semasa engkau berdiri (mengerjakan sembahyang),

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • koji te vidi kada ustaneš

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Der dich sieht, wenn du aufrecht stehst,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • El que te ve cuando te pones de pie [para orar en soledad],

    Isa García

Français

  • qui te voit quand tu te lèves,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Wanda Yake ganin ka a lõkacin da kake tãshi tsaye.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Ambaye anakuona unapo simama,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • die jou ziet wanneer jij rechtop staat

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Сени қоим бўлганингда кўрадиган.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • I cili të sheh kur të ngritesh në këmbë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ee ku Arka Markaad Kici.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Senin kalkıp namaz kılanlar arasında bulunduğunu gören, güçlü ve merhametli olan Allah'a güven. Doğrusu O işitir ve bilir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Который видит тебя, когда ты выстаиваешь намазы по ночам

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Намазга торган вакытында Ул – Аллаһ сине күрәдер.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Он, ки туро мебинад, он гоҳ, ки бармехезӣ

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • اﷲ سېنى (نامازغا) قوپقىنىڭدا كۆرۈپ تۇرىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جو آپ کو اس وقت بھی دیکھتا ہے جب آپ قیام کرتے ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • هغه چې تا ویني كله چې ته پاڅېږې (لمانځه ته)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • جيڪو (تھجّد وقت) تنھنجي اُٿڻ مھل کي ڏسي ٿو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئه‌و زاته‌ی که ده‌تبینێت کاتێک هه‌ڵده‌ستیت له شه‌وگاردا ده‌یپه‌رستیت.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އެކަލާނގެއީ، ކަލޭގެފާނު (ނަމާދަށް) ތެދުވެވަޑައިގަންނަވާހިނދު، ކަލޭގެފާނު ދެކެވޮޑިގެންވާ ރަސްކަލާނގެއެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በዚያ ለሶላት በምትቆም ጊዜ በሚያይህ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যিনি আপনাকে দেখেন যখন আপনি নামাযে দন্ডায়মান হন,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • அவன், நீர் (தனித்து வணங்குவதற்காக) நிற்கும்போது, உம்மைப் பார்க்கிறான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നീ നിന്നു പ്രാര്‍ത്ഥിക്കുന്ന സമയത്ത് നിന്നെ കാണുന്നവനത്രെ അവന്‍

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 26:218 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 26:218 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 26:218 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.