34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 81:11 compared

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

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 when the sky is stripped away

    Saheeh International

  • when the sky is stripped off,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • And when the sky is torn away,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • When the world on High is unveiled;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • when heaven shall be stripped off;

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و هنگامی که آسمان را به شدت برکنند و برچینند

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و آنگاه که آسمان زجا کنده شود،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Göy (yerindən) qopardılacağı (və ya büküləcəyi) zaman;

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan apabila langit dilenyapkan,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan apabila langit ditanggalkan dari tempatnya;

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • i kada se nebo ukloni,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • und wenn der Himmel abgezogen wird

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • cuando la bóveda celeste desaparezca,

    Isa García

Français

  • et le ciel écorché

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma idan sama aka fẽɗe ta.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na mbingu itapo tanduliwa,

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • En wanneer de hemel afgestroopt wordt.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ва, вақтики, осмон қўпорилса.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Dhe kur qielli të jetë hequr,

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Samadana la rujiyo.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Gök yerinden oynatıldığı zaman;

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • когда небо будет сдернуто,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә күк урыныннан китәрелсә.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва чун осмон аз ҷои худ канда шавад'

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • ئاسمان ئېچىپ تاشلانغان چاغدا،

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور جب آسمان کا چھلکا اُتار دیا جائے گا

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او كله چې له اسمان نه پوستكى ووېستل شي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ جڏھن آسمان ڇلبو.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • کاتێك ئاسمان لاده‌برێن و داده‌ماڵرێن.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި އުޑު ގެންދަވާ ހިނދެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ሰማይም በተገሸለጠች ጊዜ፤

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • যখন আকাশের আবরণ অপসারিত হবে,

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • வானம் அகற்றப்படும் போது-

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • ഉപരിലോകം മറ നീക്കികാണിക്കപ്പെടുമ്പോള്‍

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 81:11 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 81:11 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 81:11 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.