34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 35:19 compared

وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ

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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  • Not equal are the blind and the seeing,

    Saheeh International

  • The blind one and the seer are not equal,

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • The blind man is not equal with the seer;

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • The blind and the seeing are not alike;

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • Not equal are the blind and the seeing man,

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • نابینا و بینا [کافر و مؤمن،] یکسان نیستند،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و نابینا و بینا یکسان نیستند،

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Kor ilə görən eyni olaz.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • Dan tidaklah sama orang yang buta dengan orang yang melihat.

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan tidaklah sama orang buat dengan orang yang melihat.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • Nisu nikako isti slijepac i onaj koji vidi,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Nicht gleich sind der Blinde und der Sehende,

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • No son iguales el ciego y el que ve.

    Isa García

Français

  • L'aveugle et celui qui voit ne sont pas semblables,

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma makãho bã ya daidaita da mai gani.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Na kipofu na mwenye kuona hawalingani.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • De blinde en de ziende zijn niet gelijk,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Кўр билан кўзи очиқ тенг бўлмас.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Nuk janë të barabartë i verbëri dhe ai që sheh.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ma Eka indhoole iyo wax arke.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Kör ile gören, karanlıklar ile ışık ve gölgelikle sıcaklık bir değildir.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • Не равны слепой и зрячий,

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Туры юлны күрүче хак мөэмин, әлбәттә, вә туры юлны күрмәүче сукыр адашкан кешеләр белән бертигез булмас.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • Нобинову бино баробар нестанд

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • كور ئادەم بىلەن كۆزى ساق ئادەم (يەنى كاپىر بىلەن مۆمىن) باراۋەر بولمايدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور اندھے اور بینا برابر نہیں ہوسکتے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او ړوند اولیدونكى (بينا) سره برابرېدى نشي

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ انڌو ۽ سڄو برابر نه آھن.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • ئاشکرایه که کوێرو چاوساغ وه‌ك یه‌ك نین.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ކަނުމީހާއާއި، ލޮލަށް ފެންނަ މީހާއާ ހަމަހަމަވެގެން ނުވެތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ዕውሩና የሚያየውም አይስተካከሉም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • দৃষ্টিমান ও দৃষ্টিহীন সমান নয়।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • குருடனும், பார்வையுடையவனும் சமமாக மாட்டார்கள்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അന്ധനും കാഴ്ചയുള്ളവനും സമമാവുകയില്ല.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 35:19 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 35:19 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 35:19 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.