34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 35:21 compared

وَلَا ٱلظِّلُّ وَلَا ٱلْحَرُورُ

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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  • Nor are the shade and the heat,

    Saheeh International

  • nor shade and torrid heat;

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Nor is the shadow equal with the sun's full heat;

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Nor are the (chilly) shade and the (genial) heat of the sun:

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • the shade and the torrid heat;

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • و نه سایه و نه باد گرم سوزان،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • و نه سایه و گرمای آفتاب.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Kölgə (sərin) ilə isti (eyni olmaz).

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • dan tidak (pula) sama yang teduh dengan yang panas,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Dan tidaklah sama suasana yang teduh dengan yang kencang panasnya.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • ni hladovina i vjetar vrući,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • noch der Schatten und die (Sonnen)hitze.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Ni la frescura de la sombra y el calor del sol.

    Isa García

Français

  • ni l'ombre et la chaleur ardente.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Kuma inuwa bã ta daidaita, kuma iskar zãfi bã ta daidaita.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Wala kivuli na joto.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • noch de schaduw en de hitte;

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Соя билан жазирама ҳам.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • E as hija me vapën.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Mana eka hoos iyo kulayl.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

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

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • тень и зной.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Вә җәннәт күләгәсе, җәһәннәм эсселеге белән бертигез булмас.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • ва на сояву ҳарорати офтоб.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • سايە بىلەن ئىسسىق (يەنى جەننەت بىلەن دوزاخ) باراۋەر بولمايدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • اور سایہ اور دھوپ دونوں برابر نہیں ہوسکتے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • او نه هم سېورى او ګرم باد (یا تېز لمر)

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • ۽ نڪي ڇانوَ ۽ نڪي اُس (پاڻ ۾ ھڪ جھڙا آھن).

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • سێبه‌رو خۆره‌تاویش وه‌ك یه‌ك نین.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • އަދި ހިޔަލާއި، ގަދަ އަތްވާވެސް ހަމަހަމަވެގެން ނުވެތެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • ጥላና ሐሩርም፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সমান নয় ছায়া ও তপ্তরোদ।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • (அவ்வாறே) நிழலும் வெயிலும் (சமமாகா).

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • തണലും ചൂടുള്ള വെയിലും (സമമാവുകയില്ല.)

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 35:21 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 35:21 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 35:21 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.