34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 38:81 compared

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ

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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  • Until the Day of the time well-known."

    Saheeh International

  • until the day of the known time.’

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • Until the day of the time appointed.

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • "Till the Day of the Time Appointed."

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • until the day of the known time.'

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

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  • تا زمانی معین و معلوم.

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • تا روز معین معلوم.»

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • (Dərgahımda) vaxtı mə’lum olan günə (qiyamətə) qədər!”

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • sampai kepada hari yang telah ditentukan waktunya (hari Kiamat)".

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • " Hingga ke hari masa yang termaklum ".

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • "do Dana već određenog."

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • bis zum Tag der (wohl)bekannten Zeit."

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • hasta el día cuyo término está prefijado".

    Isa García

Français

  • jusqu'au jour de l'Instant bien Connu».

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • "Zuwa ga yinin lõkaci sananne."

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Mpaka siku ya wakati maalumu.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • tot de dag van de vastgestelde tijd."

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Маълум вақтли кунгача», деди.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • deri në kohën e ditës së caktuar!”

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Tan iyo maalinta waqtiga layqaan ah.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Allah: "Sen bilinen güne kadar erteye bırakılanlardansın" dedi.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • до дня, срок которого определен».

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Аллаһ хозурында мәгълүм булган көнгә чаклы, ягъни дөнья беткәнче".

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • то он рӯзи муъайяни маълум».

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • اﷲ: «جەزمەن ساڭا مەلۇم ۋاقىتقىچە مۆھلەت بېرىلىدۇ» دېدى

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • مگر ایک معّین وقت کے دن تک

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • د معلوم وخت تر ورځې پورې

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • اُنھيءَ ٺھرايل وقت جي ڏينھن تائين.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • تا ڕۆژو کاتی دیاریکراو.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ވަގުތު ކަނޑައެޅި އެނގިގެންވާ ދުވަހަށް ދާނދެނެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • «እስከ ታወቀው ወቅት ቀን ድረስ፡፡»

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সে সময়ের দিন পর্যন্ত যা জানা।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • "குறிப்பிட்டகாலத்தின் நாள்வரையில்" (உனக்கு அவகாசம் உண்டு எனவும் கூறினான்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നിശ്ചിതമായ ആ സമയം സമാഗതമാകുന്ന ദിവസം വരെ.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 38:81 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 38:81 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 38:81 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.