34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 36:4 compared

عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

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
  • On a straight path.

    Saheeh International

  • on a straight path.

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • On a straight path,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • On a Straight Way.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • on a straight path;

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • بر راهی راست [قرار داری.]

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • بر راهی راست!

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Düz yoldasan! (Doğru yol üzrə göndərilən peyğəmbərlərdənsən. Allahın əsl tövhid dini olan islam dinindənsən. Bu yolu tutub gedən haqqa yetişər).

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • (yang berada) diatas jalan yang lurus,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Yang tetap di atas jalan yang lurus (ugama Islam).

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • na Pravome putu,

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • auf einem geraden Weg.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • que está en el sendero recto.

    Isa García

Français

  • sur un chemin droit.

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • A kan hanya madaidaiciya.

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Juu ya Njia Iliyo Nyooka.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • op een juiste weg.

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Сироти мустақиймдасан.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Je në një rrugë të drejtë.

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Jid toosanna waad ku sugan tahay.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Kuran'ı Hakim'e and olsun ki, sen doğru yol üzere gönderilmiş peygamberlerdensin.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • на прямом пути.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Кешеләргә туры юлны күрсәтер өчен Аллаһ тарафыннан җибәрелдең.

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • бар роҳе рост.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • توغرا يولدىسەن

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • بالکل سیدھے راستے پر ہیں

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • په نېغه لار يې

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • (بيشڪ تون) سڌي واٽ تي آھين.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • له‌سه‌ر ڕێگه‌و ڕێبازێکی ڕاست و دروستیت.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ސީދާވެގެންވާ މަގެއްގެ މަތީގައެވެ.

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • በቀጥታም መንገድ ላይ ነህ፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • সরল পথে প্রতিষ্ঠিত।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • நேரான பாதை மீது (இருக்கின்றீர்).

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • നേരായ പാതയിലാകുന്നു (നീ.)

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 36:4 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 36:4 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 36:4 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.