The word · The Qur’an
تَرْجَمَةُ القُرْآن
Tarjamah
A translation of the Qur'an, properly called a translation of the meanings rather than the Qur'an itself.
Also written · Tarjuma · Tarjama · Tarjumah · Tarjumatul Quran · translation of the Quran · Quran translation · Quran in English · meaning of the Quran · Tarjuma e Quran
The meaning
What Tarjamah means in Islam
No translation carries the Arabic wording, and every translator has already made interpretive choices, so a translation is really a compressed tafsir. This is why prayer is recited in Arabic; Abu Hanifah is reported to have allowed reciting the meaning in prayer, his two main students allowed it only for someone genuinely unable, and he is reported to have come round to their view. A translated volume is also not given the same rulings as a mushaf.
Evidence · Scholars differ · The scholars read this one differently
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- Qur'anThe speech of Allah revealed to Muhammad in Arabic over about twenty three years, preserved word for word.القُرْآن
- TafsirExplanation of the Qur'an: what a verse means, why it came, and what it asks of you.التَّفْسير
- MushafA physical copy of the Qur'an: the pages, ink and binding, as distinct from the revelation itself.المُصْحَف
- Touching the MushafWhether wudu is needed to hold a copy of the Qur'an; the four schools say yes, a minority disagrees.مَسُّ المُصْحَف
More from The Qur’an
- Al-Ahruf as-Sab'ahThe seven modes in which the Qur'an was revealed, an ease for the community; what a mode is stays disputed.الأَحْرُفُ السَّبْعَة
- Hafs an AsimThe reading found in most printed mushafs today, transmitted by Hafs from his teacher Asim of Kufa.حَفْصٌ عَنْ عاصِم
- Isti'adhahSaying I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan before beginning to recite.الاسْتِعاذَة
- ManzilOne of seven divisions of the Qur'an, used by those who complete a full reading each week.مَنْزِل
- QariA reciter of the Qur'an; in the classical sense, one trained and certified in a particular reading.القارِئ
- TadabburSlow reflection on the Qur'an, letting a verse work on you instead of passing over it.التَّدَبُّر