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Al-Ankaboot 29:1 – 29:32

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Surah 29

Al-Ankabootالعنكبوت

The Spider · 69 verses · Meccan

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Sixty-nine verses asking whether people are left to say they believe without being tested. Noah among his people for centuries, Abraham argued with, Lot, Shu'ayb, 'Aad and Thamud. It takes its name from the parable of those who take protectors other than God: like the spider, which builds a house, and the frailest of houses is the spider's house. It opens with disconnected letters.

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29:1

الٓمٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)alif laam meem

DIN 31635ʾalif lām mīm

The translators spell these letters differently

Alif, Lam, Meem.

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Alif. Lam. Mim

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

A. L. M.

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

ELIF. LAM. MIM

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

A. L. M.

George Sale · published 1734

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29:2

أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)ahasiba n-naasu an yutrakoo an yaqooloo aamannaa wahum laa yuftanoon

DIN 31635ʾaḥasiba n-nāsu ʾan yutrakū ʾan yaqūlū ʾāmannā wahum lā yuftanūna

The translators word this verse differently

Have the people supposed that they will be left alone to say, "We believe," without being put to the test?

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Do men imagine that they will be left (at ease) because they say, We believe, and will not be tested with affliction

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Do men then reckon that they will be left alone to say, 'We believe,' and not be tried

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Think men that when they say, "We believe," they shall be let alone and not be put to proof

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Do men imagine that it shall be sufficient for them to say, we believe; while they be not proved

George Sale · published 1734

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29:3

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad fatannaa lladheena min qablihim falaya'lamanna llaahu lladheena sadaqoo walaya'lamanna l-kaadhibeen

DIN 31635walaqad fatannā llaḏīna min qablihim falayaʿlamanna llāhu llaḏīna ṣadaqū walayaʿlamanna l-kāḏibīna

We have tested those before them. God will surely know the truthful, and He will surely know the liars.

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Lo! We tested those who were before you. Thus Allah knoweth those who are sincere, and knoweth those who feign

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

we did try those who were before them, and God will surely know those who are truthful, and He will surely know the liars

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

We put to proof those who lived before them; for God will surely take knowledge of those who are sincere, and will surely take knowledge of the liars

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

We heretofore proved those who were before them; for God will surely know them who are sincere, and He will surely know the liars

George Sale · published 1734

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29:4

أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَسْبِقُونَا سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am hasiba lladheena ya'maloona s-sayyi'aati an yasbiqoonaa saa'a maa yahkumoon

DIN 31635ʾam ḥasiba llaḏīna yaʿmalūna s-sayyiʾāti ʾan yasbiqūnā sāʾa mā yaḥkumūna

The translators word this verse differently

Or do those who commit sins think they can fool Us? Terrible is their opinion!

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Or do those who do ill-deeds imagine that they can outstrip Us? Evil (for them) is that which they decide

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Do those who do evil reckon that they can outstrip us? evil is it that they judge

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Think they who work evil that they shall escape Us? Ill do they judge

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Do they who work evil think that they shall prevent Us from taking vengeance on them? An ill judgment do they make

George Sale · published 1734

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29:5

مَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ لَـَٔاتٍ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

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Easy-read (simplified)man kaana yarjoo liqaa'a llaahi fa'inna ajala llaahi la'aatin wahuwa s-samee'u l-'aleem

DIN 31635man kāna yarǧū liqāʾa llāhi faʾinna ʾaǧala llāhi laʾātin wahuwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

The translators word this verse differently

Whoever looks forward to the meeting with God-the appointed time of God is coming. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

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Whoso looketh forward to the meeting with Allah (let him know that) Allah's reckoning is surely nigh, and He is the Hearer, the Knower

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He who hopes for the meeting of God,- verily, God's appointed time will come; and He both hears and knows

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

To him who hopeth to meet God, the set time of God will surely come. The Hearer, the Knower, He

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Whoso hopeth to meet God, verily God's appointed time will certainly come; and He both heareth and knoweth

George Sale · published 1734

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29:6

وَمَن جَٰهَدَ فَإِنَّمَا يُجَٰهِدُ لِنَفْسِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَنِىٌّ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waman jaahada fa'innamaa yujaahidu linafsihi inna llaaha laghaniyyun 'ani l-'aalameen

DIN 31635waman ǧāhada faʾinnamā yuǧāhidu linafsihi ʾinna llāha laġaniyyun ʿani l-ʿālamīna

The translators word this verse differently

Whoever strives, strives only for himself. God is Independent of the beings.

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And whosoever striveth, striveth only for himself, for lo! Allah is altogether Independent of (His) creatures

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And he who fights strenuously, fights strenuously only for his own soul; verily, God is independent of the worlds

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Whoso maketh efforts for the faith, maketh them for his own good only. Verily God is rich enough to dispense with all creatures

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Whoever striveth to promote the true religion, striveth for the advantage of his own soul; for God needeth not any of his creatures

George Sale · published 1734

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29:7

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَحْسَنَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati lanukaffiranna 'anhum sayyi'aatihim walanajziyannahum ahsana lladhee kaanoo ya'maloon

DIN 31635wallaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lanukaffiranna ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim walanaǧziyannahum ʾaḥsana llaḏī kānū yaʿmalūna

The translators word this verse differently

Those who believe and do righteous deeds-We will remit their sins, and We will reward them according to the best of what they used to do.

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And as for those who believe and do good works, We shall remit from them their evil deeds and shall repay them the best that they did

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Those who believe and do right, we will surely cover for them, their offences; and we will surely reward them with better than that which they have done

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And as to those who shall have believed and done the things that are right, their evil deeds will we surely blot out from them, and according to their best actions will we surely reward them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And as to those who believe and work righteousness, We will expiate their evil deeds from them; and We will give them a reward according to the utmost merit of their actions

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734

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29:8

وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ حُسْنًا وَإِن جَٰهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِى مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَآ إِلَىَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wawassaynaa l-'insaana biwaalidayhi husnan wa'in jaahadaaka litushrika bee maa laysa laka bihi 'ilmun falaa tuti'humaa ilayya marji'ukum fa'unabbi'ukum bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

DIN 31635wawaṣṣaynā l-ʾinsāna biwālidayhi ḥusnan waʾin ǧāhadāka litušrika bī mā laysa laka bihi ʿilmun falā tuṭiʿhumā ʾilayya marǧiʿukum faʾunabbiʾukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

We have advised the human being to be good to his parents. But if they urge you to associate with Me something you have no knowledge of, do not obey them. To Me is your return; and I will inform you of what you used to do.

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We have enjoined on man kindness to parents; but if they strive to make thee join with Me that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not. Unto Me is your return and I shall tell you what ye used to do

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And we have enjoined on man kindness to his parents; and if they strive with thee that thou mayest join with me, what thou hast no knowledge of, then obey them not; to me is your return, and I will inform you of that which ye have done

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Moreover we have enjoined on man to shew kindness to parents: but if they strive with thee that thou join that with Me of which thou hast no knowledge, obey them not. To me do ye return, and then will I tell you of your doings

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

We have commanded man to shew kindness towards his parents: But if they endeavour to prevail with thee to associate with Me that concerning which thou hast no knowledge, obey them not. Unto Me shall ye return; and I will declare unto you what ye have done

George Sale · published 1734

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29:9

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati lanudkhilannahum fee s-saaliheen

DIN 31635wallaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lanudḫilannahum fī ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

The translators word this verse differently

Those who believe and do good works-We will admit them into the company of the righteous.

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And as for those who believe and do good works, We verily shall make them enter in among the righteous

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But those who believe and do right, we will make them enter amongst the righteous

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And those who shall have believed and done the things that are right, we will surely give them an entering in among the just

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Those who shall believe, and shall work righteousness, We will surely introduce into paradise, among the upright

George Sale · published 1734

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29:10

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ فَإِذَآ أُوذِىَ فِى ٱللَّهِ جَعَلَ فِتْنَةَ ٱلنَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَئِن جَآءَ نَصْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمْ أَوَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِمَا فِى صُدُورِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamina n-naasi man yaqoolu aamannaa billaahi fa'idhaa oodhiya fee llaahi ja'ala fitnata n-naasi ka'adhaabi llaahi wala'in jaa'a nasrun min rabbika layaqoolunna innaa kunnaa ma'akum awalaysa llaahu bi'a'lama bimaa fee sudoori l-'aalameen

DIN 31635wamina n-nāsi man yaqūlu ʾāmannā billāhi faʾiḏā ʾūḏiya fī llāhi ǧaʿala fitnata n-nāsi kaʿaḏābi llāhi walaʾin ǧāʾa naṣrun min rabbika layaqūlunna ʾinnā kunnā maʿakum ʾawalaysa llāhu biʾaʿlama bimā fī ṣudūri l-ʿālamīna

The translators word this verse differently

Among the people is he who says, "We have believed in God." Yet when he is harmed on God's account, he equates the people's persecution with God's retribution. And if help comes from your Lord, he says, "We were actually with you." Is not God aware of what is inside the hearts of the people?

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Of mankind is he who saith: We believe in Allah, but, if he be made to suffer for the sake of Allah, he mistaketh the persecution of mankind for Allah's punishment; and then, if victory cometh from thy Lord, will say: Lo! we were with you (all the while). Is not Allah Best Aware of what is in the bosoms of (His) creatures

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And there are those among men who say, 'We believe in God!' but when they are hurt in God's cause, they deem the trials of men like the torment of God; but if help come from thy Lord they will say, 'Verily, we were with you!' does not God know best what is in the breasts of the worlds

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But some men say, "We believe in God," yet when they meet with sufferings in the cause of God, they regard trouble from man as chastisement from God. Yet if a success come from thy Lord they are sure to say, "We were on your side!" Doth not God well know what is in the breasts of his creatures

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

There are some men who say, we believe in God: But when such a one is afflicted for God's sake, he esteemeth the persecution of men to be as grievous as the punishment of God. Yet if success cometh from thy Lord, they say, verily we are with you. Doth not God well know that which is in the breasts of his creatures

George Sale · published 1734

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29:11

وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaya'lamanna llaahu lladheena aamanoo walaya'lamanna l-munaafiqeen

DIN 31635walayaʿlamanna llāhu llaḏīna ʾāmanū walayaʿlamanna l-munāfiqīna

God certainly knows those who believe, and He certainly knows the hypocrites.

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Verily Allah knoweth those who believe, and verily He knoweth the hypocrites

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

God will surely know those who believe, and will surely know the hypocrites

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Yes, and God well knoweth those who believe, and He well knoweth the Hypocrites

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily God well knoweth the true believers, and He well knoweth the hypocrites

George Sale · published 1734

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29:12

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ سَبِيلَنَا وَلْنَحْمِلْ خَطَٰيَٰكُمْ وَمَا هُم بِحَٰمِلِينَ مِنْ خَطَٰيَٰهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala lladheena kafaroo lilladheena aamanoo tabi'oo sabeelanaa walnahmil khataayaakum wamaa hum bihaamileena min khataayaahum min shay'in innahum lakaadhiboon

DIN 31635waqāla llaḏīna kafarū lillaḏīna ʾāmanū tabiʿū sabīlanā walnaḥmil ḫaṭāyākum wamā hum biḥāmilīna min ḫaṭāyāhum min šayʾin ʾinnahum lakāḏibūna

Those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Follow our way, and we will carry your sins." In no way can they carry any of their sins. They are liars.

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Those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Follow our way (of religion) and we verily will bear your sins (for you). They cannot bear aught of their sins. Lo! they verily are liars

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And those who misbelieved said to those who believed, 'Follow our path, we will bear your sins;' but they could not bear their sins at all; verily, they are liars

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The unbelievers say to the faithful, "Follow ye our way, and we will surely bear your sins." But not aught of their sins will they bear - verily they are liars

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The unbelievers say unto those who believe, follow our way; and we will bear your sins. Howbeit they shall not bear any part of their sins; for they are liars

George Sale · published 1734

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29:13

وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالًا مَّعَ أَثْقَالِهِمْ وَلَيُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walayahmilunna athqaalahum wa'athqaalan ma'a athqaalihim walayus'alunna yawma l-qiyaamati 'ammaa kaanoo yaftaroon

DIN 31635walayaḥmilunna ʾaṯqālahum waʾaṯqālan maʿa ʾaṯqālihim walayusʾalunna yawma l-qiyāmati ʿammā kānū yaftarūna

They will carry their own loads, and other loads with their own. And they will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection concerning what they used to fabricate.

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But they verily will bear their own loads and other loads beside their own, and they verily will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection concerning that which they invented

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But they shall surely bear their own burdens, and burdens with their burdens; and they shall surely be asked upon the resurrection day concerning what they did devise

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But their own burdens, and burdens beside their own burdens shall they surely bear: and inquisition shall be made of them on the day of Resurrection as to their false devices

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

But they shall surely bear their own burdens, and other burdens besides their own burdens; and they shall be examined, on the day of resurrection, concerning that which they have falsely devised

George Sale · published 1734

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29:14

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad arsalnaa noohan ilaa qawmihi falabitha feehim alfa sanatin illaa khamseena 'aaman fa'akhadhahumu t-toofaanu wahum zaalimoon

DIN 31635walaqad ʾarsalnā nūḥan ʾilā qawmihi falabiṯa fīhim ʾalfa sanatin ʾillā ḫamsīna ʿāman faʾaḫaḏahumu ṭ-ṭūfānu wahum ẓālimūna

We sent Noah to his people, and He stayed among them for a thousand years minus fifty years. Then the Deluge swept them; for they were wrongdoers.

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And verily we sent Noah (as Our messenger) unto his folk, and he continued with them for a thousand years save fifty years; and the flood engulfed them, for they were wrong-doers

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And we sent Noah to his people, and he dwelt among them for a thousand years save fifty years; and the deluge overtook them while they were unjust

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Of old sent we Noah to his people: a thousand years save fifty did he tarry among them; and the flood overtook them in their wrongful doings

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

We heretofore sent Noah unto his people; and he tarried among them one thousand years, save fifty years: And the deluge took them away, while they were acting unjustly

George Sale · published 1734

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29:15

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)fa'anjaynaahu wa'ashaaba s-safeenati waja'alnaahaa aayatan lil'aalameen

DIN 31635faʾanǧaynāhu waʾaṣḥāba s-safīnati waǧaʿalnāhā ʾāyatan lilʿālamīna

But We saved him, together with the company of the Ark, and We made it a sign for all peoples.

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And We rescued him and those with him in the ship, and made of it a portent for the peoples

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

but we saved him and the fellows of the ark, and we made it a sign unto the worlds

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But we rescued him and those who were in the vessel; and we made it a sign to all men

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

but We delivered him and those who were in the ark, and We made the same a sign unto all creatures

George Sale · published 1734

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29:16

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'ibraaheema idh qaala liqawmihi 'budoo llaaha waattaqoohu dhaalikum khayrun lakum in kuntum ta'lamoon

DIN 31635waʾibrāhīma ʾiḏ qāla liqawmihi ʿbudū llāha wāttaqūhu ḏālikum ḫayrun lakum ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna

And Abraham, when he said to his people, "Worship God, and fear Him. That is better for you, if you only knew.

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And Abraham! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Serve Allah, and keep your duty unto Him; that is better for you if ye did but know

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And Abraham when he said to his people, 'Serve God and fear Him, that is better for you if ye did but know

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And Abraham; when he said to his people, "Worship God and fear Him. This will be best for you, if ye have knowledge

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

We also sent Abraham; when he said unto his people, serve God, and fear Him: This will be better for you; if ye understand

George Sale · published 1734

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29:17

إِنَّمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْثَٰنًا وَتَخْلُقُونَ إِفْكًا إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لَكُمْ رِزْقًا فَٱبْتَغُوا۟ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرِّزْقَ وَٱعْبُدُوهُ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)innamaa ta'budoona min dooni llaahi awthaanan watakhluqoona ifkan inna lladheena ta'budoona min dooni llaahi laa yamlikoona lakum rizqan fabtaghoo 'inda llaahi r-rizqa wa'budoohu washkuroo lahu ilayhi turja'oon

DIN 31635ʾinnamā taʿbudūna min dūni llāhi ʾawṯānan wataḫluqūna ʾifkan ʾinna llaḏīna taʿbudūna min dūni llāhi lā yamlikūna lakum rizqan fabtaġū ʿinda llāhi r-rizqa waʿbudūhu waškurū lahu ʾilayhi turǧaʿūna

The translators word this verse differently

You worship idols besides God, and you fabricate falsehoods. Those you worship, instead of God, cannot provide you with livelihood. So seek your livelihood from God, and worship Him, and thank Him. To Him you will be returned."

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Ye serve instead of Allah only idols, and ye only invent a lie. Lo! those whom ye serve instead of Allah own no provision for you. So seek your provision from Allah, and serve Him, and give thanks unto Him, (for) unto Him ye will be brought back

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Ye only serve beside God idols and do create a lie; verily, those whom ye serve beside God cannot control for themselves provision; then crave provision with God, and serve Him, and give thanks to Him; unto Him shall ye return

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Ye only worship idols beside God, and are the authors of a lie. Those whom ye worship beside God can give you no supplies: seek, then, your supplies from God; and serve Him and give Him thanks. To Him shall ye return

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Ye only worship idols besides God, and forge a lie. Verily those which ye worship, besides God, are not able to make any provision for you: Seek therefore your provision from God; and serve Him, and give thanks unto Him; unto Him shall ye return

George Sale · published 1734

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29:18

وَإِن تُكَذِّبُوا۟ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أُمَمٌ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'in tukadhdhiboo faqad kadhdhaba umamun min qablikum wamaa 'alaa r-rasooli illaa l-balaaghu l-mubeen

DIN 31635waʾin tukaḏḏibū faqad kaḏḏaba ʾumamun min qablikum wamā ʿalā r-rasūli ʾillā l-balāġu l-mubīnu

The translators word this verse differently

If you disbelieve, communities before you have also disbelieved. The Messenger is only responsible for clear transmission.

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But if ye deny, then nations have denied before you. The messenger is only to convey (the message) plainly

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And if ye say it is a lie, nations before you called (the apostles) liars too; but an apostle has only his plain message to preach

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Suppose that ye treat me as a liar! nations before you have treated God's messenger as a liar; but open preaching is his only duty

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

If ye charge me with imposture, verily sundry nations before you likewise charged their prophets with imposture: But public preaching only is incumbent on an apostle

George Sale · published 1734

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29:19

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥٓ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)awalam yaraw kayfa yubdi'u llaahu l-khalqa thumma yu'eeduhu inna dhaalika 'alaa llaahi yaseer

DIN 31635ʾawalam yaraw kayfa yubdiʾu llāhu l-ḫalqa ṯumma yuʿīduhu ʾinna ḏālika ʿalā llāhi yasīrun

Have they not seen how God originates the creation, and then reproduces it? This is easy for God.

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See they not how Allah produceth creation, then reproduceth it? Lo! for Allah that is easy

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Have they not seen how God produces the creation, and then turns it back? verily, that to God is easy

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

See they not how God bringeth forth creation? and then causeth it to return again? This truly is easy for God

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Do they not see how God produceth creatures, and afterwards restoreth them? Verily this is easy with God

George Sale · published 1734

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29:20

قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ بَدَأَ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ يُنشِئُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)qul seeroo fee l-'ardi faanzuroo kayfa bada'a l-khalqa thumma llaahu yunshi'u n-nash'ata l-'aakhirata inna llaaha 'alaa kulli shay'in qadeer

DIN 31635qul sīrū fī l-ʾarḍi fānẓurū kayfa badaʾa l-ḫalqa ṯumma llāhu yunšiʾu n-našʾata l-ʾāḫirata ʾinna llāha ʿalā kulli šayʾin qadīrun

The translators word this verse differently

Say, "Roam the earth, and observe how He originated the creation." Then God will bring about the next existence. God has power over all things."

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Say (O Muhammad): Travel in the land and see how He originated creation, then Allah bringeth forth the later growth. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Say, 'Journey ye on in the land, and behold how the creation appeared; then God produces another production: verily, God is mighty over all

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

SAY, Go through the earth, and see how he hath brought forth created beings. Hereafter, with a second birth will God cause them to be born again; for God is Almighty

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Say, go through the earth, and see how He originally produceth creatures: Afterwards will God reproduce another production; for God is almighty

George Sale · published 1734

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29:21

يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)yu'adhdhibu man yashaa'u wayarhamu man yashaa'u wa'ilayhi tuqlaboon

DIN 31635yuʿaḏḏibu man yašāʾu wayarḥamu man yašāʾu waʾilayhi tuqlabūna

He punishes whom He wills, and He grants mercy to whom He wills, and to Him you will be restored.

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He punisheth whom He will and showeth mercy unto whom He will, and unto Him ye will be turned

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He torments whom He will, and has mercy on whom He will; and unto Him shall ye be returned

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Whom He pleaseth will He chastise, and on whom He pleaseth will He have mercy, and to Him shall ye be taken back

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

He will punish whom He pleaseth, and He will have mercy on whom He pleaseth. Before Him shall ye be brought at the day of judgment

George Sale · published 1734

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29:22

وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa antum bimu'jizeena fee l-'ardi walaa fee s-samaa'i wamaa lakum min dooni llaahi min waliyyin walaa naseer

DIN 31635wamā ʾantum bimuʿǧizīna fī l-ʾarḍi walā fī s-samāʾi wamā lakum min dūni llāhi min waliyyin walā naṣīrin

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You cannot escape, on earth or in the heaven; and you have no protector and no savior besides God.

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Ye cannot escape (from Him) in the earth or in the sky, and beside Allah there is for you no friend or helper

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Nor can ye make Him helpless in the earth, nor in the heavens; nor have ye beside God a patron or a helper

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And ye shall not invalidate his power either in the Earth or in the Heaven: and, save God, ye shall have neither patron nor helper

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And ye shall not escape his reach, either in earth, or in heaven; neither shall ye have any patron or defender besides God

George Sale · published 1734

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29:23

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِقَآئِهِۦٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَئِسُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَتِى وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)walladheena kafaroo bi'aayaati llaahi waliqaa'ihi oolaa'ika ya'isoo min rahmatee wa'oolaa'ika lahum 'adhaabun aleem

DIN 31635wallaḏīna kafarū biʾāyāti llāhi waliqāʾihi ʾūlāʾika yaʾisū min raḥmatī waʾūlāʾika lahum ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun

Those who disbelieved in God's signs and His encounter-these have despaired of My mercy. For them is a painful torment.

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Those who disbelieve in the revelations of Allah and in (their) Meeting with Him, such have no hope of My mercy. For such there is a painful doom

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And those who disbelieve in God's signs and in meeting with Him, these shall despair of my mercy; and these, for them is grievous woe

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

As for those who believe not in the signs of God, or that they shall ever meet him, these of my mercy shall despair, and these doth a grievous chastisement await

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

As for those who believe not in the signs of God, or that they shall meet Him at the resurrection, they shall despair of my mercy, and for them is a painful punishment prepared

George Sale · published 1734

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29:24

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ حَرِّقُوهُ فَأَنجَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)famaa kaana jawaaba qawmihi illaa an qaaloo qtuloohu aw harriqoohu fa'anjaahu llaahu mina n-naari inna fee dhaalika la'aayaatin liqawmin yu'minoon

DIN 31635famā kāna ǧawāba qawmihi ʾillā ʾan qālū qtulūhu ʾaw ḥarriqūhu faʾanǧāhu llāhu mina n-nāri ʾinna fī ḏālika laʾāyātin liqawmin yuʾminūna

But the only response from his people was their saying, "Kill him, or burn him." But God saved him from the fire. Surely in that are signs for people who believe.

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But the answer of his folk was only that they said: "Kill him" or "Burn him." Then Allah saved him from the Fire. Lo! herein verily are portents for folk who believe

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But the answer of his people was only to say, 'Kill him or burn him!' But God saved him from the fire; verily, in that are signs unto a people who believe

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And the only answer of his people was to say, "Slay him or burn him." But from the fire did God save him! Verily, herein are signs to those who believe

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And the answer of his people was no other than that they said, slay him, or burn him. But God saved him from the fire. Verily herein were signs unto people who believed

George Sale · published 1734

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29:25

وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْثَٰنًا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُم بِبَعْضٍ وَيَلْعَنُ بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala innamaa takhadhtum min dooni llaahi awthaanan mawaddata baynikum fee l-hayaati d-dunyaa thumma yawma l-qiyaamati yakfuru ba'dukum biba'din wayal'anu ba'dukum ba'dan wama'waakumu n-naaru wamaa lakum min naasireen

DIN 31635waqāla ʾinnamā taḫaḏtum min dūni llāhi ʾawṯānan mawaddata baynikum fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā ṯumma yawma l-qiyāmati yakfuru baʿḍukum bibaʿḍin wayalʿanu baʿḍukum baʿḍan wamaʾwākumu n-nāru wamā lakum min nāṣirīna

And he said, "You have chosen idols instead of God, out of affection for one another in the worldly life. But then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will disown one another, and curse one another. Your destiny is Hell, and you will have no saviors."

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He said: Ye have chosen only idols instead of Allah. The love between you is only in the life of the world. Then on the Day of Resurrection ye will deny each other and curse each other, and your abode will be the Fire, and ye will have no helpers

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He said, 'Verily, ye take beside God idols, through mutual friendship in the life of this world; then on the day of judgment ye shall deny each other, and shall curse each other, and your resort shall be the fire, and ye shall have none to help

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And Abraham said, "Of a truth ye have taken idols along with God as your bond of union in this life present; But on the day of resurrection some of you shall deny the others, and some of you shall curse the others; and your abode shall be the fire, and ye shall have none to help

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And Abraham said, ye have taken idols, besides God, to cement affection between you in this life: But on the day of resurrection, the one of you shall deny the other, and the one of you shall curse the other; and your abode shall be hell fire, and there shall be none to deliver you

George Sale · published 1734

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29:26

فَـَٔامَنَ لَهُۥ لُوطٌ وَقَالَ إِنِّى مُهَاجِرٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّىٓ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

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Easy-read (simplified)fa'aamana lahu lootun waqaala innee muhaajirun ilaa rabbee innahu huwa l-'azeezu l-hakeem

DIN 31635faʾāmana lahu lūṭun waqāla ʾinnī muhāǧirun ʾilā rabbī ʾinnahu huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

Then Lot believed in him, and said, "I am emigrating to my Lord. He is the Noble, the Wise."

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And Lot believed him, and said: Lo! I am a fugitive unto my Lord. Lo! He, only He, is the Mighty, the Wise

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And Lot believed him. And (Abraham) said, 'Verily, I flee unto my Lord! Verily, He is mighty, wise

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But Lot believed on him, and said, "I betake me to my Lord, for He truly is the Mighty, the Wise

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And Lot believed on Him. And Abraham said, verily I fly from my people, unto the place which my Lord hath commanded me; for He is the mighty, the wise

George Sale · published 1734

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29:27

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَجْرَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wawahabnaa lahu ishaaqa waya'qooba waja'alnaa fee dhurriyyatihi n-nubuwwata wal-kitaaba wa'aataynaahu ajrahu fee d-dunyaa wa'innahu fee l-'aakhirati lamina s-saaliheen

DIN 31635wawahabnā lahu ʾisḥāqa wayaʿqūba waǧaʿalnā fī ḏurriyyatihi n-nubuwwata wal-kitāba waʾātaynāhu ʾaǧrahu fī d-dunyā waʾinnahu fī l-ʾāḫirati lamina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

And We granted him Isaac and Jacob, and conferred on his descendants the Prophethood and the Book, and gave him his reward in this life; and in the Hereafter he will be among the upright.

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And We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and We established the prophethood and the Scripture among his seed, and We gave him his reward in the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he verily is among the righteous

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and we granted him Isaac and Jacob; and we placed in his seed prophecy and the Book; and we gave him his hire in this world; and, verily, he in the next shall be among the righteous

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And we bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and placed the gift of prophecy and the Scripture among his posterity; And we gave him his reward in this world, and in the next he shall be among the just

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And We gave him Isaac, and Jacob; and We placed among his descendants the gift of prophecy and the scriptures: And We gave him his reward in this world; and in the next he shall be one of the righteous

George Sale · published 1734

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29:28

وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walootan idh qaala liqawmihi innakum lata'toona l-faahishata maa sabaqakum bihaa min ahadin mina l-'aalameen

DIN 31635walūṭan ʾiḏ qāla liqawmihi ʾinnakum lataʾtūna l-fāḥišata mā sabaqakum bihā min ʾaḥadin mina l-ʿālamīna

The translators word this verse differently

And Lot, when he said to his people, "You are committing an obscenity not perpetrated before you by anyone in the whole world.

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And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Lo! ye commit lewdness such as no creature did before you

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And Lot when be said to his people, 'Verily, ye approach an abomination which no one in all the world ever anticipated you in

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

We sent also Lot: when he said to his people, "Proceed ye to a filthiness in which no people in the world hath ever gone before you

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

We also sent Lot; when he said unto his people, do ye commit filthiness which no creature hath committed before you

George Sale · published 1734

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29:29

أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ ٱلسَّبِيلَ وَتَأْتُونَ فِى نَادِيكُمُ ٱلْمُنكَرَ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)a'innakum lata'toona r-rijaala wataqta'oona s-sabeela wata'toona fee naadeekumu l-munkara famaa kaana jawaaba qawmihi illaa an qaaloo tinaa bi'adhaabi llaahi in kunta mina s-saadiqeen

DIN 31635ʾaʾinnakum lataʾtūna r-riǧāla wataqṭaʿūna s-sabīla wataʾtūna fī nādīkumu l-munkara famā kāna ǧawāba qawmihi ʾillā ʾan qālū ʾtinā biʿaḏābi llāhi ʾin kunta mina ṣ-ṣādiqīna

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You approach men, and cut off the way, and commit lewdness in your gatherings." But the only response from his people was to say, "Bring upon us God's punishment, if you are truthful."

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For come ye not in unto males, and cut ye not the road (for travellers), and commit ye not abomination in your meetings? But the answer of his folk was only that they said: Bring Allah's doom upon us if thou art a truthteller

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

What! do ye approach men? and stop folks on the highway? and approach in your assembly sin?' but the answer of his people was only to say, 'Bring us God's torment, if thou art of those who speak the truth

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Proceed ye even to men? attack ye them on the highway? and proceed ye to the crime in your assemblies?" But the only answer of his people was to say, "Bring God's chastisement upon us, if thou art a man of truth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Do ye approach lustfully unto men, and lay wait in the highways, and commit wickedness in your assembly? And the answer of his people was no other than that they said, bring down the vengeance of God upon us, if thou speakest truth

George Sale · published 1734

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29:30

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)qaala rabbi nsurnee 'alaa l-qawmi l-mufsideen

DIN 31635qāla rabbi nṣurnī ʿalā l-qawmi l-mufsidīna

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He said, "My Lord, help me against the people of corruption."

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He said: My Lord! Give me victory over folk who work corruption

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Said he, ' My Lord! help me against a people who do evil

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He cried: My Lord! help me against this polluted people

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Lot said, O Lord, defend me against the corrupt people

George Sale · published 1734

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29:31

وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُهْلِكُوٓا۟ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا۟ ظَٰلِمِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)walammaa jaa'at rusulunaa ibraaheema bil-bushraa qaaloo innaa muhlikoo ahli haadhihi l-qaryati inna ahlahaa kaanoo zaalimeen

DIN 31635walammā ǧāʾat rusulunā ʾibrāhīma bil-bušrā qālū ʾinnā muhlikū ʾahli hāḏihi l-qaryati ʾinna ʾahlahā kānū ẓālimīna

And when Our envoys brought Abraham the good news, they said, "We are going to destroy the people of this town; its people are wrongdoers."

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And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news, they said: Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township, for its people are wrong-doers

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And when our messengers came to Abraham with the glad tidings, they said, 'We are about to destroy the people of this city. Verily, the people thereof are wrong-doers

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And when our messengers came to Abraham with the tidings of a son, they said, "Of a truth we will destroy the in-dwellers in this city, for its in-dwellers are evil doers

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And when our messengers came unto Abraham with good tidings, they said, we will surely destroy the inhabitants of this city; for the inhabitants thereof are unjust doers

George Sale · published 1734

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29:32

قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطًا قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)qaala inna feehaa lootan qaaloo nahnu a'lamu biman feehaa lanunajjiyannahu wa'ahlahu illaa mra'atahu kaanat mina l-ghaabireen

DIN 31635qāla ʾinna fīhā lūṭan qālū naḥnu ʾaʿlamu biman fīhā lanunaǧǧiyannahu waʾahlahu ʾillā mraʾatahu kānat mina l-ġābirīna

He said, "Yet Lot is in it." They said, "We are well aware of who is in it. We will save him, and his family, except for his wife, who will remain behind."

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He said: Lo! Lot is there. They said: We are best aware of who is there. We are to deliver him and his household, all save his wife, who is of those who stay behind

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Said he, 'Verily, in it is Lot;' they said, 'We know best who is therein; we shall of a surety save him and his people, except his wife, who is of those who linger

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He said, "Lot is therein." They said, "We know full well who therein is. Him and his family will we save, except his wife; she will be of those who linger

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Abraham answered, verily Lot dwelleth there. They replied, we well know who dwelleth therein: we will surely deliver him and his family, except his wife; she shall be one of those who remain behind

George Sale · published 1734

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Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

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Translations John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

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Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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