Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.
The notables who disbelieved among his people said, "We see in you nothing but a man like us, and we see that only the worst among us have followed you, those of immature judgment. And we see that you have no advantage over us. In fact, we think you are liars."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
The chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: We see thee but a mortal like us, and we see not that any follow thee save the most abject among us, without reflection. We behold in you no merit above us - nay, we deem you liars
Sources
Translation 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
Edward Henry Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
But the chiefs of those who misbelieved amongst his people said, 'We only see in thee a mortal like ourselves; nor do we see that any follow thee except the reprobates amongst us by a rash judgment; nor do we see that you have any preference over us; nay more, we think you liars
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Then said the chiefs of his people who believed not, "We see in thee but a man like ourselves; and we see not who have followed thee except our meanest ones of hasty judgment, nor see we any excellence in you above ourselves: nay, we deem you liars
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
But the chiefs of his people, who believed not, answered, we see thee to be no other than a man, like unto us; and we do not see that any follow thee, except those who are the most abject among us, who have believed on thee by a rash judgment; neither do we perceive any excellence in you above us: But we esteem you to be liars
Sources
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Other languages (18)Shqip · Albanian
Por, krerët e popullit të tij, që nuk besuan, thanë: "Ne po e shohim se ti je vetëm një njeri sikurse ne dhe se ty të ndjekin vetëm ata që janë më të ulëtit ndër ne, siç duket, dhe s'po shohim te ju ndonjë epërsi ndaj nesh, por, përkundrazi, ne mendojmë se ju jeni gënjeshtarë.
Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
অতঃপর (প্রতিউত্তরে) তার সম্প্রদায়ের নেতৃস্থানীয় কাফিররা বললো, ‘আমরা তো তোমাকে আমাদের মত একজন মানুষ ছাড়া অন্য কিছু দেখছি না; আমরা তো দেখছি, তোমার অনুসরণ তারাই করছে, যারা আমাদের মধ্যে বাহ্যিক দৃষ্টিতেই অধম এবং আমরা আমাদের ওপর তোমাদের (ধন-সম্পদ ও মর্যাদায়) কোনো শ্রেষ্ঠত্ব দেখছি না। বরং আমরা তোমাদেরকে মিথ্যাবাদী মনে করছি।’
Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Dawah Association in Rabwah, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Glavešine naroda njegova, oni koji nisu vjerovali, rekoše: "Vidimo da si i ti čovjek kao i mi i da te, bez ikakva razmišljanja, slijede samo oni koji su naš najniži sloj; vidimo da vi nikakve prednosti nad nama nemate. Štaviše, mislimo da ste lažljivci."
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Glavešine naroda njegova, oni koji nisu vjerovali, rekoše: "Vidimo da si i ti čovjek kao i mi i da te, bez ikakva razmišljanja, slijede samo oni koji su naš najniži sloj; vidimo da vi nikakve prednosti nad nama nemate. Štoviše, mislimo da ste lažljivci."
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Mbatu ɓeen yedduɓe e yimɓe makko ɓen mbi'i: min nji'aani ma si wonah ko a ɓanndiŋke sifa amen, men nj'aani kadi ɓen jokkuɓe ma si wo- naa jaasɓe amen faaɗuɓe feere, men nji'anaani on e amen ɓural. Worin miɗen cikki ko on fenooɓe".
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და თქვეს მისმა ხალხმა, რომელთაც უარყვეს: «ჩვენ ვერ გხედავთ სხვას, გარდა ჩვენნაირი ადამიანისა, და ვერ ვხედავთ, რომ ვინმე მოგყვება, გარდა ჩვენს შორის ყველაზე უბადრუკებისა. და ვერ ვხედავთ თქვენში რაიმე უპირატესობას ჩვენზე. პირიქით ჩვენ ვფიქრობთ, რომ თქვენ მატყუარები ხართ».
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Da sagte die führende Schar aus seinem Volk, die ungläubig war: „Wir sehen in dir nur einen Menschen unseresgleichen. Und wir sehen, dass dir nur diejenigen folgen, die die Niedrigsten unter uns sind, und zwar ohne reifliche Überlegung. Und wir sehen bei euch keinen Vorzug gegenüber uns. Vielmehr meinen wir, dass ihr Lügner seid.“
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Όμως οι αρχηγοί που αρνήθηκαν την πίστη από τον λαό του, είπαν: «Δε σε βλέπουμε (ω, Νώε) παρά μόνο ως έναν άνθρωπο σαν εμάς, και δε σε βλέπουμε να σε ακολουθούν παρά μόνο εκείνοι που είναι οι κατώτεροι ανάμεσά μας, όπως νομίζουμε. Δε βλέπουμε να έχετε (εσύ και οι οπαδοί σου) καμία υπεροχή απέναντί μας, αλλά πράγματι νομίζουμε ότι είστε ψεύτες.»
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
तो उनकी जाति के उन प्रमुखों ने कहा, जिन्होंने कुफ्र किया था : हम तो तुम्हें अपने ही जैसा इनसान समझते हैं और हम देख रहे हैं कि तुम्हारा अनुसरण केवल वही लोग कर रहे हैं, जो हम में नीच हैं, जिन्होंने बिना सोचे-समझे तुम्हारी पैरवी की है।और हम अपने ऊपर तुम्हारी कोई श्रेष्ठता भी नहीं देखते। बल्कि हम तो तुम्हें झूठा समझते हैं।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Dissero i cortigiani miscredenti tra il suo popolo: «Noi vediamo in te solo un uomo come noi! E non vediamo che ti hanno seguito se non i miseri tra di noi, che agiscono senza pensare. E non vediamo che avete nessun vantaggio su di noi, anzi pensiamo che siate bugiardi».
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
27. Vyriausieji, kurie nepatikėjo iš jo žmonių tarpo, sakė: „Mes matome tave tik kaip žmogų, kaip mes patys, nei mes matome ką nors tavimi sekantį, tik nedoriausius iš mūsų tarpo ir jie (taip pat) pasekė tavimi negalvodami. Ir nematome tavyje mes jokio privalumo mums, iš tiesų galvojame, kad jūs esate melagiai.“
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Ummata isaa iraa qondaaltonni isaannan kafaranii nijedhan “nama fakkii keenya taatee malee si hin agarru. Gadi aantota keenya warra yaada gadhee (yartuu) malee kan si hordofes hin agarre. Isiniif nurratti caalmaya tokkollee hin agarre. Inumaayyuu sobdoota ta’uu keessan shakkina” (jedhan).
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
И знать из его народа, которая отвергла веру, сказала: «Мы видим в тебе лишь человека, подобного нам. И мы видим, что за тобой последовали лишь самые ничтожные из нас, по первому впечатлению. И мы не видим у вас никакого превосходства над нами. Нет, напротив, мы считаем вас лжецами!»
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Главешине његовог народа, они који нису веровали, рекоше: „Сматрамо да си и ти човек као и ми, и видимо да те, без икаквог размишљања, следе само они који су наш најнижи сталеж; и сматрамо да ви никакве предности немате над нама. Штавише, мислимо да сте лажљивци.“
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Basi wakasema wakuu waliokufuru katika kaumu yake, "Hatukuoni wewe isipokuwa ni mtu tu mfano wetu, wala hatukuoni wamekufuata isipokuwa wale wetu walio duni, watu wasiokuwa na maoni. Wala hatuwaoni nyinyi kuwa mna ubora wowote kutushinda sisi. Bali tunawadhania nyinyi kuwa ni waongo."
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
De otrogna ledarna bland hans folk sa: ”För oss är du en vanlig människa precis som vi, och det är tydligt att enbart de eländigaste av oss väljer att följa dig, utan eftertanke. Vi ser inte att ni på något sätt är bättre än oss. Vi tror att ni ljuger.”
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Halkının ileri gelen kâfir takımı: "Biz, senin sadece bizim gibi bir insan olduğunu görüyoruz. Sana, görüşü olmayan, ayak takımından başka kimsenin tabi olduğunu da görmüyoruz. Sizin bizim üzerimize bir üstünlüğünüzü de görmüyoruz. Aksine sizin yalancılar olduğunuza inanıyoruz" dediler.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
اس کی قوم کے کافروں کے سرداروں نے جواب دیا کہ ہم تو تجھے اپنے جیسا انسان ہی دیکھتے ہیں[1] اور تیرے تابعداروں کو بھی ہم دیکھتے ہیں کہ یہ لوگ واضح طور پر سوائے نیچ[2] لوگوں کے[3] اور کوئی نہیں جو بے سوچے سمجھے (تمہاری پیروی کر رہے ہیں)، ہم تو تمہاری کسی قسم کی برتری اپنے اوپر نہیں دیکھ رہے، بلکہ ہم تو تمہیں جھوٹا سمجھ رہے ہیں۔
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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Easy-read (simplified)qaala yaa qawmi ara'aytum in kuntu 'alaa bayyinatin min rabbee wa'aataanee rahmatan min 'indihi fa'ummiyat 'alaykum anulzimukumoohaa wa'antum lahaa kaarihoon
DIN 31635qāla yā qawmi ʾaraʾaytum ʾin kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī waʾātānī raḥmatan min ʿindihi faʿummiyat ʿalaykum ʾanulzimukumūhā waʾantum lahā kārihūna
Talal Itani2012 He said, "O my people, Have you considered? If I stand on clear evidence from my Lord, and He has given me a mercy from Himself, but you were blind to it, can we compel you to accept it, even though you dislike it?"
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: O my people! Bethink you, if I rely on a clear proof from my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from His presence, and it hath been made obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it when ye are averse thereto
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He said, 'O my people! let us see! if I stand upon a manifest sign from my Lord, and there come to me mercy from him, and ye are blinded to it; shall we force you to it while ye are averse therefrom
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said: "O my people! how think you? If I am upon a clear revelation from my Lord, who hath bestowed on me mercy from Himself to which ye are blind, can we force it on you, if ye are averse from it
George Sale1734 Noah said, O my people, tell me; if I have received an evident declaration from my Lord, and He hath bestowed on me mercy from Himself, which is hidden from you, do we compel you to receive the same, in case ye be averse thereto
Talal Itani2012 "O my people! I ask of you no money for it. My reward lies only with God. And I am not about to dismiss those who believed; they will surely meet their Lord. And I see that you are ignorant people."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And O my people! I ask of you no wealth therefor. My reward is the concern only of Allah, and I am not going to thrust away those who believe - Lo! they have to meet their Lord! - but I see you a folk that are ignorant
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O my people! I do, not ask you for wealth in return for it; my hire is only from God; nor do I repulse those who believe; verily, they shall meet their Lord. But I see you, a people who are ignorant
John Medows Rodwell1861 And, O my people! I ask you not for riches: my reward is of God alone: and I will not drive away those who believe that they shall meet their Lord: - but I see that ye are an ignorant people
George Sale1734 O my people, I ask not of you any riches, for my preaching unto you: My reward is with God alone. I will not drive away those who have believed: Verily they shall meet their Lord, at the resurrection; but I perceive that ye are ignorant men
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.64
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.62
Talal Itani · George Sale0.61
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.59
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.58
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.57
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.57
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.57
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.
CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.
CLEARED ON THE WORK, WITH TWO RECORDED CAVEATS ON THIS COPY. (1) Rights basis is the expired copyright term, NOT the redistributing repository's licence. That repository dedicates its contents to the public domain under the Unlicense while also redistributing plainly in-copyright translations (Abdel Haleem, Saheeh International, The Study Quran), so it is dedicating rights it cannot hold and its blanket grant is not relied upon here. (2) The file declares its own upstream as tanzil.net, and Tanzil attaches a non-commercial condition to its TRANSLATION distributions, though not to its Qur'anic text. Since Pickthall's copyright has expired, nobody holds rights in these words and no licence is required from anyone; Tanzil's terms are a contract binding those who download from Tanzil, which we did not. The chain is nonetheless not spotless and Anwar may prefer a clean digitisation of the 1930 printing. NOT VERIFIED: that this digital text matches the 1930 first printing rather than a later revised edition. No page images were collated. Recorded as unverified rather than presented as established. SERVED TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE CITED FILE AT ONE VERSE, 37:97: the file reads "red-hotfire" (a glued token, also in Gutenberg #16955); the served row reads "red-hot fire", restored 2026-09-13 from Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (London: George Allen & Unwin, printed for Alfred A. Knopf; 1930), p. 460, XXXVII 97 - scan archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.216140, PDF page 475; banked data/derivation-sources/pickthall-1930-dli-2015.216140-text.pdf (sha256 70e81146c97fa3a590243a82e04e349108546074787e2551a78c616202138870) on Anwar Malik's grant.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is not stated by the redistributor and the printing is unverified. No statement of purpose is recorded for Palmer because none was sourced from his own preface in this pass; nothing is asserted on his behalf.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is NOT STATED by the redistributor, so the printing it represents is unverified; Sale's text was reprinted and re-edited many times between 1734 and 1900. Recorded as unverified rather than assumed to be the first edition.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Parallel edition, held in ayah_text_variants. It sits alongside the Uthmani spine for search normalisation and is never used to correct it.