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Talal Itani· published 2012
Until, when Our command came, and the volcanoerupted, We said, "Board into it a pair of every kind, and your family-except those against whom the sentence has already been passed-and those who have believed." But those who believed with him were only a few.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
(Thus it was) till, when Our commandment came to pass and the oven gushed forth water, We said: Load therein two of every kind, a pair (the male and female), and thy household, save him against whom the word hath gone forth already, and those who believe. And but a few were they who believed with him
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
Until at length when our order came, and the oven boiled, we said, 'Load therein of every kind two, and likewise thy family,- save those on whom the sentence has already been passed - likewise those who believe;' but there believed not with him save a few
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Thus was it until our sentence came to pass, and the earth'ssurface boiled up. We said, "Carry into it one pair of every kind, and thy family, except him on whom sentence hath before been passed, and those who have believed." But there believed not with him except a few
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Thus were they employed until our sentence was put in execution, and the oven poured forth water. And We said unto Noah, carry into the ark of every species of animals one pair; and thy family, -- except him on whom a previous sentence of destruction hath passed, -- and those who believe. But there believed not with him, except a few
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
E, kur erdhi urdhri Ynë e uji nisi të dalë nga furra, i thamë: "Ngarko në anije nga të gjitha llojet (e gjallesave) nga një çift, e edhe familjen tënde, përveç atyre për të cilët është marrë vendimi (se nuk do të besojnë), si dhe besimtarët. Por, vetëm pakkush besoi me të.
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বাংলা · Bengali
অবশেষে যখন (তাদেরকে ধ্বংস করার ব্যাপারে) আমার আদেশ আসলো এবং চুলা (থেকে পানি ) উথলে উঠলো (১১); তখন আমি (নূহকে) বললাম: ‘তুমি এতে তুলে নাও প্রত্যেক শ্রেণি থেকে জোড়া জোড়া এবং তোমার পরিবারকে আর যারা ঈমান এনেছ, তবে তাদেরকে নয় যাদের ব্যাপারে আগেই (ডুবে মরার) সিদ্ধান্ত হয়ে গেছে। আর তার সাথে অল্পসংখ্যকই ঈমান এনেছিল।
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.
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Bosanski · Bosnian
I kad je stigla odredba Naša i voda s površine zemlje pokuljala, Mi smo rekli: "Ukrcaj u lađu od svake životinjske vrste po jedan par, i porodicu svoju – osim onih o čijoj je kazni prethodila Riječ odredbe – i vjernike", a malo je bilo onih koji su s njim vjerovali.
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
I kad je stigla odredba Naša i voda s površine zemlje pokuljala, Mi smo rekli: "Ukrcaj u lađu od svake životinjske vrste po jedan par, i obitelj svoju – osim onih o čijoj je kazni prethodila Riječ odredbe – i vjernike", a malo je bilo onih koji su s njim vjerovali.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Haa si yamiroore amen nden aroyii, huɓɓinirɗe ɗen fati, min daali: "Roondo e makka kala nooneeji ɗiɗi resindirayɗi e ɓeynguure maa nden -si wanaa ɓen konngol lepte ngol adii e mu'un- e ɓen gooŋɗinɓe". Goosɗinaano won`dude e makko si wonah seeɗaaɓe.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და როცა მოვიდა ჩვენი ბრძანება (ურწმუნოთა დაღუპვის შესახებ) და ადუღდა (წყლით) თონე, ვუთხარით: «შეიყვანე მასში [გემში] ყოველი სახეობიდან თითო წყვილი [მამრობითი და მდედრობითი], აგრეთვე შენი ოჯახი, გარდა მათისა, რომელთაც უკვე შეეხო სიტყვა [გარდა შენი შვილისა და ცოლისა], და (შეიყვანე გემში) ისინი, რომელთაც ირწმუნეს». მაგრამ მასთან ერთად [ნუჰთან] მხოლოდ მცირედმა ირწმუნეს.
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
(So ging es,) bis dann Unser Befehl kam und der Ofen brodelte; sagten Wir: „Lade darin von jeder (Art) zwei, ein Paar, und deine Angehörigen, außer demjenigen, gegen den das Wort vorher ergangen ist, und diejenigen, die glauben!“ Und mit ihm glaubten aber nur wenige.
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
Όταν ήρθε η εντολή Μας και το νερό ανάβλυσε από τον φούρνο (σαν έναν πίδακα από τη γη, ως σημάδι για τον Νώε ότι η πλημμύρα ξεκινάει), είπαμε: «Βάλε σ' αυτή (την Κιβωτό) ένα ζευγάρι, αρσενικό και θηλυκό, από κάθε είδος (ζώου) και την οικογένειά σου, εκτός απ' αυτούς για τους οποίους έχει ήδη αποφασιστεί (ότι θα πνιγούν), και (βάλε και) αυτούς που πιστεύουν.» Και δεν πίστεψαν σ' αυτόν παρά μόνο λίγοι.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
यहाँ तक कि जब हमारा आदेश आ गया और तन्नूर उबलने लगा, तो हमने (नूह़ से) कहा : "उसमें प्रत्येक प्रकार के जीवों में से जोड़े-जोड़े चढ़ा लो और अपने परिजनों को (भी चढ़ा लो) सिवाय उसके जिसके बारे में पहले ही बता दिया गाय है और उन लोगों को (भी चढ़ा लो) जो ईमान लाए हैं।" और उसके साथ थोड़े लोग ही ईमान लाए थे।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Quando verrà il Nostro ordine persino il forno prese a ribollire, dicemmo: «Porta una coppia di ogni specie e la tua famiglia, e quelli che hanno creduto, tranne chi è già dannato». E quelli che credettero con lui non erano che pochi.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
40. (Taip buvo) kol Mūsų Įsakymas atėjo ir krosnis išsiliejo (vanduo lyg fontanai iš žemės). Mes tarėme: „Lipkite į jį (laivą), kiekvienos rūšies po du (vyras ir moteris), ir tavo šeima - išskyrus tą, prieš kurį Žodis jau buvo paskelbtas – ir tie, kurie tiki. Ir niekas netikėjo su juo, išskyrus kelis.“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
hanga ajajni keenya dhufee, alawaadaa (keessaa bishaan) burqe jenneen “Wantoota hunda irraa (saala) lama lama (kormaafi dhalaa), maatii keetis nama jechi (adabaa) isa irratti dabre malee, namoota amananis ishee keessatti fe’i” (isaan jenne), Isa waliin namoota muraasa malee (baay’een) hin amanne.[9]
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
А когда пришло Наше веление и печь забила ключом, Мы сказали: «Помести в него по паре от каждого вида, и свою семью — кроме тех, о ком уже было сказано, — и тех, кто уверовал». Но уверовали с ним лишь немногие.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
И кад је стигла Наша одредба и кад је покуљала вода са површине земље, рекли смо: „Укрцај у лађу од сваке животињске врсте по један пар, и своју породицу - осим оних којима је прописано да буду потопљени - и укрцај вернике“, а мало је било оних који су са њим веровали.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Mpaka ilipokuja amri yetu, na tanuri ikafoka maji, tulisema, "Pakia humo katika kila kitu, jozi mbili ya dume na jike, na ahali zako, isipokuwa wale ambao imekwishawapitia hukumu, na watu walioamini." Na hawakuamini pamoja naye isipokuwa wachache tu.
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Svenska · Swedish
[Detta fortsatte] tills vår dom kom och ugnarna svämmade över. Vi sa: ”Ta ombord ett par av varje art, och din familj – utom den som redan är dömd [att dränkas] – och de som trott.” Men bara ett fåtal hade trott med honom.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Sonunda emrimiz gelip, tandır (içinden sular) kaynamaya başlayınca: "Her cinsten birer çifti ve kendileri hakkında daha önce hüküm verilmiş olanlar dışındaki aileni ve iman edenleri gemiye bindir" dedik. Zaten onun yanında iman etmiş olan kimseler çok azdı.
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اردو · Urdu
یہاں تک کہ جب ہمارا حکم آپہنچا اور تنور ابلنے لگا[1] ہم نے کہا کہ اس کشتی میں ہر قسم کے (جانداروں میں سے) جوڑے (یعنی) دو (جانور، ایک نر اور ایک ماده) سوار کرا لے[2] اور اپنے گھر کے لوگوں کو بھی، سوائے ان کے جن پر پہلے سے بات پڑ چکی ہے[3] اور سب ایمان والوں کو بھی[4]، اس کے ساتھ ایمان ﻻنے والے بہت ہی کم تھے۔[5]
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.
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Easy-read (simplified)wayasna'u l-fulka wakullamaa marra 'alayhi mala'un min qawmihi sakhiroo minhu qaala in taskharoo minnaa fa'innaa naskharu minkum kamaa taskharoon
DIN 31635wayaṣnaʿu l-fulka wakullamā marra ʿalayhi malaʾun min qawmihi saḫirū minhu qāla ʾin tasḫarū minnā faʾinnā nasḫaru minkum kamā tasḫarūna
Talal Itani2012 As he was building the ark, whenever some of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, we will ridicule you, just as you ridicule."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And he was building the ship, and every time that chieftains of his people passed him, they made mock of him. He said: Though ye make mock of Us, yet We mock at you even as ye mock
Edward Henry Palmer1880 So he made the ark, and every time the chiefs of his people passed by him they jested at him. Said he, 'If ye jest at us, verily, we shall jest at you even as ye are jesting, and ye shall surely know
John Medows Rodwell1861 So he built the Ark; and whenever the chiefs of his people passed by they laughed him to scorn: said he, "Though ye laugh at us, we truly shall laugh at you, even as ye laugh at us; and in the end ye shall know
George Sale1734 And he built the ark; and so often as a company of his people passed by him, they derided him: But he said, though ye scoff at us now, we will scoff at you hereafter, as ye scoff at us
DIN 31635fasawfa taʿlamūna man yaʾtīhi ʿaḏābun yuḫzīhi wayaḥillu ʿalayhi ʿaḏābun muqīmun
Talal Itani2012 "You will surely know upon whom will come a torment that will abase him, and upon whom will fall a lasting torment."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And ye shall know to whom a punishment that will confound him cometh, and upon whom a lasting doom will fall
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He to whom a torment comes, it shall shame him, and there shall light upon him lasting torment
John Medows Rodwell1861 On whom a punishment shall come that shall shame him, and on whom shall light a lasting punishment
George Sale1734 and ye shall surely know on whom a punishment shall be inflicted, which shall cover him with shame, and on whom a lasting punishment shall fall
Talal Itani2012 He said, "Embark in it. In the name of God shall be its sailing and its anchorage. My Lord is indeed Forgiving and Merciful."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And he said: Embark therein! In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And he said, 'Ride ye therein; in the name of God is its course, and its mooring. Verily, my Lord is forgiving and merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 And he said, "Embark ye therein. In the name of God be its course and its riding at anchor! Truly my Lord is right Gracious, Merciful
George Sale1734 And Noah said, embark thereon, in the name of God; while it moveth forward, and while it standeth still; for my Lord is gracious and merciful
Talal Itani2012 And so it sailed with them amidst waves like hills. And Noah called to his son, who had kept away, "On my son! Embark with us, and do not be with the disbelievers."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains, and Noah cried unto his son - and he was standing aloof - O my son! Come ride with us, and be not with the disbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And it floated on with them mid waves like mountains; and Noah cried to his son who had gone aside, 'O my boy! ride with us and be not with the misbelievers
John Medows Rodwell1861 And the Ark moved on with them amid waves like mountains: and Noah called to his son - for he was apart - "Embark with us, O my child! and be not with the unbelievers
George Sale1734 And the ark swam with them between waves like mountains: And Noah called unto his son, who was separated from him, saying, embark with us, my son, and stay not with the unbelievers
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Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · George Sale0.63
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.61
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.61
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.61
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.59
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.53
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.52
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.49
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.48
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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.