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And it was said, 'O earth! swallow down thy water!' and, 'O heaven! hold!' and the water abated; and the affair was decided, and it I settled on Gudi, and it was said, 'Away with the people who are evildoers
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
And it was said, "O earth, swallow your waters," and "O heaven, clear up." And the waters receded, and the event was concluded, and it settled on Judi, and it was proclaimed: "Away with the wicked people."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
And it was said: O earth! Swallow thy water and, O sky! be cleared of clouds! And the water was made to subside. And the commandment was fulfilled. And it (the ship) came to rest upon (the mount) Al-Judi and it was said: A far removal for wrongdoingfolk
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
John Medows Rodwell1808–1900 · published 1861
And it was said, "O Earth! swallow up thy water;" and "cease, O Heaven!" And the water abated, and the decree was fulfilled, and the Ark rested upon Al-Djoudi; and it was said, "Avaunt! ye tribe of the wicked
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And it was said, O earth, swallow up thy waters, and thou, O heaven, withhold thy rain. And immediately the water abated, and the decree was fulfilled, and the ark rested on the mountain Al Judi; and it was said, away with the ungodly people
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
Më pas u tha: "Oj Tokë, thithe ujin dhe ti, o qiell, ndalo (shiun)!" Uji u tret e u përmbush urdhri (i Allahut), kurse anija u ndal në malin Xhudi dhe u tha: "Larguar (nga mëshira e Allahut) qoftë populli zullumqar!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
আর (তুফান শেষ হওয়ার পর আল্লাহ কর্তৃক) বলা হলো: ‘হে জমিন! তুমি তোমার পানি চুষে নাও, আর হে আসমান! (বৃষ্টি বর্ষণ করা থেকে) বিরত হও।’ অতঃপর পানি কমে গেলো এবং (আল্লাহর কাফিরদেরকে ধ্বংস করার) সিদ্ধান্ত বাস্তবায়িত হলো, আর নৌকা জুদী(১২) পাহাড়ের ওপর এসে থামলো এবং ঘোষণা করা হলো, ‘ধ্বংস যালিম জাতির জন্য।’
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 bi rečeno: "O Zemljo, gutaj vodu svoju, a ti, o nebo, prestani!" I voda se povuče i ispuni se odredba, a lađa pristade na planini El-Džudijj i bi rečeno: "Daleko neka je narod koji nepravdu čini!"
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From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
I bi rečeno: "O Zemljo, gutaj vodu svoju, a ti, o nebo, prestani!" I voda se povuče i ispuni se odredba, a lađa pristade na planini El-Džudijj i bi rečeno: "Daleko neka je narod koji nepravdu čini!"
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
Wi'a: "eeyma leydi, moɗ ndiyam maa ɗam! eeyma kadi yo kammu, jogito [sorombooji ndiyam ɗin]!". Ndiyam ɗam ɓeeɓi, fiyaaku on ñaawaa, [laana] kan daroyii ka dow fello juudiiy, wi'aa: "Halkaare woodanii ɓen yimɓe tooñɓe".
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 ითქვა (ალლაჰის მიერ), მას შემდეგ რაც ყველა ურწმუნო დაიხრჩო: «ო, მიწავ! შთანთქე შენი წყალი! და ო, ცაო! შეჩერდი [გააჩერე წვიმა]!» და წყალი დაეცა (დაიწია), და აღსრულდა ალლაჰის ბრძანება, და [გემი] გაჩერდა ალ-ჯუდის მთაზე.
და ითქვა: «შორს [ალლაჰის წყალობისგან] უსამართლონი [ურწმუნონი]!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Und es wurde gesagt: „O Erde, schlucke dein Wasser! Und o Himmel, halte ein!“ Und das Wasser nahm ab, und die Angelegenheit war entschieden, und es saß auf dem (Berg) Al-Judi auf. Und es wurde gesagt: „Weit weg mit dem ungerechten Volk!“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Και ειπώθηκε: «Ω, Γη! Κατάπιε το νερό σου. Ω, ουρανέ! Σταμάτα (τη βροχή σου)!» Το νερό υποχώρησε (και η στεριά στέγνωσε) και η εντολή εκπληρώθηκε (και οι άπιστοι καταστράφηκαν). Και (η Κιβωτός) εγκαταστάθηκε στο (όρος) Αλ-Τζούντι, και ειπώθηκε: «Ας απομακρυνθεί (από το έλεος του Αλλάχ και ας καταστραφεί) ο άδικος λαός!»
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
और कहा गया : ऐ धरती! अपना पानी निगल जा और ऐ आकाश! थम जा और पानी उतर गया और आदेश पूरा कर दिया गया और नाव 'जूदी'[12] पर ठहर गई और कहा गया कि अत्याचारियों के लिए (अल्लाह की दया से) दूरी है।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
E fu detto: „O terra, ingoia la tua acqua! E tu, cielo, schiarisciti!” Così l’acqua sprofondò e l’ordine fu realizzato, e l’Arca ormeggiò sul monte. E Fu Detto: «Sia dannato il popolo ingiusto!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
44. Ir buvo pasakyta: „Žeme, praryk savo vandenį, ir dangau, sulaikyk (savo lietų).“ Ir vanduo buvo priverstas nuslūgti ir Nulėmimas buvo išpildytas (t. y. Nūho (Nojaus) žmonių sunaikinimas). Ir jis (laivas) nusileido ant Džudi (Kalno), ir buvo pasakyta: „Tolyn nuo žmonių, kurie yra Zalimūn (daugiadieviai ir nusidėjėliai)!“
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.
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 было сказано: «О земля, поглоти свою воду! И, о небо, прекрати!» И вода убыла, и дело свершилось, и он остановился на аль-Джуди. И было сказано: «Да сгинет народ несправедливый!»
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
И би речено: „О Земљо, упиј своју воду, а ти, о небо, престани!“ И вода се повуче и испуни се одредба, а лађа пристаде на планини Ел-Џудијј, и би речено: „Далеко нека је неправедни народ!“
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Na ikasemwa: "Ewe ardhi! Meza maji yako. Na ewe mbingu! Jizuie." Basi maji yakadidimia chini, na amri hiyo ikapitishwa, na (jahazi) likasimama juu ya (mlima) wa Al-Juudiy. Na ikasemwa: Wapotelee mbali kaumu madhalimu!
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Svenska · Swedish
Och det befalldes: ”Jord, svälj ditt vatten! Och himmel, håll tillbaka!” Då sjönk vattnet, och domen verkställdes, och arken lade till vid [berget] al-Jūdi. Och det sades: ”Bort med det orättfärdiga folket!”
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
“Ey yeryüzü! Yut suyunu. Ey gök! Tut suyunu” denildi. Su çekildi, iş bitirildi. Gemi de Cûdî’ye oturdu ve; “Zalimler topluluğu, Allah’ın rahmetinden uzak olsun!” denildi.
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اردو · Urdu
فرما دیا گیا کہ اے زمین اپنے پانی کو نگل جا[1] اور اے آسمان بس کر تھم جا، اسی وقت پانی سکھا دیا گیا اور کام پورا کر دیا گیا[2] اور کشتی جودی نامی[3] پہاڑ پر جا لگی اور فرما دیا گیا کہ ﻇالم لوگوں پر لعنت نازل ہو۔[4]
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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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
Easy-read (simplified)qaala sa'aawee ilaa jabalin ya'simunee mina l-maa'i qaala laa 'aasima l-yawma min amri llaahi illaa man rahima wahaala baynahumaa l-mawju fakaana mina l-mughraqeen
DIN 31635qāla saʾāwī ʾilā ǧabalin yaʿṣimunī mina l-māʾi qāla lā ʿāṣima l-yawma min ʾamri llāhi ʾillā man raḥima waḥāla baynahumā l-mawǧu fakāna mina l-muġraqīna
Talal Itani2012 He said, "I will take refuge on a mountain-it will protect me from the water." He said, "There is no protection from God's decree today, except for him on whom He has mercy." And the waves surged between them, and he was among the drowned.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: I shall betake me to some mountain that will save me from the water. (Noah) said: This day there is none that saveth from the commandment of Allah save him on whom He hath had mercy. And the wave came in between them, so he was among the drowned
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Said he, 'I will betake me to a mountain that shall save me from the water.' Said he, 'There is none to save today from the command of God, except for him on whom He may have mercy.' And the wave came between them, and he was amongst the drowned
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "I will betake me to a mountain that shall secure me from the water." He said, "None shall be secure this day from the decree of God, save him on whom He shall have mercy." And a wave passed between them, and he was among the drowned
George Sale1734 He answered, I will get on a mountain, which will secure me from the water. Noah replied, there is no security this day from the decree of God, except for him on whom He shall have mercy. And a wave passed between them, and he became one of those who were drowned
DIN 31635wanādā nūḥun rabbahu faqāla rabbi ʾinna bnī min ʾahlī waʾinna waʿdaka l-ḥaqqu waʾanta ʾaḥkamu l-ḥākimīna
Talal Itani2012 And Noah called to his Lord. He said, "O My Lord, my son is of my family, and Your promise is true, and You are the Wisest of the wise."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And Noah cried unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Lo! my son is of my household! Surely Thy promise is the truth and Thou are the Most Just of Judges
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And Noah went unto his Lord and said, 'My Lord, verily, my son is of my people, and, verily, Thy promise is true, and Thou art the justest of judges
John Medows Rodwell1861 And Noah called on his Lord and said, "O Lord! verily my son is of my family: and thy promise is true, and thou art the most just of judges
George Sale1734 And Noah called upon his Lord, and said, O Lord, verily my son is of my family; and thy promise is true: For thou art the most just of those who exercise judgment
Easy-read (simplified)qaala yaa noohu innahu laysa min ahlika innahu 'amalun ghayru saalihin falaa tas'alni maa laysa laka bihi 'ilmun innee a'izuka an takoona mina l-jaahileen
DIN 31635qāla yā nūḥu ʾinnahu laysa min ʾahlika ʾinnahu ʿamalun ġayru ṣāliḥin falā tasʾalni mā laysa laka bihi ʿilmun ʾinnī ʾaʿiẓuka ʾan takūna mina l-ǧāhilīna
Talal Itani2012 He said, "O Noah, he is not of your family. It is an unrighteous deed. So do not ask Me about something you know nothing about. I admonish you, lest you be one of the ignorant."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 He said: O Noah! Lo! he is not of thy household; lo! he is of evil conduct, so ask not of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge. I admonish thee lest thou be among the ignorant
Edward Henry Palmer1880 He said, 'O Noah! he is not of thy people; verily, it is a work that is not right. Then, ask me not for that of which thou knowest naught. Verily, I admonish thee that thou shouldst not be of the ignorant
John Medows Rodwell1861 He said, "O Noah! verily, he is not of thy family: in this thou actest not aright. Ask not of me that whereof thou knowest nought: I warn thee that thou become not of the ignorant
George Sale1734 God answered, O Noah, verily he is not of thy family: This intercession of thine for him, is not a righteous work. Ask not of me therefore that wherein thou hast no knowledge: I admonish thee that thou become not one of the ignorant
These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.
Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
0.70 on a scale
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The page says a verse is worded differently only above the cut below. The cut is a stated convention, not a property of the text, and it can be changed.
The cut
0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.82
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.81
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.74
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.74
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.69
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.69
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale0.58
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.53
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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.